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! ===Close states=== Margin of victory less than 1% (95 electoral votes): # <span style="color:blue;">'''Hawaii, 0.06% (115 votes)''' </span> # <span style="color:blue;">'''Illinois, 0.19% (8,858 votes)'''</span> # <span style="color:blue;">'''Missouri, 0.52% (9,980 votes)'''</span> (tipping point state for Kennedy win) # <span style="color:red;">'''California, 0.55% (35,623 votes)'''</span> # <span style="color:blue;">'''New Mexico, 0.74% (2,294 votes)'''</span> # <span style="color:blue;">'''New Jersey, 0.80% (22,091 votes)'''</span> (tipping point state if Nixon wins) Margin of victory less than 5% (161 electoral votes): # <span style="color:blue;">'''Minnesota, 1.43% (22,018 votes)'''</span> # <span style="color:blue;">'''Delaware, 1.64% (3,217 votes)'''</span> # <span style="color:red;">'''Alaska, 1.88% (1,144 votes)'''</span> # <span style="color:blue;">'''Texas, 2.00% (46,257 votes)'''</span> # <span style="color:blue;">'''Michigan, 2.01% (66,841 votes)'''</span> # <span style="color:blue;">'''Nevada, 2.32% (2,493 votes)'''</span> # <span style="color:blue;">'''Pennsylvania, 2.32% (116,326 votes)'''</span> # <span style="color:red;">'''Washington, 2.41% (29,975 votes)'''</span> # <span style="color:blue;">'''South Carolina, 2.48% (9,571 votes)'''</span> # <span style="color:red;">'''Montana, 2.50% (6,950 votes)'''</span> # <span style="color:orange;">'''Mississippi, 2.64% (7,886 votes)'''</span> # <span style="color:red;">'''Florida, 3.03% (46,776 votes)'''</span> # <span style="color:red;">'''Wisconsin, 3.72% (64,370 votes)'''</span> # <span style="color:blue;">'''North Carolina, 4.22%''' '''(57,716 votes)'''</span> Margin of victory over 5%, but under 10% (160 electoral votes): # <span style="color:red;">'''Oregon, 5.24% (40,658 votes)'''</span> # <span style="color:blue;">'''New York, 5.26% (383,666 votes)'''</span> # <span style="color:blue;">'''West Virginia, 5.46% (45,791 votes)'''</span> # <span style="color:red;">'''Virginia, 5.47% (42,194 votes)'''</span> # <span style="color:red;">'''Ohio, 6.57% (273,363 votes)'''</span> # <span style="color:red;">'''New Hampshire, 6.84% (20,217 votes)'''</span> # <span style="color:blue;">'''Arkansas, 7.13% (30,541 votes)'''</span> # <span style="color:red;">'''Tennessee, 7.15% (75,124 votes)'''</span> # <span style="color:red;">'''Kentucky, 7.18% (80,752 votes)'''</span> # <span style="color:blue;">'''Maryland, 7.22% (76,270 votes)'''</span> # <span style="color:blue;">'''Connecticut, 7.46% (91,242 votes)'''</span> # <span style="color:red;">'''Idaho, 7.56% (22,744 votes)'''</span> # <span style="color:red;">'''Utah, 9.64% (36,113 votes)'''</span> # <span style="color:red;">'''Colorado, 9.73% (71,613 votes)'''</span> ==== Statistics ==== <ref name="auto"/> Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (Democratic) # '''<span style="color:blue;">[[Seminole County, Georgia]] 95.35%</span>''' # '''<span style="color:blue;">[[Miller County, Georgia]] 94.74%</span>''' # '''<span style="color:blue;">[[Hart County, Georgia]] 93.51%</span>''' # '''<span style="color:blue;">[[Starr County, Texas]] 93.49%</span>''' # '''<span style="color:blue;">[[Madison County, Georgia]] 92.18%</span>''' Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (Republican) # '''<span style="color:red;">[[Jackson County, Kentucky]] 90.35%</span>''' # '''<span style="color:red;">[[Johnson County, Tennessee]] 86.74%</span>''' # '''<span style="color:red;">[[Owsley County, Kentucky]] 86.24%</span>''' # '''<span style="color:red;">[[Hooker County, Nebraska]] 86.19%</span>''' # '''<span style="color:red;">[[Sevier County, Tennessee]] 85.05%</span>''' Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (Other) # '''<span style="color:green;">[[Amite County, Mississippi]] 72.72%</span>''' # '''<span style="color:green;">[[Wilkinson County, Mississippi]] 68.09%</span>''' # '''<span style="color:green;">[[Jefferson County, Mississippi]] 66.54%</span>''' # '''<span style="color:green;">[[Franklin County, Mississippi]] 66.37%</span>''' # '''<span style="color:green;">[[Rankin County, Mississippi]] 65.12%</span>''' 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). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page