1960 United States presidential election Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Results by state=== Source:<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/data.php?year=1960&datatype=national&def=1&f=0&off=0&elect=0|title=1960 Presidential General Election Data β National|access-date=March 18, 2013}}</ref> {|class="wikitable" |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} |States won by [[John F. Kennedy|Kennedy]]/[[Lyndon B. Johnson|Johnson]] |-{{Party shading/Dixiecrat}} |States won by [[Harry F. Byrd|Byrd]]/[[Strom Thurmond|Thurmond]] |-{{Party shading/Republican}} |States won by [[Richard Nixon|Nixon]]/[[Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.|Lodge]] |}<div style="overflow:auto"> {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right" |- !colspan=2| ! align=center colspan=3 | John F. Kennedy<br>Democratic ! align=center colspan=3 | Richard Nixon<br>Republican ! align=center colspan=3 | Unpledged Electors<br>Unpledged Democratic ! align=center colspan=3 | Eric Hass<br> Socialist Labor ! align=center colspan=2 | Margin ! align=center colspan=2 | State Total |- ! align=center | State ! style="text-align:center; font-size: 60%" data-sort-type="number" | electoral<br>votes ! align=center data-sort-type="number" | # ! align=center data-sort-type="number" | % ! style="text-align:center; font-size: 60%" data-sort-type="number" | electoral<br>votes ! align=center data-sort-type="number" | # ! align=center data-sort-type="number" | % ! style="text-align:center; font-size: 60%" data-sort-type="number" | electoral<br>votes ! align=center data-sort-type="number" | # ! align=center data-sort-type="number" | % ! style="text-align:center; font-size: 60%" data-sort-type="number" | electoral<br>votes ! align=center data-sort-type="number" | # ! align=center data-sort-type="number" | % ! style="text-align:center; font-size: 60%" data-sort-type="number" | electoral<br>votes ! align=center data-sort-type="number" | # ! align=center data-sort-type="number" | % ! style="text-align:center; font-size: 60%" data-sort-type="number" | # ! |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in Alabama|Alabama]] | style="text-align:center;" | 11 | 318,303 | 56.39 | 5 | 237,981 | 42.16 | β | 324,050 | 0.00 | 6 | β | β | β | 80,322 | 14.23 | 564,478 | style="text-align:center;" | AL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in Alaska|Alaska]] | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | 29,809 | 49.06 | β | 30,953 | 50.94 | 3 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β1,144 | β1.88 | 60,762 | style="text-align:center;" | AK |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in Arizona|Arizona]] | style="text-align:center;" | 4 | 176,781 | 44.36 | β | 221,241 | 55.52 | 4 | β | β | β | 469 | 0.12 | β | β44,460 | β11.16 | 398,491 | style="text-align:center;" | AZ |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in Arkansas|Arkansas]] | style="text-align:center;" | 8 | 215,049 | 50.19 | 8 | 184,508 | 43.06 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 30,541 | 7.13 | 428,509 | style="text-align:center;" | AR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in California|California]] | style="text-align:center;" | 32 | 3,224,099 | 49.55 | β | 3,259,722 | 50.10 | 32 | β | β | β | 1,051 | 0.02 | β | β35,623 | β0.55 | 6,506,578 | style="text-align:center;" | CA |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in Colorado|Colorado]] | style="text-align:center;" | 6 | 330,629 | 44.91 | β | 402,242 | 54.63 | 6 | β | β | β | 2,803 | 0.38 | β | β71,613 | β9.73 | 736,246 | style="text-align:center;" | CO |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in Connecticut|Connecticut]] | style="text-align:center;" | 8 | 657,055 | 53.73 | 8 | 565,813 | 46.27 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 91,242 | 7.46 | 1,222,883 | style="text-align:center;" | CT |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in Delaware|Delaware]] | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | 99,590 | 50.63 | 3 | 96,373 | 49.00 | β | β | β | β | 82 | 0.04 | β | 3,217 | 1.64 | 196,683 | style="text-align:center;" | DE |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in Florida|Florida]] | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | 748,700 | 48.49 | β | 795,476 | 51.51 | 10 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β46,776 | β3.03 | 1,544,176 | style="text-align:center;" | FL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in Georgia|Georgia]] | style="text-align:center;" | 12 | 458,638 | 62.54 | 12 | 274,472 | 37.43 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 184,166 | 25.11 | 733,349 | style="text-align:center;" | GA |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in Hawaii|Hawaii]] | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | 92,410 | 50.03 | 3 | 92,295 | 49.97 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 115 | 0.06 | 184,705 | style="text-align:center;" | HI |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in Idaho|Idaho]] | style="text-align:center;" | 4 | 138,853 | 46.22 | β | 161,597 | 53.78 | 4 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β22,744 | β7.57 | 300,450 | style="text-align:center;" | ID |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in Illinois|Illinois]] | style="text-align:center;" | 27 | 