Richard Nixon carried Iowa R+13.5.

John F. Kennedy (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in Iowa, 1960. The state ran 13.7 points more Republican than the nation (D+0.2 nationally).

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

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Iowa result

1,273,810 votes counted

Kennedy (D)

550,565

43.2%

Nixon (R)

722,381

56.7%

Byrd) + others

864

0.1%

Margin

R+13.5

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1960 presidential election

Iowa, 1960

NixonR+13.5

How it voted

Share of the 1960 vote

Richard Nixon ✓Republican	56.7%	722,381
John F. KennedyDemocratic	43.2%	550,565
OtherAll other candidates	0.1%	864

D+60

R+60

99 counties, each filled by 1960 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Iowa's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1960 contest in context

Iowa's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−5.3%
1896	−12.6%
1900	−18.6%
1904	−32.7%
1908	−15.0%
1912	+13.3%
1916	−11.4%
1920	−45.5%
1924	−38.6%
1928	−24.2%
1932	+17.7%
1936	+11.7%
1940	−4.4%
1944	−4.5%
1948	+2.7%
1952	−28.2%
1956	−18.4%
1960	−13.5%
1964	+24.0%
1968	−12.2%
1972	−17.1%
1976	−1.0%
1980	−12.7%
1984	−7.4%
1988	+10.2%
1992	+6.0%
1996	+10.3%
2000	+0.3%
2004	−0.7%
2008	+9.5%
2012	+5.8%
2016	−9.3%
2020	−8.2%
2024	−13.2%

