Richard Nixon carried Kansas R+21.3.

John F. Kennedy (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in Kansas, 1960. The state ran 21.5 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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Kansas result

928,825 votes counted

Kennedy (D)

363,213

39.1%

Nixon (R)

561,474

60.4%

Byrd) + others

4,138

0.4%

Margin

R+21.3

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1960 presidential election

Kansas, 1960

NixonR+21.3

How it voted

Share of the 1960 vote

Richard Nixon ✓Republican	60.4%	561,474
John F. KennedyDemocratic	39.1%	363,213
OtherAll other candidates	0.4%	4,138

D+60

R+60

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

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Kansas's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1960 contest in context

Kansas's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−50.2%
1896	+3.7%
1900	−6.6%
1904	−38.7%
1908	−9.4%
1912	+18.8%
1916	+5.9%
1920	−32.2%
1924	−37.9%
1928	−45.0%
1932	+9.4%
1936	+7.7%
1940	−14.5%
1944	−21.1%
1948	−9.0%
1952	−38.3%
1956	−31.2%
1960	−21.3%
1964	+9.0%
1968	−20.1%
1972	−38.2%
1976	−7.6%
1980	−24.6%
1984	−33.7%
1988	−13.2%
1992	−5.1%
1996	−18.2%
2000	−20.8%
2004	−25.4%
2008	−15.0%
2012	−21.6%
2016	−20.4%
2020	−14.7%
2024	−16.0%

