Elections / 1960 · President

John F. Kennedy defeated Richard Nixon.

John F. Kennedy (D) vs Richard Nixon (R), with Unpledged Democratic electors (Harry F. Byrd) (Unpledged) carrying counties. Every state below links to its full contest page with county-level results.

Nominees: John F. Kennedy (D) · Richard Nixon (R) · Unpledged Democratic electors (Harry F. Byrd) (Unpledged)

National popular vote

68,886,297 votes counted

Kennedy (D)

34,248,844

49.7%

Nixon (R)

34,136,720

49.6%

Byrd) + others

500,734

0.7%

Margin

D+0.2

The county map

3,130 county-level results on record for 1960

Democrats carried 1,202 counties, Republicans 1,857, third-party candidates 71. 596 counties flipped parties from the previous cycle.

Biggest county swings: Long County, GA (R+114.7 swing) · Lafourche Parish, LA (D+81.9 swing) · Conejos County, CO (D+79.5 swing) · Terrebonne Parish, LA (D+77.2 swing) · Plaquemines Parish, LA (D+74.0 swing) · St. John the Baptist Parish, LA (D+73.3 swing)

Results by state

Every row links to the state's contest page with its county map.

State	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alaska	R	−1.9%	58,532	60,838	119,370
Alabama	D	+14.3%	318,303	237,981	562,136
Arkansas	D	+7.1%	215,049	184,508	428,509
Arizona	R	−11.1%	176,408	220,742	397,616
California	R	−0.5%	3,224,099	3,259,722	6,506,578
Colorado	R	−9.7%	330,629	402,242	736,236
Connecticut	D	+7.5%	657,042	565,796	1,222,852
Delaware	D	+1.6%	99,590	96,373	196,683
Florida	R	−3.0%	748,700	795,476	1,544,176
Georgia	D	+25.1%	458,638	274,472	733,110
Hawaii	D	+0.1%	92,410	92,295	184,705
Iowa	R	−13.5%	550,565	722,381	1,273,810
Idaho	R	−7.6%	138,853	161,597	300,450
Illinois	D	+0.2%	2,377,846	2,368,988	4,757,409
Indiana	R	−10.4%	952,358	1,175,120	2,135,360
Kansas	R	−21.3%	363,213	561,474	928,825
Kentucky	R	−7.2%	521,855	602,607	1,124,462
Louisiana	D	+21.8%	407,339	230,980	807,891
Massachusetts	D	+20.7%	1,487,174	976,750	2,469,480
Maryland	D	+7.2%	565,808	489,538	1,055,349
Maine	R	−14.1%	181,159	240,608	421,773
Michigan	D	+2.0%	1,687,269	1,620,428	3,318,097
Minnesota	D	+1.4%	779,933	757,915	1,541,887
Missouri	D	+0.5%	972,201	962,221	1,934,422
Mississippi	O	+11.7%	108,362	73,561	298,171
Montana	R	−2.5%	134,891	141,841	277,579
North Carolina	D	+4.2%	713,136	655,420	1,368,556
North Dakota	R	−10.9%	123,963	154,310	278,431
Nebraska	R	−24.1%	232,542	380,553	613,095
New Hampshire	R	−6.8%	137,772	157,989	295,761
New Jersey	D	+0.8%	1,385,415	1,363,324	2,773,111
New Mexico	D	+0.7%	156,027	153,733	311,107
Nevada	D	+2.3%	54,880	52,387	107,267
New York	D	+5.3%	3,830,085	3,446,419	7,291,079
Ohio	R	−6.6%	1,944,248	2,217,611	4,161,859
Oklahoma	R	−18.0%	370,111	533,039	903,150
Oregon	R	−5.2%	367,402	408,060	776,421
Pennsylvania	D	+2.3%	2,556,282	2,439,956	5,006,541
Rhode Island	D	+27.3%	258,032	147,502	405,535
South Carolina	D	+2.5%	198,129	188,558	386,688
South Dakota	R	−16.4%	128,070	178,417	306,487
Tennessee	R	−7.1%	481,453	556,577	1,051,776
Texas	D	+2.0%	1,167,567	1,121,310	2,311,084
Utah	R	−9.6%	169,248	205,362	374,710
Virginia	R	−5.4%	361,850	403,714	770,162
Vermont	R	−17.3%	69,186	98,131	167,324
Washington	R	−2.4%	599,298	629,273	1,241,572
Wisconsin	R	−3.7%	830,805	895,175	1,729,082
West Virginia	D	+5.5%	441,786	395,995	837,781
Wyoming	R	−10.0%	63,331	77,451	140,782