1960 United States presidential election

==== Georgia ====
{{see also|1960 United States presidential election in Georgia}}
The number of popular votes Kennedy and Nixon received in Georgia is also difficult to determine because voters voted for 12 separate electors.<ref name=":3">{{cite journal|last1=Novotny|first1=Patrick|title=John F. Kennedy, the 1960 Election, and Georgia's Unpledged Electors in the Electoral College|journal=Georgia Historical Quarterly|date=2004|volume=88|issue=3|pages=375–397|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=14658910&site=eds-live&scope=site|access-date=February 15, 2018}}</ref> The vote totals of 458,638 for Kennedy and 274,472 for Nixon reflect the number of votes for the Kennedy and Nixon electors who received the highest number of votes. The Republican and Democratic electors receiving the highest number of votes were [[outliers]] from the other 11 electors from their party. The average vote totals for the 12 electors were 455,629 for the Democratic electors, and 273,110 for the Republican electors. This shrinks Kennedy's election margin in Georgia by 1,647 votes, to 182,519.<ref>{{cite journal| last=Gaines| first=Brian J.| date=March 2001| title=Popular Myths About Popular Vote–Electoral College Splits| journal=PS: Political Science & Politics| page=74| url=http://www.apsanet.org/imgtest/PopularMythsPopularVote-Gaines.pdf| access-date=April 2, 2006| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060523234634/http://www.apsanet.org/imgtest/PopularMythsPopularVote-Gaines.pdf| archive-date=May 23, 2006| url-status=dead}}</ref>