2,377,846 | 49.98 | 27 | 2,368,988 | 49.80 | β | β | β | β | 10,560 | 0.22 | β | 8,858 | 0.19 | 4,757,409 | style="text-align:center;" | IL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in Indiana|Indiana]] | style="text-align:center;" | 13 | 952,358 | 44.60 | β | 1,175,120 | 55.03 | 13 | β | β | β | 1,136 | 0.05 | β | β222,762 | β10.43 | 2,135,360 | style="text-align:center;" | IN |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in Iowa|Iowa]] | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | 550,565 | 43.22 | β | 722,381 | 56.71 | 10 | β | β | β | 230 | 0.02 | β | β171,816 | β13.49 | 1,273,810 | style="text-align:center;" | IA |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in Kansas|Kansas]] | style="text-align:center;" | 8 | 363,213 | 39.10 | β | 561,474 | 60.45 | 8 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β198,261 | β21.35 | 928,825 | style="text-align:center;" | KS |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in Kentucky|Kentucky]] | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | 521,855 | 46.41 | β | 602,607 | 53.59 | 10 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β80,752 | β7.18 | 1,124,462 | style="text-align:center;" | KY |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in Louisiana|Louisiana]] | style="text-align:center;" | 10 | 407,339 | 50.42 | 10 | 230,980 | 28.59 | β | 169,572 | 20.99 | β | β | β | β | 176,359 | 21.83 | 807,891 | style="text-align:center;" | LA |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in Maine|Maine]] | style="text-align:center;" | 5 | 181,159 | 42.95 | β | 240,608 | 57.05 | 5 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β59,449 | β14.10 | 421,767 | style="text-align:center;" | ME |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in Maryland|Maryland]] | style="text-align:center;" | 9 | 565,808 | 53.61 | 9 | 489,538 | 46.39 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 76,270 | 7.23 | 1,055,349 | style="text-align:center;" | MD |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in Massachusetts|Massachusetts]] | style="text-align:center;" | 16 | 1,487,174 | 60.22 | 16 | 976,750 | 39.55 | β | β | β | β | 3,892 | 0.16 | β | 510,424 | 20.67 | 2,469,480 | style="text-align:center;" | MA |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in Michigan|Michigan]] | style="text-align:center;" | 20 | 1,687,269 | 50.85 | 20 | 1,620,428 | 48.84 | β | 539 | 0.02 | β | 1,718 | 0.05 | β | 66,841 | 2.01 | 3,318,097 | style="text-align:center;" | MI |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in Minnesota|Minnesota]] | style="text-align:center;" | 11 | 779,933 | 50.58 | 11 | 757,915 | 49.16 | β | β | β | β | 962 | 0.06 | β | 22,018 | 1.43 | 1,541,887 | style="text-align:center;" | MN |-{{Party shading/Dixiecrat}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in Mississippi|Mississippi]] | style="text-align:center;" | 8 | 108,362 | 36.34 | β | 73,561 | 24.67 | β | 116,248 | 38.99 | 8 | β | β | β | β7,886 | β2.64 | 298,171 | style="text-align:center;" | MS |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in Missouri|Missouri]] | style="text-align:center;" | 13 | 972,201 | 50.26 | 13 | 962,221 | 49.74 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 9,980 | 0.52 | 1,934,422 | style="text-align:center;" | MO |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in Montana|Montana]] | style="text-align:center;" | 4 | 134,891 | 48.60 | β | 141,841 | 51.10 | 4 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β6,950 | β2.50 | 277,579 | style="text-align:center;" | MT |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in Nebraska|Nebraska]] | style="text-align:center;" | 6 | 232,542 | 37.93 | β | 380,553 | 62.07 | 6 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β148,011 | β24.14 | 613,095 | style="text-align:center;" | NE |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in Nevada|Nevada]] | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | 54,880 | 51.16 | 3 | 52,387 | 48.84 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 2,493 | 2.32 | 107,267 | style="text-align:center;" | NV |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in New Hampshire|New Hampshire]] | style="text-align:center;" | 4 | 137,772 | 46.58 | β | 157,989 | 53.42 | 4 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β20,217 | β6.84 | 295,761 | style="text-align:center;" | NH |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in New Jersey|New Jersey]] | style="text-align:center;" | 16 | 1,385,415 | 49.96 | 16 | 1,363,324 | 49.16 | β | β | β | β | 4,262 | 0.15 | β | 22,091 | 0.80 | 2,773,111 | style="text-align:center;" | NJ |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in New Mexico|New Mexico]] | style="text-align:center;" | 4 | 156,027 | 50.15 | 4 | 153,733 | 49.41 | β | β | β | β | 570 | 0.18 | β | 2,294 | 0.74 | 311,107 | style="text-align:center;" | NM |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in New York|New York]] | style="text-align:center;" | 45 | 3,830,085 | 52.53 | 45 | 3,446,419 | 47.27 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 383,666 | 5.26 | 7,291,079 | style="text-align:center;" | NY |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in North Carolina|North Carolina]] | style="text-align:center;" | 14 | 713,136 | 52.11 | 14 | 655,420 | 47.89 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 