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Jimmy Carter won the 1976 presidential election defeating Gerald Ford. In the 1976 presidential election Jimmy Carter received 297 electoral votes (55.3%) and Gerald Ford received 240 electoral votes (44.7%). The popular vote totals were Carter 40,830,763 and Ford 39,147,793.

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