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| Presidential Candidate | Electoral Vote | Popular Vote | Pct | Party | Running Mate (Electoral Votes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. of Georgia (W) | 297 | 40,825,839 | 50.1% | Democrat | Walter Frederick Mondale of Minnesota (297) |
| Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. of Michigan | 240 | 39,147,770 | 48.0% | Republican | Robert Joseph Dole of Kansas (241) |
| Ronald Wilson Reagan of California | 1 | (not running) | - | Republican | (1) |
| Eugene J. McCarthy of Minnesota | 0 | 756,691 | 0.9% | (Independent) | |
| Roger MacBride of Vermont | 0 | 173,011 | 0.2% | Libertarianlogo depicts a stylized Statue of Liberty. The Libertarian Party is a United States political party created in 1971. It claims to be the largest third party in the United States although others dispute this claim (see below for a full discussion of the is | David BerglandBergland is an American libertarian activist. He was the presidential nominee of the Libertarian Party in 1984 and its vice-presidential nominee in 1976 (sharing the ticket with Roger MacBride), as well as the party's national chair from 1977 to 1981 and |
| Lester MaddoxLester Garfield Maddox ( September 30, 1915 June 25, 2003) was an American segregationist politician who was Governor of the U. state of Georgia from 1967 to 1971. Lester Maddox was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He dropped out of school and took a corresponde of Georgia | 0 | 170,531 | 0.2% | American IndependentAmerican Independent Party is a United States American political party. The party was established in 1968 by Alabama governor George Wallace. Wallace was on every state ballot. Wallace and his running mate Curtis E. LeMay received 13. 5% of the popular vo | William D. DykeWilliam D. Dyke was a two-termed mayor of Madison, Wisconsin in the 1970s. A Conservative Republican, he briefly left the party in 1976 to run as Lester Maddox's running mate on the American Independent Party ticket. He is currently a local judge in the s |
| Thomas J AndersonConservative author and farmer, from Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. 1972 American Independent Party vice presidential candidate, running with Congressman John G. 1976 American Party presidential candidate. Active in conservative politics and the John Birch Soci | 0 | 160,773 | 0.2% | American | |
| Other | 0 | 321,274 | 0.4% | ||
| Total | 538 | 81,555,889 | 100.0% | ||
| Source: U.S. Office of the Federal Register | |||||
300px Red states supported Carter; blue states supported Ford.