President / Vice President, 1976 Election
General
| Date: | November 2, 1976 |
| Cycle: | 1976 |
| Office: | President / Vice President |
| State: | Minnesota |
| District: | Statewide |
| Candidate | Gender | Running mate | Party | Votes | Percent | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Carter | Man | Walter Mondale (Man) | Democratic-Farmer-Labor | 1,070,440 | 54.90 | +12.87 |
| Gerald Ford Incumbent | Man | Robert Dole (Man) | Independent-Republican | 819,395 | 42.02 | |
| Eugene J. McCarthy | Man | Duane F. Stein (Man) | McCarthy ’76 Principle | 35,490 | 1.82 | |
| Thomas Jefferson Anderson | Man | Rufus Shackelford (Man) | American | 13,592 | 0.70 | |
| Peter Camejo | Man | Willie Mae Reid (Woman) | Socialist Workers | 4,149 | 0.21 | |
| Roger MacBride | Man | David Bergland (Man) | Libertarian | 3,529 | 0.18 | |
| Gus Hall | Man | Jarvis Tyner (Man) | Communist | 1,092 | 0.06 | |
| Margaret Wright | Woman | Benjamin Spock (Man) | People's | 635 | 0.03 | |
| Lyndon LaRouche | Man | R. Wayne Evans (Man) | International Development Bank | 543 | 0.03 | |
| Jules Levin | Man | Constance Blomen (Woman) | Industrial Government | 370 | 0.02 | |
| Frank Zeidler | Man | J. Quinn Brisben (Man) | Socialist | 354 | 0.02 |
Carter and Mondale each received Minnesota's 10 Electoral College votes. With favorite son Walter Mondale on the ticket, the 54.90 percent won by Jimmy Carter was his best showing in the 12-state region.
Although Stein's name was listed in McCarthy's filing petition to get on the ballot in Minnesota, he was considered a stand-in until McCarthy formally selected a running mate. Stein was a resident of Barnum, Iowa.
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Sources
- Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1976 (p. 24).