Electoral history of Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States (1977–1981) and 76th Governor of Georgia (1971–1975).
Georgia Democratic gubernatorial primary, 1966
Ellis Arnall - 231,480 (29.38%)
Lester Maddox - 185,672 (23.56%)
Jimmy Carter - 164,562 (20.89%)
James H. Gray - 152,973 (19.41%)
Garland T. Byrd - 39,994 (5.08%)
Hoke O'Kelley - 13,271 (1.68%)
Georgia Democratic gubernatorial primary, 1970
Jimmy Carter - 388,280 (48.62%)
Carl E. Sanders - 301,659 (37.77%)
Chevene King - 70,424 (8.82%)
J. B. Stoner - 17,663 (2.21%)
McKee Hargett - 9,440 (1.18%)
Thomas J. Irvin - 4,184 (0.52%)
Adam B. Matthews - 3,332 (0.42%)
Georgia Democratic gubernatorial primary runoff, 1970
Jimmy Carter - 506,462 (59.42%)
Carl E. Sanders - 345,906 (40.58%)
Georgia gubernatorial election, 1970
Jimmy Carter (D) - 620,419 (59.28%)
Hal Suit (R) - 424,983 (40.60%)
Write-ins - 1,261 (0.12%)
1972 Democratic National Convention (Vice Presidential tally)
Thomas Eagleton - 1,742 (59.07%)
Frances Farenthold - 405 (13.73%)
Mike Gravel - 226 (7.66%)
Endicott Peabody - 108 (3.66%)
Clay Smothers - 74 (2.51%)
Birch Bayh - 62 (2.10%)
Peter Rodino - 57 (1.93%)
Jimmy Carter - 30 (1.02%)
Shirley Chisholm - 20 (0.68%)
Moon Landrieu - 19 (0.64%)
Edward T. Breathitt - 18 (0.61%)
Ted Kennedy - 15 (0.51%)
Fred R. Harris - 14 (0.48%)
Richard G. Hatcher - 11 (0.37%)
Harold E. Hughes - 10 (0.34%)
Joseph M. Montoya - 9 (0.31%)
William L. Guy - 8 (0.27%)
Adlai Stevenson III - 8 (0.27%)
Robert Bergland - 5 (0.17%)
Hodding Carter - 5 (0.17%)
Cesar Chavez - 5 (0.17%)
Wilbur Mills - 5 (0.17%)
Wendell Anderson - 4 (0.14%)
Stanley Arnold - 4 (0.14%)
Ron Dellums - 4 (0.14%)
John J. Houlihan - 4 (0.14%)
Roberto A. Mondragon - 4 (0.14%)
Reubin O'Donovan Askew - 3 (0.10%)
Herman Badillo - 3 (0.10%)
Eugene McCarthy - 3 (0.10%)
Claiborne Pell - 3 (0.10%)
Terry Sanford - 3 (0.10%)
Ramsey Clark - 2 (0.07%)
Richard J. Daley - 2 (0.07%)
John DeCarlo - 2 (0.07%)
Ernest Gruening - 2 (0.07%)
Roger Mudd - 2 (0.07%)
Edmund Muskie - 2 (0.07%)
Claude Pepper - 2 (0.07%)
Abraham Ribicoff - 2 (0.07%)
Pat Taylor - 2 (0.07%)
Leonard F. Wodcoock - 2 (0.07%)
Bruno Agnoli - 2 (0.07%)
Ernest Albright - 1 (0.03%)
William A. Barrett - 1 (0.03%)
Daniel Berrigan - 1 (0.03%)
Phillip Berrigan - 1 (0.03%)
Julian Bond - 1 (0.03%)
Hargrove Bowles - 1 (0.03%)
Archibald Burton - 1 (0.03%)
Phillip Burton - 1 (0.03%)
William Chappell - 1 (0.03%)
Lawton Chiles - 1 (0.03%)
Frank Church - 1 (0.03%)
Robert Drinan - 1 (0.03%)
Nick Galifianakis - 1 (0.03%)
John Goodrich - 1 (0.03%)
Michael Griffin - 1 (0.03%)
Martha Griffiths - 1 (0.03%)
Charles Hamilton - 1 (0.03%)
Patricia Harris - 1 (0.03%)
Jim Hunt - 1 (0.03%)
Daniel Inouye - 1 (0.03%)
Henry M. Jackson - 1 (0.03%)
Robery Kariss - 1 (0.03%)
Allard K. Lowenstein - 1 (0.03%)
