Richard Nixon carried Kentucky R+7.2.

John F. Kennedy (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in Kentucky, 1960. The state ran 7.3 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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Kentucky result

1,124,462 votes counted

Kennedy (D)

521,855

46.4%

Nixon (R)

602,607

53.6%

Byrd) + others

0

0.0%

Margin

R+7.2

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1960 presidential election

Kentucky, 1960

NixonR+7.2

How it voted

Share of the 1960 vote

Richard Nixon ✓Republican	53.6%	602,607
John F. KennedyDemocratic	46.4%	521,855
OtherAll other candidates	0.0%	0

D+60

R+60

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

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Kentucky's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1960 contest in context

Kentucky's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+11.7%
1896	−0.1%
1900	+1.7%
1904	+2.7%
1908	+1.7%
1912	+23.2%
1916	+5.4%
1920	+0.4%
1924	−2.9%
1928	−18.9%
1932	+18.9%
1936	+18.6%
1940	+15.1%
1944	+9.2%
1948	+15.3%
1952	+0.1%
1956	−9.1%
1960	−7.2%
1964	+28.4%
1968	−6.1%
1972	−28.6%
1976	+7.2%
1980	−1.5%
1984	−20.7%
1988	−11.6%
1992	+3.2%
1996	+1.0%
2000	−15.1%
2004	−19.9%
2008	−16.2%
2012	−22.7%
2016	−29.8%
2020	−25.9%
2024	−30.5%

