1976 United States presidential election in Hawaii
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{{Main|1976 United States presidential election}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1976 United States presidential election in Hawaii
| country = Hawaii
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1972 United States presidential election in Hawaii
| previous_year = 1972
| next_election = 1980 United States presidential election in Hawaii
| next_year = 1980
| election_date = November 2, 1976
| image_size = x200px
| image1 = Jimmy Carter 1977 cropped.jpg
| nominee1 = Jimmy Carter
| party1 = Democratic Party (United States)
| home_state1 = Georgia
| running_mate1 = Walter Mondale
| electoral_vote1 = 4
| popular_vote1 = 147,375
| percentage1 = 50.59%
| image2 = Gerald Ford presidential portrait (cropped 2).jpg
| nominee2 = Gerald Ford
| party2 = Republican Party (United States)
| home_state2 = Michigan
| running_mate2 = Bob Dole
| electoral_vote2 = 0
| popular_vote2 = 140,003
| percentage2 = 48.06%
| title = President
| before_election = Gerald Ford
| before_party = Republican Party (United States)
| after_election = Jimmy Carter
| after_party = Democratic Party (United States)
| map_image = {{switcher
| 350px
| County results
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| Precinct results
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| map_size = 350px
| map_caption =
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Carter
{{legend|#B9D7FF|40–50%}}
{{legend|#86b6f2|50-60%}}
{{legend|#4389E3|60–70%}}
{{legend|#1666CB|70–80%}}
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Ford
{{legend|#F2B3BE|40–50%}}
{{legend|#E27F90|50–60%}}
{{legend|#CC2F4A|60–70%}}
{{legend|#D40000|70–80%}}
{{legend|#800000|90–100%}}
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The 1976 United States presidential election in Hawaii took place on November 2, 1976. All fifty states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Hawaii voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Hawaii was won by Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter by 2.53 points, making Hawaii 0.43% more Democratic than the nation-at-large. Carter did not win any other state fully west of the hundredth meridian, including the Pacific states of Oregon and California admitted before the Civil War.
Results
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" |
| colspan="6" | 1976 United States presidential election in Hawaii |
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| colspan="2" style="width: 15em" |Party
! style="width: 17em" |Candidate ! style="width: 5em" |Votes ! style="width: 7em" |Percentage ! style="width: 5em" |Electoral votes |
| style="background:#33f; width:3px;"|
| style="width: 130px" | Democratic | style="text-align:right;"| 147,375 | style="text-align:right;"| 50.59% | style="text-align:right;"| 4 |
| style="background:#f33; width:3px;"|
| style="width: 130px" | Republican | Gerald Ford (incumbent) | style="text-align:right;"| 140,003 | style="text-align:right;"| 48.06% | style="text-align:right;" | 0 |
| style="background:#FFCC00; width:3px;"|
| style="width: 130px" | Libertarian | style="text-align:right;"| 3,923 | style="text-align:right;"| 1.35% | style="text-align:right;"| 0 |
=Results by county=
| width="60%" class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" |
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| County
! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Jimmy Carter ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Gerald Ford ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Roger MacBride ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Margin ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="1"| Total votes castDavid Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections; [http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/datagraph.php?year=1976&fips=15&f=0&off=0&elect=0 1976 Presidential General Election Data Graphs – Hawaii] |
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| style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| #
! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| % ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| # ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| % ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| # ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| % ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| # ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| % ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| # |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Hawaii
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|15,960 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|50.24% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|15,366 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|48.37% |align="center" {{party shading/Libertarian}}|439 |align="center" {{party shading/Libertarian}}|1.38% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|594 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|1.87% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|31,765 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Honolulu
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|111,389 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|50.07% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|108,041 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|48.56% |align="center" {{party shading/Libertarian}}|3,046 |align="center" {{party shading/Libertarian}}|1.37% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|3,348 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|1.51% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|222,476 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Kauai
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|8,105 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|55.81% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|6,278 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|43.23% |align="center" {{party shading/Libertarian}}|139 |align="center" {{party shading/Libertarian}}|0.96% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|1,827 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|12.58% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|14,522 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|Maui
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|11,921 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|52.89% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|10,318 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}}|45.78% |align="center" {{party shading/Libertarian}}|299 |align="center" {{party shading/Libertarian}}|1.33% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|1,603 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|7.11% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}}|22,538 |
| class=sortbottom
!Totals!!147,375!!50.59%!!140,003!!48.06%!!3,923!!1.35%!!7,372!!2.53%!!291,301 |
==Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic==
References
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{{State results of the 1976 U.S. presidential election}}
{{United States elections, 1976}}
Category:1976 Hawaii elections
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