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| United States presidential election, 1976 | ||||
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| November 2, 1976 | ||||
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| Nominee | Ronald Reagan | Edmund Muskie | George Wallace | |
| Party | Republican | Democratic | Populist | |
| Home state | California | Maine | Alabama | |
| Running mate | John Ashbrook | Lloyd Bentsen | Thomas Anderson | |
| Electoral vote | 274 | 239 | 24 | |
| States carried | 30 | 17 + D.C. | 3 | |
| Popular vote | 36,399,206 | 37,031,223 | 7,883,584 | |
| Percentage | 43.8% | 44.5% | 9.5% | |
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| Presidential election results map. Red denotes states won by Reagan/Ashbrook, Blue denotes states won by Muskie/Bentsen. Orange denotes states won by Wallace/Anderson. Gold is the electoral vote for Roger MacBride by a Texas faithless elector. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state. | ||||
President before election
Ronald Reagan Republican
Elected President
Ronald Reagan Republican | ||||
The United States presidential election of 1976 was the 48th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 2, 1976. The winner was incumbent President Ronald Reagan, the Republican candidate against the Democratic candidate, former Vice President Edmund Muskie, and the Populist candidate, incumbent Governor of Alabama, George Wallace.