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%)
