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Electoral history of Gerald Ford

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Electoral history of Gerald Ford

Electoral history of Gerald Ford, 38th President of the United States (1974–1977), 40th Vice President of the United States (1973–1974); United States Representative from Michigan (1949–1973).

Contents

Vice presidential nomination, 1973

Vice President of the United States (confirmation in the Congress):

House vote:

  • Yea – 387
  • Nay – 35
  • Senate vote:

  • Yea – 92
  • Nay – 3
  • Not voting – 5
  • Presidential races (1976–1980)

    1976 Republican presidential primaries

  • Popular vote:
  • Gerald Ford (inc.) – 5,529,899 (53.29%)
  • Ronald Reagan – 4,760,222 (45.88%)
  • Unpledged – 34,717 (0.34%)
  • States carried:
  • Ford – 27
  • Reagan – 23
  • 1976 Republican National Convention (Presidential tally):

  • Gerald Ford (inc.) – 1,187 (52.57%)
  • Ronald Reagan – 1,070 (47.39%)
  • Elliot Richardson – 1 (0.04%)
  • United States presidential election, 1976

  • Jimmy Carter/Walter Mondale (D) – 40,831,881 (50.1%) and 297 electoral votes (23 states and D.C. carried)
  • Gerald Ford/Bob Dole (R) – 39,148,634 (48.0%) and 240 electoral votes (27 states carried)
  • Ronald Reagan/Bob Dole (R) – 1 electoral vote (faithless elector)
  • Eugene McCarthy (Independent) – 740,460 (0.9%)
  • Roger MacBride/David Bergland (Libertarian) – 172,553 (0.2%)
  • Lester Maddox/William Dyke (American Independent) – 170,274 (0.2%)
  • Thomas J. Anderson/Rufus Shackelford (American) – 158,271 (0.2%)
  • Peter Camejo/Willie Mae Reid (Socialist Workers) – 90,986 (0.1%)
  • 1980 Republican presidential primaries:

  • Ronald Reagan – 7,709,793 (59.79%)
  • George H. W. Bush – 3,070,033 (23.81%)
  • John B. Anderson – 1,572,174 (12.19%)
  • Howard Baker – 181,153 (1.41%)
  • Phil Crane – 97,793 (0.76%)
  • John B. Connally – 82,625 (0.64%)
  • Unpledged – 68,155 (0.53%)
  • Ben Fernandez – 68,155 (0.53%)
  • Harold Stassen – 25,425 (0.20%)
  • Gerald Ford – 10,557 (0.08%)
  • Bob Dole – 7,204 (0.06%)
  • References

    Electoral history of Gerald Ford Wikipedia