1976 United States presidential election in Maryland

1976 United States presidential election in Maryland
All 10 Maryland electoral votes to the Electoral College
Carter 50–60% 60–70%	Ford 50–60% 60–70%
President before election; Gerald Ford; Republican	Elected President ; Jimmy Carter; Democratic

The 1976 United States presidential election in Maryland was held on November 2, 1976 as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Incumbent Republican President Gerald Ford of Michigan and his running mate Senator Bob Dole of Kansas lost to the Democratic challengers, Governor Jimmy Carter of Georgia and Senator Walter Mondale of Minnesota. Carter and Mondale won Maryland with 53.04% of the vote compared to Ford and Dole’s 46.96% – a comfortable margin of 6.08%.

After Nixon had won every county-equivalent in the state except for Baltimore City in 1972, Carter won ten of the state's 23 counties, most critically the populous Montgomery and Prince George's Counties in the Washington metropolitan area, and won Baltimore City by almost 100,000 raw votes. Carter began a Democratic winning streak in Prince George's County that continues to this day.^[1]

As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which a Democrat carried Allegany, Calvert, Cecil, and St. Mary’s Counties.^[2]

In this election, Maryland voted 4.01% more Democratic than the nation at-large.^[3]

Results

1976 United States presidential election in Maryland^[4]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Jimmy Carter	Walter Mondale	759,612	53.04%	10
	Republican	Gerald Ford (incumbent)	Bob Dole	672,661	46.96%	0

Results by county

County	Jimmy Carter Democratic		Gerald Ford Republican		Margin		Total votes cast^[5]
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total votes cast^[5]
Allegany	15,967	50.85%	15,435	49.15%	532	1.70%	31,402
Anne Arundel	54,351	46.97%	61,353	53.03%	-7,002	-6.06%	115,704
Baltimore	118,505	45.27%	143,293	54.73%	-24,788	-9.46%	261,798
Baltimore City	178,593	68.60%	81,762	31.40%	96,831	37.20%	260,355
Calvert	4,626	57.36%	3,439	42.64%	1,187	14.72%	8,065
Caroline	3,017	49.21%	3,114	50.79%	-97	-1.58%	6,131
Carroll	9,940	38.83%	15,661	61.17%	-5,721	-22.34%	25,601
Cecil	8,950	53.33%	7,833	46.67%	1,117	6.66%	16,783
Charles	9,525	55.00%	7,792	45.00%	1,733	10.00%	17,317
Dorchester	4,528	48.71%	4,768	51.29%	-240	-2.58%	9,296
Frederick	14,542	44.77%	17,941	55.23%	-3,399	-10.46%	32,483
Garrett	3,332	41.80%	4,640	58.20%	-1,308	-16.40%	7,972
Harford	19,890	45.00%	24,309	55.00%	-4,419	-10.00%	44,199
Howard	20,533	49.20%	21,200	50.80%	-667	-1.60%	41,733
Kent	3,211	53.23%	2,821	46.77%	390	6.46%	6,032
Montgomery	131,098	51.66%	122,674	48.34%	8,424	3.32%	253,772
Prince George's	111,743	57.97%	81,027	42.03%	30,716	15.94%	192,770
Queen Anne's	3,457	49.84%	3,479	50.16%	-22	-0.32%	6,936
Somerset	3,472	51.62%	3,254	48.38%	218	3.24%	6,726
St. Mary's	7,227	56.17%	5,640	43.83%	1,587	12.34%	12,867
Talbot	3,715	38.85%	5,848	61.15%	-2,133	-22.30%	9,563
Washington	15,902	44.05%	20,194	55.95%	-4,292	-11.90%	36,096
Wicomico	9,412	47.18%	10,537	52.82%	-1,125	-5.64%	19,949
Worcester	4,076	46.73%	4,647	53.27%	-571	-6.54%	8,723
Totals	759,612	53.04%	672,661	46.96%	86,951	6.08%	1,432,273