1976 New Jersey Democratic presidential primary
June 8, 1976
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Presidential delegate primary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
108 Democratic National Convention delegates 91 elected by voters 17 elected proportionally by initial delegates | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Presidential preference primary (non-binding) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1976 New Jersey Democratic presidential primary was held on June 6, 1976, in New Jersey as one of the Democratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1976 United States presidential election.
In the binding delegate primary, a slate of ten uncommitted delegates won the statewide contest and uncommitted delegates won a large majority of the delegates elected at the legislative district level. Of the declared candidates, only Jimmy Carter won any delegates by capturing pluralities in several districts.
In the non-binding preference primary, Carter won a narrow majority over fractured opposition.
617,266 ballots were cast, breaking the record for a Democratic primary in New Jersey set in 1972, and in combination with the Republican primary held the same day, a higher percentage of eligible voters (28.1%) cast a ballot in the 1976 primaries than in any presidential year since 1952 (39%).