1976 Presidential General Election Results - Tennessee
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Candidate
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Party
Popular VoteElectoral Vote
James CarterWalter MondaleDemocrat 825,879 55.94%10
Gerald FordRobert DoleRepublican 633,969 42.94%0
Thomas AndersonRufus ShackelfordIndependent 5,769 0.39%0
Eugene McCarthy-Independent 5,004 0.34%0
Lester MaddoxWilliam DykeIndependent 2,303 0.16%0
Roger MacBrideDavid BerglandIndependent 1,375 0.09%0
Gus HallJarvis TynerIndependent 547 0.04%0
Lyndon LaRoucheR. Wayne EvansIndependent 512 0.03%0
Benjamin BubarEarl DodgeIndependent 442 0.03%0
Ernest MillerRoy EddyIndependent 316 0.02%0
Write-ins-- 230 0.02%0
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Demographic Data

1980 Population:4,591,023Enum.1980 Population Density:43.0persons/km2
1976 Population:4,329,160Est.1976 Population Density:40.6persons/km2
1970 Population:3,926,018Enum.1970 Population Density:36.8persons/km2
Total Electoral Vote:10Electoral Vote Density:432,916persons/EV
Land Area (2000):106,752km2Annual Pop Growth Rate:1.6%

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Data Sources:
  • Source for Popular Vote data: Tennessee Secretary of State, "President of the United States - Tennessee," Certification of Election Returns for the General Election November 2, 1976 (Nashville, 1976)
  • Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
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