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- United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_1976 abstract "The 1976 United States presidential election in New Jersey took place on November 2, 1976. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1976 United States presidential election. New Jersey voters chose 17 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the President and Vice President.New Jersey was won by the Republican nominees, incumbent President Gerald Ford of Michigan and his running mate Senator Bob Dole of Kansas. Ford and Dole defeated the Democratic nominees, Governor Jimmy Carter of Georgia and his running mate Senator Walter Mondale of Minnesota. Ford narrowly carried New Jersey with 50.08% of the vote to Carter's 47.92%, a victory margin of 2.16%. Anti-war former Democratic Senator Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota, running as an Independent presidential candidate, came in a distant third with 1.09%.Reflecting the closeness of the statewide result, Ford and Carter virtually split New Jersey's 21 counties: Ford won 11 counties to Carter's 10. The native Southerner Jimmy Carter performed unusually well among rural voters in South Jersey, winning six out of seven of the southernmost counties in the state. Carter's strongest county by vote share was rural Cumberland County in the far south of the state by the Delaware border, where he won 58-41. However his comfortable victories in more populous traditional Democratic base counties are what made him competitive statewide: in Essex County, he won 55-42, in Hudson County, he won 55-44, and in Mercer County, he won 53-45. He also won heavily populated Middlesex County, but by a narrow 51-47 margin. The Northern moderate Ford, however, edged out Carter statewide with comfortable victories in heavily populated suburban counties which were dominated by moderate Republicans. In most presidential elections in this era, the most Republican county in the state would usually be rural, sparsely populated Sussex County. While Ford did win Sussex County decisively by a 60-38 margin, Ford's strongest county by vote share was actually suburban Morris County, where he beat Carter 61-37. In suburban Monmouth County, Ford won 54-44. Other important victories for Ford were in fairly populated Ocean County, which he won 57-41, and Passaic County, which he won 51-46. However Ford's biggest prize was very heavily populated Bergen County, which went decisively to Ford by a 56-43 margin. New Jersey weighed in for this election as about 4% more Republican than the national average.New Jersey in this era was a swing state with a slight Republican lean, and Gerald Ford, a moderate Republican, held enough appeal among New Jersey's many moderate suburban voters to carry the state 50-48 even as Jimmy Carter narrowly won nationally by a 50-48 margin.".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_1976 country New_Jersey.
- United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_1976 startDate "1976-11-02".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_1976 thumbnail New_Jersey_Presidential_Election_Results_by_County,_1976.svg?width=300.
- United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_1976 title "United States presidential election in New Jersey, 1976".
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- United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_1976 afterElection Jimmy_Carter.
- United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_1976 afterParty "Democratic Party".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_1976 beforeElection Gerald_Ford.
- United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_1976 beforeParty "Republican Party".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_1976 country "New Jersey".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_1976 electionDate "1976-11-02".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_1976 electionName "United States presidential election in New Jersey, 1976".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_1976 electoralVote "0".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_1976 electoralVote "17".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_1976 homeState Georgia_(U.S._state).
- United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_1976 homeState Michigan.
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- United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_1976 mapCaption "County Results".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_1976 mapImage "New Jersey Presidential Election Results by County, 1976.svg".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_1976 mapSize "205".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_1976 nextElection "United States presidential election in New Jersey, 1980".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_1976 nextYear "1980".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_1976 nominee Jimmy_Carter.
- United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_1976 nominee "Gerald Ford".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_1976 ongoing "no".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_1976 party "Democratic Party".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_1976 party "Republican Party".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_1976 percentage "47.92".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_1976 percentage "50.08".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_1976 popularVote "1444653".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_1976 popularVote "1509688".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_1976 previousElection "United States presidential election in New Jersey, 1972".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_1976 previousYear "1972".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_1976 runningMate Walter_Mondale.
- United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_1976 runningMate "Bob Dole".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_1976 title "President".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_1976 type "presidential".
- United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_1976 subject Category:New_Jersey_elections.
- United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_1976 subject Category:United_States_presidential_election,_1976.
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- United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_1976 type Election.
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- United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_1976 type Event.
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- United_States_presidential_election_in_New_Jersey,_1976 comment "The 1976 United States presidential election in New Jersey took place on November 2, 1976. All 50 states and the District of Columbia, were part of the 1976 United States presidential election. New Jersey voters chose 17 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the President and Vice President.New Jersey was won by the Republican nominees, incumbent President Gerald Ford of Michigan and his running mate Senator Bob Dole of Kansas.".
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