American Psephology

The 1976 Presidential Election in Alabama

On November 2, 1976, Alabama's voters voted for nine at-large electors. Six electoral slates ran, none of whose contents are known. The presidential candidates are as follows:

The county returns are as follows:

Democrats Republicans Conservatives Prohibitionists Hall Libertarians
Autauga 4640 4512 87 69 15 15
Baldwin 9191 13256 184 288 19 29
Barbour 4730 3758 85 98 13 6
Bibb 2850 1591 33 0 0 0
Blount 6645 4233 62 30 5 3
Bullock 3536 1482 30 36 3 5
Butler 4271 2909 18 2 6 2
Calhoun 20466 11763 281 27 130 33
Chambers 6164 5488 108 65 8 15
Cherokee 4668 1492 47 36 6 7
Chilton 5550 4725 53 7 35 15
Choctaw 3911 3033 24 3 1 0
Clarke 4737 4126 71 58 3 11
Clay 2946 1883 17 9 3 17
Cleburne 2490 1436 39 16 39 0
Coffee 7844 4683 64 42 11 7
Colbert 11996 4471 167 174 14 20
Conecuh 3086 1812 32 13 32 5
Coosa 2533 1196 18 14 4 1
Covington 7081 4977 73 9 74 10
Crenshaw 3372 1801 69 5 16 3
Cullman 12961 6899 109 26 40 20
Dale 6346 4996 103 69 6 11
Dallas 8866 7144 161 159 9 22
DeKalb 9759 6597 30 41 6 4
Elmore 6646 6551 157 121 8 25
Escambia 5957 4934 58 17 179 12
Etowah 25020 10333 209 47 112 29
Fayette 4076 2165 20 13 9 4
Franklin 6279 3345 36 51 5 5
Geneva 5983 2663 51 4 33 5
Greene 2900 903 7 3 5 0
Hale 3236 2034 61 44 8 11
Henry 3144 2052 26 7 2 3
Houston 8787 10672 136 24 91 28
Jackson 10989 3913 290 111 15 7
Jefferson 99531 113590 1754 1854 137 224
Lamar 3860 1739 107 9 9 0
Lauderdale 15549 7226 188 182 16 24
Lawrence 6810 1415 31 4 22 2
Lee 8427 9884 131 216 11 68
Limestone 8803 2997 88 87 7 18
Lowndes 3732 1621 52 36 6 15
Macon 5915 1387 76 39 6 26
Madison 35497 20959 311 312 50 158
Marengo 4731 3841 62 95 15 11
Marion 6244 3036 8 11 2 2
Marshall 13696 6006 140 216 23 19
Mobile 50264 53885 1097 125 371 184
Monroe 3669 3476 43 8 62 5
Montgomery 24641 29360 337 294 18 83
Morgan 16547 9058 146 186 20 29
Perry 4486 2164 18 7 6 2
Pickens 3776 2969 21 7 11 2
Pike 5387 4363 64 54 7 14
Randolph 3539 2286 91 119 3 6
Russell 8077 4150 193 133 13 26
Shelby 7197 9035 124 235 5 19
St. Clair 5653 4877 113 202 12 26
Sumter 3457 2191 34 1 4 2
Talladega 10577 6425 380 46 130 50
Tallapoosa 7614 5237 176 113 3 20
Tuscaloosa 20275 16021 317 293 37 63
Walker 16232 7389 51 23 10 5
Washington 3471 2171 11 5 9 3
Wilcox 3723 1824 14 2 2 0
Winston 4134 3710 4 17 3 0
Total 659,170 (55.74%) 504,070 (42.63%) 9198 (.78%) 6669 (.56%) 1954 (.17%) 1481 (.13%)

The Democratic slate was duly elected, and voted for Carter and Mondale on December 13.