1976 Carter-Ford Election
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The November election was so close that it was not until 3:30 am that the Carter victory was assured. Carter received 50% of the popular vote to Ford's 48%, but his advantage in the Electoral College was a thin 297 to 241, the smallest winning total since Woodrow Wilson's in 1916. Ford won 27 states to Carter's 23, but Carter collected more electoral votes by taking the South (with the exception of Virginia) and highly populated northern industrial states such as New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Only 54% of eligible voters cast ballots in 1976, the lowest turnout since World War II.
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