Mao Zedong - 1 (0.03%)
Eleanor McGovern - 1 (0.03%)
Martha Mitchell - 1 (0.03%)
Ralph Nader - 1 (0.03%)
George Norcross - 1 (0.03%)
Jerry Rubin - 1 (0.03%)
Fred Seaman - 1 (0.03%)
Joe Smith - 1 (0.03%)
Benjamin Spock - 1 (0.03%)
Patrick Tavolacci - 1 (0.03%)
George Wallace - 1 (0.03%)
1976 Democratic presidential primaries
Jimmy Carter - 6,235,609 (39.27%)
Jerry Brown - 2,449,374 (15.43%)
George Wallace - 1,955,388 (12.31%)
Mo Udall - 1,611,754 (10.15%)
Henry M. Jackson - 1,134,375 (7.14%)
Frank Church - 830,818 (5.23%)
Robert Byrd - 340,309 (2.14%)
Sargent Shriver - 304,399 (1.92%)
Unpledged - 283,437 (1.79%)
Ellen McCormack - 238,027 (1.50%)
Fred R. Harris - 234,568 (1.48%)
Milton Shapp - 88,254 (0.56%)
Birch Bayh - 86,438 (0.54%)
Hubert Humphrey - 61,992 (0.39%)
Ted Kennedy - 19,805 (0.13%)
Lloyd Bentsen - 4,046 (0.03%)
Terry Sanford - 404 (0.00%)
1976 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally)
Jimmy Carter - 2,239 (74.48%)
Mo Udall - 330 (10.98%)
Jerry Brown - 301 (10.01%)
George Wallace - 57 (1.90%)
Ellen McCormack - 22 (0.73%)
Frank Church - 19 (0.63%)
Hubert Humphrey - 10 (0.33%)
Henry M. Jackson - 10 (0.33%)
Fred R. Harris - 9 (0.30%)
Milton Shapp - 2 (0.07%)
Robert Byrd, Cesar Chavez, Leon Jaworski, Barbara Jordan, Ted Kennedy, Jennings Randolph, Fred Stover - each 1 vote (0.03%)
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 Democratic presidential primaries
Jimmy Carter (inc.) - 10,043,016 (51.13%)
Ted Kennedy - 7,381,693 (37.58%)
Unpledged - 1,288,423 (6.56%)
Jerry Brown - 575,296 (2.93%)
Lyndon LaRouche - 177,784 (0.91%)
Cliff Finch - 48,032 (0.25%)
1980 Democratic National Convention (Presidential tally)
Jimmy Carter (inc.) - 2,123 (64.04%)
Ted Kennedy - 1,151 (34.72%)
William Proxmire - 10 (0.30%)
Koryne Kaneski Horbal - 5 (0.15%)
Scott M. Matheson, Sr. - 5 (0.15%)
Ron Dellums - 3 (0.09%)
Robert Byrd - 2 (0.06%)
John Culver - 2 (0.06%)
Kent Hance - 2 (0.06%)
Jennings Randolph - 2 (0.06%)
Warren Spannaus - 2 (0.06%)
Alice Tripp - 2 (0.06%)
Jerry Brown - 1 (0.03%)
Dale Bumpers - 1 (0.03%)
Hugh L. Carey - 1 (0.03%)
Walter Mondale - 1 (0.03%)
Edmund Muskie - 1 (0.03%)
Thomas J. Steed - 1 (0.03%)
New York Liberal Party presidential convention, 1980
John B. Anderson - 85,590 (87.67%)
Jimmy Carter - 9,896 (10.14%)
Abstaining - 2,142 (2.19%)
United States presidential election, 1980
Ronald Reagan/George H. W. Bush (R) - 43,903,230 (50.7%) and 489 electoral votes (44 states carried)
Jimmy Carter/Walter Mondale (D) (inc.) - 35,480,115 (41.0%) and 49 electoral votes (6 states and D.C. carried)
John B. Anderson/Patrick Joseph Lucey (Independent) - 5,719,850 (6.6%)
Ed Clark/David H. Koch (Libertarian) - 921,128 (1.1%)
Barry Commoner/LaDonna Harris (Citizens) - 233,052 (0.3%)
Others - 252,303 (0.3%)
