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! == Voter demographics == {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! colspan="7" | The 1960 presidential vote by demographic subgroup |- ! Demographic subgroup ! {{party shading/Democratic}}|Kennedy ! {{party shading/Republican}}|Nixon |- | Total vote | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 50.1 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 49.9 |- ! colspan=4|Gender |- | Men | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 52 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 48 |- | Women | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 49 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 51 |- ! colspan=4|Age |- | 18β29 years old | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 54 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 46 |- | 30β49 years old | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 54 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 46 |- | 50 and older | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 46 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 54 |- ! colspan=4|Race |- | [[White American|White]] | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 49 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 51 |- | [[African American|Black]] | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 68 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 32 |- ! colspan=4|Religion |- | Protestants | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 38 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 62 |- | Catholics | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 78 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 22 |- ! colspan=4|Party |- | [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 84 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 16 |- | [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 5 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 95 |- | [[Independent (voter)|Independents]] | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 43 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 57 |- ! colspan=4|Education |- | Less than high school | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 55 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 45 |- | High school | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 52 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 48 |- | College graduate or higher | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 39 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 61 |- ! colspan=4|Occupation |- | Professional and business | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 42 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 58 |- | White-collar | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 48 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 52 |- | Blue-collar | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 60 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 40 |- | Farmers | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 48 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 52 |- ! colspan=4|Region |- | [[Northeastern United States|Northeast]] | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 53 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 47 |- | [[Midwestern United States|Midwest]] | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 48 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 52 |- | [[Southern United States|South]] | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 51 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 49 |- | [[Western United States|West]] | style="text-align:right; background:#f0f0ff;"| 49 | style="text-align:right; background:#ffb6b6;"| 51 |- ! colspan=4|Union households |- | [[Labor unions in the United States|Union]] | style="text-align:right; background:#b0ceff;"| 65 | style="text-align:right; background:#fff3f3;"| 35 |} '''Source:''' <ref>{{cite web |title=Election Polls β Vote by Groups, 1960β1964 |url=http://www.gallup.com/poll/9454/Election-Polls-Vote-Groups-19601964.aspx |website=[[Gallup (company)|Gallup]] |access-date=June 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726155334/http://www.gallup.com/poll/9454/Election-Polls-Vote-Groups-19601964.aspx |archive-date=July 26, 2011}}</ref> 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