| Presidential candidate,Party,Home state,Popular vote,Popular vote,Electoral vote,Running mate,Running mate,Running mate | |
| Presidential candidate,Party,Home state,Count,Percentage,Electoral vote,Vice-presidential candidate,-,- | |
| Gerald Ford,Republican,Michigan,"236,320",48.91%,4,Robert Dole,Kansas,4 | |
| Jimmy Carter,Democrat,Georgia,"232,279",48.07%,0,Walter Mondale,Minnesota,0 | |
| Eugene McCarthy,Independent,Minnesota,"10,874",2.25%,0,—,—,0 | |
| Benjamin Bubar,Prohibition,Maine,"3,495",0.72%,0,Earl Dodge,Colorado,0 | |
| Write-in candidates,—,—,179,0.04%,0,—,—,0 | |
| Thomas J. Anderson,—,Tennessee,27,0.01%,0,Rufus Shackelford,Florida,0 | |
| Gus Hall,—,New York,14,0.00%,0,Jarvis Tyner,Pennsylvania,0 | |
| Roger MacBride,—,Virginia,10,0.00%,0,David Bergland,California,0 | |
| Lester Maddox,—,Georgia,8,0.00%,0,William Dyke,Wisconsin,0 | |
| Peter Camejo,—,New York,1,0.00%,0,Willie Mae Reid,Illinois,0 | |
| Julius Levin,—,New Jersey,1,0.00%,0,Constance Blomen,-,0 | |
| Total,Total,Total,"483,208",100%,4,-,-,4 | |
| Needed to win,Needed to win,Needed to win,Needed to win,Needed to win,270,-,-,270 | |