The 1976 United States presidential election in Florida took place on November 2, 1976. All fifty states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1976 United States presidential election. Florida voters chose seventeen electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Florida was won by Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter by a margin of 5.29%, giving him the state's 17 electoral votes.
, this is the last election in which Polk County, Brevard County, Marion County, Bay County, Holmes County, Washington County, DeSoto County, Hardee County, Nassau County, St. Johns County, and Walton County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.
The Democratic primary in Florida was held on March 9, 1976. The Florida primary was the first to be held in the South with Jimmy Carter defeating the two other serious candidates: George Wallace and Henry Jackson; with Carter getting 34% of the vote and Wallace at 31% while Jackson got 24%. Carter winning the primaries is credited with helping him win the rest of the South and eliminating Wallace from the race. Florida held its Republican primary on March 9 also. In Florida's Republican primary, Gerald Ford won making it one of the first five held in the primaries and all
Among white voters, 51% supported Ford while 47% supported Carter.
In the 1976 Florida Republican presidential primary, Florida followed a winner take all system.
For Florida's 1976 Democratic presidential primary, delegates were given in proportion to the vote received.
Carter won 8 of the 15 congressional districts, and each candidate won two districts held by the other party.