[[Jimmy Carter]] won Ohio by 11,000 votes and carried its 25 electoral votes. [[Gerald Ford]] performed poorest in [[Cleveland]] and Cuyahoga county. Third party candidates received votes as follows: [[Eugene McCarthy]] 58,258, [[Lester Maddox]] 15,529, [[Gus Hall]] 7,817, and [[Lyndon LaRouche]] 4,335. | [[Jimmy Carter]] won Ohio by 11,000 votes and carried its 25 electoral votes. [[Gerald Ford]] performed poorest in [[Cleveland]] and Cuyahoga county. Third party candidates received votes as follows: [[Eugene McCarthy]] 58,258, [[Lester Maddox]] 15,529, [[Gus Hall]] 7,817, and [[Lyndon LaRouche]] 4,335. |