57,716 | 4.22 | 1,368,556 | style="text-align:center;" | NC |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in North Dakota|North Dakota]] | style="text-align:center;" | 4 | 123,963 | 44.52 | β | 154,310 | 55.42 | 4 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β30,347 | β10.90 | 278,431 | style="text-align:center;" | ND |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in Ohio|Ohio]] | style="text-align:center;" | 25 | 1,944,248 | 46.72 | β | 2,217,611 | 53.28 | 25 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β273,363 | β6.57 | 4,161,859 | style="text-align:center;" | OH |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in Oklahoma|Oklahoma]] | style="text-align:center;" | 8 | 370,111 | 40.98 | β | 533,039 | 59.02 | 7 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | β | β | β | β162,928 | β18.04 | 903,150 | style="text-align:center;" | OK |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in Oregon|Oregon]] | style="text-align:center;" | 6 | 367,402 | 47.32 | β | 408,060 | 52.56 | 6 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β40,658 | β5.24 | 776,421 | style="text-align:center;" | OR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]] | style="text-align:center;" | 32 | 2,556,282 | 51.06 | 32 | 2,439,956 | 48.74 | β | β | β | β | 7,185 | 0.14 | β | 116,326 | 2.32 | 5,006,541 | style="text-align:center;" | PA |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in Rhode Island|Rhode Island]] | style="text-align:center;" | 4 | 258,032 | 63.63 | 4 | 147,502 | 36.37 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 110,530 | 27.26 | 405,535 | style="text-align:center;" | RI |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in South Carolina|South Carolina]] | style="text-align:center;" | 8 | 198,129 | 51.24 | 8 | 188,558 | 48.76 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 9,571 | 2.48 | 386,688 | style="text-align:center;" | SC |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in South Dakota|South Dakota]] | style="text-align:center;" | 4 | 128,070 | 41.79 | β | 178,417 | 58.21 | 4 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β50,347 | β16.43 | 306,487 | style="text-align:center;" | SD |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in Tennessee|Tennessee]] | style="text-align:center;" | 11 | 481,453 | 45.77 | β | 556,577 | 52.92 | 11 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β75,124 | β7.14 | 1,051,792 | style="text-align:center;" | TN |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in Texas|Texas]] | style="text-align:center;" | 24 | 1,167,567 | 50.52 | 24 | 1,121,310 | 48.52 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 46,257 | 2.00 | 2,311,084 | style="text-align:center;" | TX |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in Utah|Utah]] | style="text-align:center;" | 4 | 169,248 | 45.17 | β | 205,361 | 54.81 | 4 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β36,113 | β9.64 | 374,709 | style="text-align:center;" | UT |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in Vermont|Vermont]] | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | 69,186 | 41.35 | β | 98,131 | 58.65 | 3 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β28,945 | β17.30 | 167,324 | style="text-align:center;" | VT |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in Virginia|Virginia]] | style="text-align:center;" | 12 | 362,327 | 46.97 | β | 404,521 | 52.44 | 12 | β | β | β | 397 | 0.05 | β | β42,194 | β5.47 | 771,449 | style="text-align:center;" | VA |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in Washington (state)|Washington]] | style="text-align:center;" | 9 | 599,298 | 48.27 | β | 629,273 | 50.68 | 9 | β | β | β | 10,895 | 0.88 | β | β29,975 | β2.41 | 1,241,572 | style="text-align:center;" | WA |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in West Virginia|West Virginia]] | style="text-align:center;" | 8 | 441,786 | 52.73 | 8 | 395,995 | 47.27 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 45,791 | 5.47 | 837,781 | style="text-align:center;" | WV |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in Wisconsin|Wisconsin]] | style="text-align:center;" | 12 | 830,805 | 48.05 | β | 895,175 | 51.77 | 12 | β | β | β | 1,310 | 0.08 | β | β64,370 | β3.72 | 1,729,082 | style="text-align:center;" | WI |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | style="text-align:center;" | [[1960 United States presidential election in Wyoming|Wyoming]] | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | 63,331 | 44.99 | β | 77,451 | 55.01 | 3 | β | β | β | β | β | β | β14,120 | β10.03 | 140,782 | style="text-align:center;" | WY |- ! TOTALS: ! 537 ! 34,220,984 ! 49.72 ! 303 ! 34,108,157 ! 49.55 ! 219 ! 286,359 ! 0.42 ! 15 ! 47,522 ! 0.07 ! β ! 112,827 ! 0.16 ! 68,832,482 | style="text-align:center;" | US |}</div> ====States that flipped from Republican to Democratic==== *[[Connecticut]] *[[Delaware]] *[[Illinois]] *[[Louisiana]] *[[Maryland]] *[[Massachusetts]] *[[Michigan]] *[[Minnesota]] *[[Nevada]] *[[New Jersey]] *[[New Mexico]] *[[New York (state)|New York]] *[[Pennsylvania]] *[[Rhode Island]] *[[Texas]] *[[West Virginia]] ====States that flipped from Democratic to Unpledged==== *[[Alabama]] *[[Mississippi]] Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). 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