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County results — 1960

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Allen County	R	−32.1%	2,540	4,947	7,508
Anderson County	R	−25.2%	1,589	2,665	4,274
Atchison County	R	−5.0%	4,336	4,793	9,160
Barber County	R	−33.3%	1,347	2,703	4,066
Barton County	R	−11.4%	6,036	7,599	13,665
Bourbon County	R	−26.6%	2,928	5,062	8,031
Brown County	R	−45.0%	1,773	4,707	6,515
Butler County	R	−17.1%	7,112	10,059	17,232
Chase County	R	−28.5%	708	1,276	1,992
Chautauqua County	R	−41.6%	885	2,160	3,062
Cherokee County	R	−13.6%	4,366	5,753	10,192
Cheyenne County	R	−43.4%	636	1,622	2,271
Clark County	R	−40.9%	538	1,286	1,830
Clay County	R	−51.5%	1,246	3,937	5,226
Cloud County	R	−21.5%	2,607	4,045	6,677
Coffey County	R	−39.6%	1,263	2,925	4,197
Comanche County	R	−44.0%	460	1,187	1,652
Cowley County	R	−24.6%	6,205	10,276	16,580
Crawford County	R	−6.0%	8,325	9,383	17,777
Decatur County	R	−27.9%	1,038	1,846	2,892
Dickinson County	R	−38.8%	3,054	6,956	10,055
Doniphan County	R	−35.0%	1,383	2,882	4,277
Douglas County	R	−33.1%	5,690	11,337	17,065
Edwards County	R	−23.3%	986	1,588	2,584
Elk County	R	−37.7%	823	1,830	2,673
Ellis County	D	+29.6%	5,815	3,156	8,977
Ellsworth County	R	−19.0%	1,488	2,189	3,687
Finney County	R	−19.7%	2,490	3,720	6,240
Ford County	R	−15.6%	3,792	5,200	9,017
Franklin County	R	−36.9%	2,824	6,158	9,029
Geary County	R	−23.0%	2,365	3,789	6,183
Gove County	R	−12.4%	828	1,065	1,907
Graham County	R	−26.2%	918	1,572	2,497
Grant County	R	−27.4%	702	1,235	1,942
Gray County	R	−21.4%	744	1,150	1,899
Greeley County	R	−41.9%	262	645	914
Greenwood County	R	−35.1%	1,804	3,758	5,571
Hamilton County	R	−19.9%	591	885	1,481
Harper County	R	−37.2%	1,439	3,158	4,622
Harvey County	R	−37.4%	3,537	7,798	11,404
Haskell County	R	−28.8%	471	853	1,328
Hodgeman County	R	−23.6%	570	926	1,507
Jackson County	R	−35.2%	1,567	3,279	4,861
Jefferson County	R	−31.6%	1,739	3,353	5,101
Jewell County	R	−45.1%	1,095	2,914	4,033
Johnson County	R	−32.5%	21,914	43,026	65,033
Kearny County	R	−24.4%	513	846	1,362
Kingman County	R	−25.1%	1,735	2,904	4,662
Kiowa County	R	−49.7%	555	1,662	2,229
Labette County	R	−17.5%	5,248	7,491	12,807
Lane County	R	−31.9%	462	902	1,379
Leavenworth County	R	−6.4%	6,926	7,870	14,832
Lincoln County	R	−42.6%	822	2,052	2,884
Linn County	R	−41.0%	1,176	2,824	4,024
Logan County	R	−31.1%	651	1,243	1,906
Lyon County	R	−22.1%	4,755	7,470	12,266
Marion County	R	−46.7%	1,904	5,250	7,172
Marshall County	R	−25.4%	2,931	4,932	7,891
McPherson County	R	−47.8%	2,774	7,920	10,759
Meade County	R	−41.4%	754	1,826	2,591
Miami County	R	−16.1%	3,505	4,857	8,396
Mitchell County	R	−24.2%	1,692	2,779	4,497
Montgomery County	R	−22.3%	7,938	12,536	20,638
Morris County	R	−35.3%	1,148	2,413	3,580
Morton County	R	−21.9%	586	918	1,513
Nemaha County	R	−7.6%	2,884	3,360	6,267
Neosho County	R	−25.9%	3,451	5,877	9,371
Ness County	R	−27.2%	960	1,683	2,655
Norton County	R	−36.2%	1,300	2,781	4,089
Osage County	R	−28.5%	2,150	3,880	6,061
Osborne County	R	−40.5%	1,152	2,731	3,903
Ottawa County	R	−34.1%	1,072	2,190	3,278
Pawnee County	R	−17.0%	1,853	2,618	4,489
Phillips County	R	−51.1%	1,004	3,123	4,145
Pottawatomie County	R	−26.6%	2,125	3,666	5,804
Pratt County	R	−27.8%	1,968	3,501	5,506
Rawlins County	R	−24.1%	951	1,560	2,527
Reno County	R	−20.9%	9,557	14,655	24,339
Republic County	R	−31.9%	1,724	3,358	5,117
Rice County	R	−30.0%	2,328	4,329	6,680
Riley County	R	−44.3%	3,482	9,068	12,600
Rooks County	R	−26.7%	1,639	2,840	4,490
Rush County	R	−8.1%	1,418	1,668	3,097
Russell County	R	−31.6%	1,870	3,607	5,501
Saline County	R	−25.8%	6,495	11,023	17,568
Scott County	R	−43.1%	598	1,514	2,124
Sedgwick County	R	−11.0%	58,887	73,501	133,084
Seward County	R	−41.1%	1,654	3,974	5,642
Shawnee County	R	−21.5%	21,799	33,803	55,749
Sheridan County	R	−4.6%	954	1,047	2,016
Sherman County	R	−30.7%	1,074	2,030	3,119
Smith County	R	−44.3%	1,157	3,013	4,192
Stafford County	R	−31.7%	1,305	2,531	3,862
Stanton County	R	−31.9%	323	627	954
Stevens County	R	−37.9%	630	1,405	2,044
Sumner County	R	−23.5%	4,462	7,219	11,736
Thomas County	R	−23.5%	1,285	2,081	3,384
Trego County	R	−23.9%	875	1,426	2,309
Wabaunsee County	R	−41.5%	969	2,351	3,331
Wallace County	R	−36.4%	339	727	1,066
Washington County	R	−36.8%	1,706	3,707	5,444
Wichita County	R	−11.7%	554	702	1,262
Wilson County	R	−36.0%	2,034	4,333	6,394
Woodson County	R	−35.1%	888	1,853	2,751
Wyandotte County	D	+8.7%	41,433	34,764	76,801