Electoral Votes Needed to Win: 270
My party abbreviation guide is here.
James Earl Carter, Jr. (D) – 40,831,881 – 50.08% (297 electoral votes)
– Walter Frederick Mondale (D) (297 electoral votes)
Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. (R-inc) – 39,148,634 – 48.02% (240 electoral votes)
– Bob Dole (R) (240 electoral votes)
Ronald Wilson Reagan (R) (1 electoral vote)
Eugene McCarthy (None) – 740,460 – 0.91%
Roger MacBride (None) – 172,553 – 0.21%
– David Bergland (None)
Lester Maddox (AI) – 170,274 – 0.21%
– William Dyke (AI)
Thomas J. Anderson (American) – 158,271 – 0.19%
– Rufus Shackelford (American)
Peter Camejo (SW) – 90,986 – 0.11%
– Willie Mae Reid (SW)
Gus Hall (C) – 58,709 – 0.07%
– Jarvis Tyner (C)
Margaret Wright (People’s) – 49,013 – 0.06%
– Benjamin Spock (People’s)
Lyndon LaRouche (U.S. Labor) – 40,043 – 0.05%
– R. Wayne Evans (U.S. Labor)
Other – 70,785 – 0.08%
Total Votes – 81,531,584 – 100.00% (538 electoral votes)