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Parents > United States > U.S. Senate > Popular Vote
OfficeSenate
TypeControl Indicator
Filing Deadline 00, 1972 - 12:00am
Polls Open November 07, 1972 - 06:00am
Polls Close November 02, 1976 - 06:30pm
Term Start January 03, 1977 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 1979 - 12:00pm
ContributorChronicler
Last ModifiedChronicler August 23, 2005 06:06pm
Data SourcesDubin, pp. 685-706.
DescriptionThe Democrats won a minimal victory in the 1976 races for the U.S. Senate. Fifteen states changed hands. The Democrats won 23 races to 12 for the Republicans, which translated to a net Democratic gain of only one. The breakdown in the new Senate was 61 Democrats, 38 Republicans, and 1 Independent (Byrd-VA).

New Senators: DeConcini (AZ), Hayakawa (CA), Matsunaga (HI), Lugar (IN), Sarbanes (MD), Riegle (MI), Danforth (MO), Melcher (MT), Zorinsky (NE), Durkin (NH), Schmitt (NM), Moynihan (NY), Metzenbaum (OH), Heinz (PA), Chafee (RI), Sasser (TN), Hatch (UT), and Wallop (WY).

Aggregate nationwide totals for U.S. Senate races of 1975-1976:

Democratic 31,959,319 - 54.6%
Republican 24,675,438 - 41.7%
Independent 1,235,813 - 2.1
Am. Independent 679,812 - 1.2
Liberal 184,083 - 0.3
Peace and Freedom 118,609 - 0.2
Socialist Workers 93,723 - 0.2
Libertarian 78,588 - 0.1
Labor 42,786 - 0.1
Communist 30,364 - 0.1
Socialist Labor 13,470
La Raza Unida 1,087
Prohibition 216
KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail

CANDIDATES
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Name (I) Democratic Party Control Republican Party Control American Independent Party Control Independent Control Liberal Party Control Peace and Freedom Party Control Socialist Workers Party Control
PartyDemocratic Republican American Independent Independent Liberal Peace & Freedom Socialist Workers
Votes71,684,812 (52.07%) 60,605,433 (44.02%) 2,325,175 (1.69%) 1,803,705 (1.31%) 425,724 (0.31%) 264,079 (0.19%) 166,255 (0.12%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -11,079,379 (-8.05%) -69,359,637 (-50.38%) -69,881,107 (-50.76%) -71,259,088 (-51.76%) -71,420,733 (-51.88%) -71,518,557 (-51.95%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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Name Prohibition Party Control Libertarian Party Control La Raza Unida Party Control Labor Party Control Socialist Labor Party Control Communist Party Control
PartyProhibition Libertarian La Raza Unida U.S. Labor Socialist Labor Communist
Votes79,055 (0.06%) 78,588 (0.06%) 77,858 (0.06%) 59,921 (0.04%) 51,268 (0.04%) 48,124 (0.04%)
Margin-71,605,757 (-52.01%) -71,606,224 (-52.01%) -71,606,954 (-52.01%) -71,624,891 (-52.03%) -71,633,544 (-52.03%) -71,636,688 (-52.04%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
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