Results
Results by county
1976 United States presidential election in West Virginia by county
County
|
James Earl Carter
Democratic
|
Gerald Rudolph Ford
Republican
|
Margin
|
Total votes cast
|
#
|
%
|
#
|
%
|
#
|
%
|
Barbour
|
3,647
|
52.99%
|
3,235
|
47.01%
|
412
|
5.99%
|
6,882
|
Berkeley
|
8,216
|
47.90%
|
8,935
|
52.10%
|
-719
|
-4.19%
|
17,151
|
Boone
|
8,528
|
73.52%
|
3,072
|
26.48%
|
5,456
|
47.03%
|
11,600
|
Braxton
|
4,012
|
67.71%
|
1,913
|
32.29%
|
2,099
|
35.43%
|
5,925
|
Brooke
|
8,197
|
63.11%
|
4,792
|
36.89%
|
3,405
|
26.21%
|
12,989
|
Cabell
|
20,811
|
51.44%
|
19,644
|
48.56%
|
1,167
|
2.88%
|
40,455
|
Calhoun
|
2,173
|
62.88%
|
1,283
|
37.12%
|
890
|
25.75%
|
3,456
|
Clay
|
2,662
|
67.49%
|
1,282
|
32.51%
|
1,380
|
34.99%
|
3,944
|
Doddridge
|
1,245
|
40.83%
|
1,804
|
59.17%
|
-559
|
-18.33%
|
3,049
|
Fayette
|
15,496
|
73.95%
|
5,459
|
26.05%
|
10,037
|
47.90%
|
20,955
|
Gilmer
|
2,245
|
62.09%
|
1,371
|
37.91%
|
874
|
24.17%
|
3,616
|
Grant
|
1,323
|
30.77%
|
2,976
|
69.23%
|
-1,653
|
-38.45%
|
4,299
|
Greenbrier
|
8,291
|
58.58%
|
5,862
|
41.42%
|
2,429
|
17.16%
|
14,153
|
Hampshire
|
3,104
|
59.68%
|
2,097
|
40.32%
|
1,007
|
19.36%
|
5,201
|
Hancock
|
10,627
|
61.08%
|
6,771
|
38.92%
|
3,856
|
22.16%
|
17,398
|
Hardy
|
2,993
|
61.70%
|
1,858
|
38.30%
|
1,135
|
23.40%
|
4,851
|
Harrison
|
21,467
|
58.59%
|
15,172
|
41.41%
|
6,295
|
17.18%
|
36,639
|
Jackson
|
5,334
|
49.88%
|
5,360
|
50.12%
|
-26
|
-0.24%
|
10,694
|
Jefferson
|
5,166
|
57.21%
|
3,864
|
42.79%
|
1,302
|
14.42%
|
9,030
|
Kanawha
|
53,602
|
55.94%
|
42,213
|
44.06%
|
11,389
|
11.89%
|
95,815
|
Lewis
|
3,960
|
51.46%
|
3,736
|
48.54%
|
224
|
2.91%
|
7,696
|
Lincoln
|
5,260
|
63.70%
|
2,997
|
36.30%
|
2,263
|
27.41%
|
8,257
|
Logan
|
13,122
|
76.54%
|
4,021
|
23.46%
|
9,101
|
53.09%
|
17,143
|
Marion
|
17,800
|
63.14%
|
10,391
|
36.86%
|
7,409
|
26.28%
|
28,191
|
Marshall
|
8,641
|
56.31%
|
6,705
|
43.69%
|
1,936
|
12.62%
|
15,346
|
Mason
|
6,769
|
56.53%
|
5,205
|
43.47%
|
1,564
|
13.06%
|
11,974
|
McDowell
|
10,557
|
71.99%
|
4,107
|
28.01%
|
6,450
|
43.99%
|
14,664
|
Mercer
|
14,761
|
57.77%
|
10,791
|
42.23%
|
3,970
|
15.54%
|
25,552
|
Mineral
|
5,898
|
53.48%
|
5,130
|
46.52%
|
768
|
6.96%
|
11,028
|
Mingo
|
8,655
|
74.20%
|
3,010
|
25.80%
|
5,645
|
48.39%
|
11,665
|
Monongalia
|
16,163
|
57.75%
|
11,827
|
42.25%
|
4,336
|
15.49%
|
27,990
|
Monroe
|
3,297
|
54.52%
|
2,750
|
45.48%
|
547
|
9.05%
|
6,047
|
Morgan
|
1,929
|
44.88%
|
2,369
|
55.12%
|
-440
|
-10.24%
|
4,298
|
Nicholas
|
6,235
|
64.30%
|
3,462
|
35.70%
|
2,773
|
28.60%
|
9,697
|
Ohio
|
11,817
|
48.64%
|
12,476
|
51.36%
|
-659
|
-2.71%
|
24,293
|
Pendleton
|
2,104
|
57.52%
|
1,554
|
42.48%
|
550
|
15.04%
|
3,658
|
Pleasants
|
1,699
|
51.38%
|
1,608
|
48.62%
|
91
|
2.75%
|
3,307
|
Pocahontas
|
2,330
|
57.25%
|
1,740
|
42.75%
|
590
|
14.50%
|
4,070
|
Preston
|
5,595
|
49.45%
|
5,719
|
50.55%
|
-124
|
-1.10%
|
11,314
|
Putnam
|
8,226
|
56.50%
|
6,334
|
43.50%
|
1,892
|
12.99%
|
14,560
|
Raleigh
|
19,768
|
65.02%
|
10,637
|
34.98%
|
9,131
|
30.03%
|
30,405
|
Randolph
|
7,265
|
60.11%
|
4,822
|
39.89%
|
2,443
|
20.21%
|
12,087
|
Ritchie
|
1,941
|
40.31%
|
2,874
|
59.69%
|
-933
|
-19.38%
|
4,815
|
Roane
|
3,519
|
52.25%
|
3,216
|
47.75%
|
303
|
4.50%
|
6,735
|
Summers
|
3,943
|
63.63%
|
2,254
|
36.37%
|
1,689
|
27.26%
|
6,197
|
Taylor
|
3,905
|
57.46%
|
2,891
|
42.54%
|
1,014
|
14.92%
|
6,796
|
Tucker
|
2,323
|
62.46%
|
1,396
|
37.54%
|
927
|
24.93%
|
3,719
|
Tyler
|
1,817
|
41.95%
|
2,514
|
58.05%
|
-697
|
-16.09%
|
4,331
|
Upshur
|
3,513
|
42.32%
|
4,789
|
57.68%
|
-1,276
|
-15.37%
|
8,302
|
Wayne
|
9,958
|
62.37%
|
6,009
|
37.63%
|
3,949
|
24.73%
|
15,967
|
Webster
|
2,931
|
75.12%
|
971
|
24.88%
|
1,960
|
50.23%
|
3,902
|
Wetzel
|
5,042
|
57.07%
|
3,793
|
42.93%
|
1,249
|
14.14%
|
8,835
|
Wirt
|
1,182
|
53.41%
|
1,031
|
46.59%
|
151
|
6.82%
|
2,213
|
Wood
|
17,075
|
48.16%
|
18,382
|
51.84%
|
-1,307
|
-3.69%
|
35,457
|
Wyoming
|
7,775
|
64.46%
|
4,286
|
35.54%
|
3,489
|
28.93%
|
12,061
|
Totals
|
435,914
|
58.07%
|
314,760
|
41.93%
|
121,154
|
16.14%
|
750,674
|