1976 United States presidential election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1976_United_States_presidential_election
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date November 2, 1976
gptkbp:debatedBy three presidential debates and one vice presidential debate
gptkbp:electoralVotesLoser 240
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1976 United States presidential election
gptkbp:incumbent gptkb:Gerald_Ford
gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:losingParty gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:losses gptkb:Gerald_Ford
gptkbp:mainCandidate gptkb:Gerald_Ford
gptkb:Jimmy_Carter
gptkbp:majorThirdPartyCandidates Eugene McCarthy
gptkbp:mapType Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states won by Carter/Mondale, red denotes those won by Ford/Dole.
gptkbp:nextEdition gptkb:1980_United_States_presidential_election
gptkbp:notableFor First election after Watergate scandal
Last time a Democratic candidate won the Deep South until 1992
Only election in which both major party nominees are still living as of 2024
First presidential election after the resignation of Richard Nixon
gptkbp:popularVoteLoser 39,148,634
gptkbp:presidentialNomineeDemocraticParty gptkb:Jimmy_Carter
gptkbp:presidentialNomineeRepublicanParty gptkb:Gerald_Ford
gptkbp:previousEdition gptkb:1972_United_States_presidential_election
gptkbp:vicePresidentialNomineeDemocraticParty gptkb:Walter_Mondale
gptkbp:vicePresidentialNomineeRepublicanParty gptkb:Bob_Dole
gptkbp:voterTurnout 53.6%
gptkbp:votesForWinner 538
297
40,831,881
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkb:Jimmy_Carter
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:1980_United_States_presidential_election
gptkb:1976_Carter–Ford_debate
gptkb:1976_Ford–Carter_debate
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5