The 1976 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 2, 1976, as part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Missouri was won by Jimmy Carter (D–Georgia), with 51.10% of the popular vote. Carter defeated incumbent President Gerald Ford (R–Michigan), who finished with 47.47% of the popular vote.
Jimmy Carter went on to become the 39th president of the United States. As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election in which Laclede, McDonald, Bollinger, Webster, Pettis, and Cass Counties voted for a Democratic presidential candidate, and the last time a Democrat won Missouri with the majority of the vote.
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