Richard Nixon carried Indiana R+10.4.

John F. Kennedy (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in Indiana, 1960. The state ran 10.6 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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Indiana result

2,135,360 votes counted

Kennedy (D)

952,358

44.6%

Nixon (R)

1,175,120

55.0%

Byrd) + others

7,882

0.4%

Margin

R+10.4

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1960 presidential election

Indiana, 1960

NixonR+10.4

How it voted

Share of the 1960 vote

Richard Nixon ✓Republican	55.0%	1,175,120
John F. KennedyDemocratic	44.6%	952,358
OtherAll other candidates	0.4%	7,882

D+60

R+60

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

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Indiana's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1960 contest in context

Indiana's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+1.2%
1896	−2.9%
1900	−3.8%
1904	−13.8%
1908	−1.5%
1912	+20.0%
1916	−0.9%
1920	−14.6%
1924	−16.6%
1928	−20.1%
1932	+11.7%
1936	+14.7%
1940	−1.4%
1944	−5.7%
1948	−0.8%
1952	−17.1%
1956	−20.2%
1960	−10.4%
1964	+12.4%
1968	−12.3%
1972	−32.8%
1976	−7.6%
1980	−18.4%
1984	−24.0%
1988	−20.2%
1992	−6.1%
1996	−5.6%
2000	−15.6%
2004	−20.7%
2008	+1.0%
2012	−10.2%
2016	−19.0%
2020	−16.1%
2024	−18.9%

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County results — 1960

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−23.1%	4,338	6,972	11,409
Allen County	R	−20.9%	39,235	60,103	99,618
Bartholomew County	R	−18.7%	9,290	13,606	23,026
Benton County	R	−20.3%	2,399	3,626	6,032
Blackford County	R	−7.3%	3,228	3,738	7,009
Boone County	R	−25.0%	5,377	8,979	14,416
Brown County	R	−4.5%	1,533	1,679	3,244
Carroll County	R	−24.2%	3,299	5,411	8,744
Cass County	R	−16.9%	8,091	11,392	19,577
Clark County	D	+6.0%	14,431	12,803	27,304
Clay County	R	−16.3%	5,342	7,434	12,834
Clinton County	R	−19.0%	6,533	9,620	16,217
Crawford County	R	−11.6%	2,305	2,915	5,255
Daviess County	R	−20.7%	5,433	8,285	13,763
Dearborn County	R	−10.1%	6,216	7,619	13,854
Decatur County	R	−20.8%	4,080	6,240	10,370
DeKalb County	R	−25.7%	5,277	8,957	14,295
Delaware County	R	−5.8%	23,266	26,167	49,610
Dubois County	D	+23.2%	8,214	5,117	13,353
Elkhart County	R	−26.4%	16,264	28,056	44,693
Fayette County	R	−12.3%	5,246	6,729	12,023
Floyd County	D	+3.0%	12,346	11,629	24,037
Fountain County	R	−17.7%	4,277	6,123	10,429
Franklin County	R	−7.7%	3,523	4,108	7,645
Fulton County	R	−32.7%	3,047	6,038	9,133
Gibson County	R	−8.3%	7,479	8,838	16,399
Grant County	R	−16.4%	13,642	19,021	32,841
Greene County	R	−16.3%	6,325	8,810	15,239
Hamilton County	R	−41.6%	5,511	13,409	18,984
Hancock County	R	−20.9%	4,930	7,543	12,528
Harrison County	R	−8.1%	4,566	5,374	9,989
Hendricks County	R	−31.5%	6,481	12,490	19,066
Henry County	R	−17.5%	9,629	13,752	23,530
Howard County	R	−14.4%	13,415	17,938	31,502
Huntington County	R	−19.5%	7,163	10,658	17,930
Jackson County	R	−11.0%	6,582	8,213	14,861
Jasper County	R	−28.8%	2,959	5,364	8,339
Jay County	R	−14.1%	4,899	6,519	11,492
Jefferson County	R	−10.6%	5,119	6,333	11,492
Jennings County	R	−13.6%	3,403	4,478	7,908
Johnson County	R	−25.2%	7,400	12,426	19,919
Knox County	R	−7.3%	9,918	11,490	21,516
Kosciusko County	R	−39.3%	5,839	13,539	19,591
LaGrange County	R	−38.4%	1,965	4,433	6,422
Lake County	D	+25.7%	132,554	78,278	211,358
LaPorte County	R	−5.6%	20,317	22,738	43,140
Lawrence County	R	−22.8%	6,977	11,119	18,182
Madison County	R	−5.0%	28,154	31,098	59,445
Marion County	R	−15.6%	121,336	166,202	288,206
Marshall County	R	−25.4%	6,210	10,460	16,744
Martin County	R	−3.2%	2,585	2,756	5,346
Miami County	R	−17.5%	6,191	8,844	15,131
Monroe County	R	−31.5%	7,535	14,513	22,184
Montgomery County	R	−33.2%	5,477	10,957	16,511
Morgan County	R	−27.2%	5,375	9,416	14,860
Newton County	R	−30.5%	1,870	3,517	5,401
Noble County	R	−21.0%	5,264	8,069	13,387
Ohio County	R	−12.8%	1,015	1,314	2,336
Orange County	R	−18.8%	3,818	5,589	9,442
Owen County	R	−21.6%	2,379	3,700	6,128
Parke County	R	−16.2%	3,361	4,662	8,046
Perry County	D	+5.9%	4,920	4,372	9,308
Pike County	R	−20.2%	3,046	4,606	7,716
Porter County	R	−18.6%	10,733	15,666	26,474
Posey County	R	−9.3%	4,457	5,369	9,857
Pulaski County	R	−17.1%	2,746	3,905	6,771
Putnam County	R	−15.6%	4,798	6,583	11,423
Randolph County	R	−30.6%	5,035	9,528	14,677
Ripley County	R	−12.2%	4,730	6,053	10,818
Rush County	R	−27.6%	3,516	6,215	9,782
Scott County	R	−2.4%	3,064	3,213	6,301
Shelby County	R	−13.9%	7,111	9,421	16,602
Spencer County	R	−8.0%	4,303	5,050	9,373
St. Joseph County	D	+8.5%	63,553	53,621	117,499
Starke County	R	−6.9%	3,995	4,592	8,619
Steuben County	R	−35.6%	2,588	5,464	8,079
Sullivan County	R	−0.3%	5,975	6,012	12,060
Switzerland County	D	+0.7%	1,955	1,929	3,905
Tippecanoe County	R	−27.2%	14,041	24,572	38,668
Tipton County	R	−19.8%	3,299	4,924	8,223
Union County	R	−27.7%	1,180	2,087	3,275
Vanderburgh County	R	−6.1%	36,330	41,068	77,635
Vermillion County	D	+5.8%	5,391	4,798	10,227
Vigo County	D	+0.3%	25,105	24,940	50,178
Wabash County	R	−36.8%	4,788	10,420	15,297
Warren County	R	−29.0%	1,574	2,870	4,464
Warrick County	R	−12.5%	5,042	6,482	11,554
Washington County	R	−13.9%	3,821	5,057	8,913
Wayne County	R	−21.6%	12,721	19,764	32,580
Wells County	R	−18.6%	4,128	6,034	10,242
White County	R	−26.0%	3,914	6,678	10,612
Whitley County	R	−21.5%	4,266	6,621	10,943