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).
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
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%)