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County results — 1960

99 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−20.2%	2,245	3,383	5,630
Adams County	R	−14.2%	1,643	2,185	3,828
Allamakee County	R	−25.7%	2,933	4,970	7,916
Appanoose County	R	−19.1%	3,422	5,040	8,480
Audubon County	R	−6.1%	2,595	2,935	5,532
Benton County	R	−12.8%	4,620	5,972	10,601
Black Hawk County	R	−8.3%	24,078	28,435	52,551
Boone County	R	−8.0%	5,759	6,761	12,527
Bremer County	R	−33.6%	3,234	6,504	9,742
Buchanan County	R	−9.8%	4,251	5,179	9,433
Buena Vista County	R	−27.2%	3,637	6,351	9,996
Butler County	R	−40.4%	2,268	5,345	7,616
Calhoun County	R	−17.9%	3,123	4,485	7,615
Carroll County	D	+20.6%	7,064	4,648	11,721
Cass County	R	−34.5%	3,059	6,290	9,354
Cedar County	R	−23.9%	3,203	5,217	8,425
Cerro Gordo County	R	−12.2%	10,044	12,830	22,889
Cherokee County	R	−18.3%	3,309	4,791	8,106
Chickasaw County	D	+3.1%	4,063	3,822	7,889
Clarke County	R	−15.9%	1,906	2,631	4,550
Clay County	R	−20.1%	3,437	5,165	8,604
Clayton County	R	−16.5%	4,612	6,441	11,057
Clinton County	R	−13.5%	10,508	13,797	24,330
Crawford County	R	−12.6%	3,720	4,791	8,518
Dallas County	R	−8.0%	5,597	6,566	12,176
Davis County	R	−6.8%	2,303	2,641	4,949
Decatur County	R	−11.5%	2,411	3,039	5,457
Delaware County	R	−15.2%	3,688	5,015	8,703
Des Moines County	R	−3.9%	9,872	10,678	20,591
Dickinson County	R	−14.0%	2,696	3,575	6,273
Dubuque County	D	+26.7%	22,007	12,740	34,766
Emmet County	R	−25.1%	2,563	4,284	6,853
Fayette County	R	−22.6%	5,256	8,330	13,611
Floyd County	R	−18.5%	3,970	5,774	9,746
Franklin County	R	−29.1%	2,476	4,514	6,996
Fremont County	R	−13.5%	2,307	3,027	5,336
Greene County	R	−17.0%	2,879	4,063	6,954
Grundy County	R	−39.3%	2,174	4,989	7,166
Guthrie County	R	−16.5%	2,896	4,046	6,949
Hamilton County	R	−14.8%	3,905	5,265	9,174
Hancock County	R	−20.5%	2,757	4,179	6,937
Hardin County	R	−24.7%	3,888	6,438	10,330
Harrison County	R	−15.5%	3,613	4,940	8,562
Henry County	R	−32.1%	2,839	5,531	8,377
Howard County	D	+0.4%	3,406	3,378	6,784
Humboldt County	R	−13.3%	2,706	3,537	6,243
Ida County	R	−25.6%	1,949	3,290	5,241
Iowa County	R	−27.2%	2,828	4,944	7,790
Jackson County	R	−7.8%	4,345	5,084	9,434
Jasper County	R	−12.6%	7,242	9,332	16,585
Jefferson County	R	−28.0%	2,780	4,942	7,722
Johnson County	R	−1.7%	10,563	10,927	21,508
Jones County	R	−17.1%	3,924	5,541	9,469
Keokuk County	R	−15.9%	3,408	4,697	8,115
Kossuth County	R	−3.9%	5,806	6,278	12,084
Lee County	R	−4.0%	9,936	10,765	20,701
Linn County	R	−10.7%	27,614	34,200	61,839
Louisa County	R	−21.4%	1,966	3,036	5,004
Lucas County	R	−19.9%	2,344	3,512	5,865
Lyon County	R	−47.4%	1,752	4,917	6,676
Madison County	R	−16.6%	2,722	3,804	6,529
Mahaska County	R	−31.0%	3,746	7,129	10,901
Marion County	R	−24.1%	4,547	7,444	12,008
Marshall County	R	−20.6%	6,761	10,265	17,042
Mills County	R	−30.7%	1,820	3,436	5,256
Mitchell County	R	−15.3%	2,873	3,915	6,798
Monona County	R	−9.3%	3,207	3,863	7,070
Monroe County	R	−8.6%	2,459	2,922	5,391
Montgomery County	R	−30.4%	2,655	4,974	7,630
Muscatine County	R	−16.5%	6,135	8,555	14,698
O'Brien County	R	−37.4%	2,967	6,509	9,480
Osceola County	R	−24.1%	1,814	2,965	4,782
Page County	R	−39.5%	3,075	7,089	10,172
Palo Alto County	D	+2.0%	3,695	3,551	7,249
Plymouth County	R	−15.9%	4,671	6,432	11,103
Pocahontas County	R	−0.5%	3,408	3,445	6,859
Polk County	R	−7.5%	55,091	64,077	119,234
Pottawattamie County	R	−15.6%	14,025	19,223	33,261
Poweshiek County	R	−17.5%	3,671	5,232	8,904
Ringgold County	R	−17.5%	1,781	2,538	4,321
Sac County	R	−22.7%	3,054	4,850	7,904
Scott County	R	−9.1%	23,004	27,617	50,671
Shelby County	R	−10.2%	3,427	4,210	7,644
Sioux County	R	−59.1%	2,643	10,284	12,934
Story County	R	−30.6%	7,281	13,708	21,004
Tama County	R	−5.6%	4,950	5,535	10,486
Taylor County	R	−23.8%	2,126	3,452	5,581
Union County	R	−23.8%	2,720	4,417	7,142
Van Buren County	R	−28.0%	1,760	3,129	4,894
Wapello County	D	+0.4%	11,116	11,036	22,167
Warren County	R	−18.5%	4,136	6,013	10,149
Washington County	R	−29.0%	3,222	5,861	9,089
Wayne County	R	−19.1%	2,307	3,401	5,715
Webster County	R	−0.3%	10,680	10,741	21,435
Winnebago County	R	−24.7%	2,463	4,082	6,549
Winneshiek County	R	−9.0%	4,786	5,737	10,530
Woodbury County	R	−10.1%	21,906	26,832	48,744
Worth County	R	−8.7%	2,303	2,740	5,048
Wright County	R	−12.8%	4,159	5,386	9,560