10 0 54.9% 42.0% | 1,070,440 819,395 Start date November 2, 1976 | |
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The 1976 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 2, 1976 in Minnesota as part of the 1976 United States presidential election.
The Democratic Party candidate, former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter, won the state over incumbent President Gerald Ford by a landslide margin of 251,045 votes, or approximately 12.88%. Carter went on to win the election nationally, as the country's confidence in the Republican Party had been deeply shaken following the Watergate scandal and the subsequent resignation of Richard Nixon.
The effect of Watergate on the political landscape in Minnesota can be clearly seen in the results of this election, as well as the landslide DFL victories in the gubernatorial elections of 1974 and 1978. Previously a state which, having cast its electoral votes for the Republican nominee in 20 of the 29 presidential elections from 1860 to 1972, favored Republicans, Minnesota has not cast a single electoral vote in favor of a Republican since 1972.