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County results — 1960

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−34.1%	2,269	4,621	6,890
Allen County	R	−34.4%	1,663	3,410	5,073
Anderson County	D	+0.1%	2,038	2,033	4,071
Ballard County	D	+42.0%	2,746	1,121	3,867
Barren County	R	−2.4%	4,946	5,187	10,133
Bath County	D	+4.5%	2,066	1,888	3,954
Bell County	R	−13.5%	5,181	6,805	11,986
Boone County	R	−24.0%	2,965	4,835	7,800
Bourbon County	D	+14.0%	3,156	2,379	5,535
Boyd County	R	−10.8%	9,094	11,305	20,399
Boyle County	R	−4.6%	3,308	3,624	6,932
Bracken County	R	−20.3%	1,326	2,002	3,328
Breathitt County	D	+24.7%	3,307	1,996	5,303
Breckinridge County	R	−11.8%	3,136	3,979	7,115
Bullitt County	R	−4.8%	2,437	2,683	5,120
Butler County	R	−57.3%	992	3,656	4,648
Caldwell County	R	−23.4%	2,137	3,442	5,579
Calloway County	D	+16.6%	4,693	3,356	8,049
Campbell County	R	−8.4%	14,690	17,388	32,078
Carlisle County	D	+28.8%	1,770	978	2,748
Carroll County	D	+32.4%	2,225	1,135	3,360
Carter County	R	−17.5%	3,479	4,956	8,435
Casey County	R	−54.6%	1,413	4,811	6,224
Christian County	D	+13.4%	6,874	5,251	12,125
Clark County	R	−4.6%	3,024	3,317	6,341
Clay County	R	−56.2%	1,381	4,922	6,303
Clinton County	R	−68.2%	666	3,524	4,190
Crittenden County	R	−35.5%	1,319	2,770	4,089
Cumberland County	R	−52.5%	840	2,697	3,537
Daviess County	R	−15.2%	9,846	13,385	23,231
Edmonson County	R	−45.7%	1,076	2,884	3,960
Elliott County	D	+37.5%	1,734	789	2,523
Estill County	R	−29.7%	1,755	3,238	4,993
Fayette County	R	−20.9%	16,478	25,169	41,647
Fleming County	R	−11.2%	2,216	2,777	4,993
Floyd County	D	+32.7%	9,876	5,010	14,886
Franklin County	D	+19.6%	7,052	4,742	11,794
Fulton County	D	+26.7%	2,708	1,567	4,275
Gallatin County	D	+15.2%	1,028	756	1,784
Garrard County	R	−21.6%	1,780	2,759	4,539
Grant County	R	−6.5%	1,899	2,163	4,062
Graves County	D	+22.6%	7,689	4,854	12,543
Grayson County	R	−34.2%	2,355	4,807	7,162
Green County	R	−39.1%	1,580	3,606	5,186
Greenup County	R	−7.5%	5,245	6,101	11,346
Hancock County	R	−18.8%	1,018	1,488	2,506
Hardin County	R	−9.3%	5,141	6,191	11,332
Harlan County	D	+10.3%	9,211	7,485	16,696
Harrison County	D	+20.3%	3,481	2,306	5,787
Hart County	R	−7.1%	3,129	3,610	6,739
Henderson County	D	+2.4%	5,565	5,302	10,867
Henry County	D	+26.8%	2,969	1,714	4,683
Hickman County	D	+38.4%	2,176	968	3,144
Hopkins County	D	+7.2%	6,436	5,574	12,010
Jackson County	R	−80.7%	419	3,923	4,342
Jefferson County	R	−0.6%	117,180	118,575	235,755
Jessamine County	R	−15.9%	2,022	2,787	4,809
Johnson County	R	−33.9%	2,622	5,317	7,939
Kenton County	R	−5.8%	19,466	21,857	41,323
Knott County	D	+47.4%	3,957	1,412	5,369
Knox County	R	−32.6%	2,956	5,814	8,770
Larue County	R	−21.8%	1,713	2,668	4,381
Laurel County	R	−52.8%	2,309	7,485	9,794
Lawrence County	R	−9.4%	2,510	3,030	5,540
Lee County	R	−35.5%	958	2,012	2,970
Leslie County	R	−66.1%	795	3,894	4,689
Letcher County	R	−1.7%	4,258	4,408	8,666
Lewis County	R	−38.8%	1,682	3,816	5,498
Lincoln County	R	−22.3%	2,381	3,747	6,128
Livingston County	R	−3.8%	1,518	1,639	3,157
Logan County	D	+6.8%	4,719	4,117	8,836
Lyon County	D	+14.8%	1,379	1,024	2,403
Madison County	R	−8.7%	5,621	6,692	12,313
Magoffin County	R	−5.1%	2,471	2,736	5,207
Marion County	D	+32.2%	4,292	2,203	6,495
Marshall County	D	+1.4%	3,484	3,388	6,872
Martin County	R	−43.1%	1,116	2,809	3,925
Mason County	R	−15.8%	3,153	4,334	7,487
McCracken County	D	+12.8%	12,539	9,689	22,228
McCreary County	R	−59.8%	924	3,671	4,595
McLean County	R	−13.9%	1,716	2,269	3,985
Meade County	D	+13.3%	2,385	1,826	4,211
Menifee County	D	+9.5%	989	817	1,806
Mercer County	R	−13.6%	2,713	3,569	6,282
Metcalfe County	R	−16.0%	1,553	2,146	3,699
Monroe County	R	−63.4%	970	4,337	5,307
Montgomery County	D	+3.5%	2,629	2,451	5,080
Morgan County	D	+25.8%	2,910	1,718	4,628
Muhlenberg County	R	−14.8%	4,427	5,968	10,395
Nelson County	D	+21.9%	4,713	3,021	7,734
Nicholas County	D	+15.8%	1,455	1,058	2,513
Ohio County	R	−36.7%	2,420	5,230	7,650
Oldham County	R	−6.2%	1,960	2,221	4,181
Owen County	D	+33.7%	2,446	1,212	3,658
Owsley County	R	−72.5%	346	2,169	2,515
Pendleton County	R	−22.9%	1,497	2,387	3,884
Perry County	R	−7.3%	4,971	5,754	10,725
Pike County	D	+13.4%	13,039	9,956	22,995
Powell County	R	−14.7%	1,122	1,508	2,630
Pulaski County	R	−58.7%	3,097	11,899	14,996
Robertson County	D	+4.7%	652	594	1,246
Rockcastle County	R	−55.5%	1,141	3,982	5,123
Rowan County	R	−2.9%	2,412	2,558	4,970
Russell County	R	−49.4%	1,230	3,636	4,866
Scott County	D	+8.3%	2,598	2,200	4,798
Shelby County	D	+13.1%	3,822	2,934	6,756
Simpson County	D	+15.6%	2,642	1,927	4,569
Spencer County	R	−3.9%	1,048	1,134	2,182
Taylor County	R	−36.2%	2,186	4,669	6,855
Todd County	D	+21.0%	2,827	1,846	4,673
Trigg County	D	+23.3%	2,411	1,500	3,911
Trimble County	D	+36.2%	1,587	743	2,330
Union County	D	+31.8%	3,457	1,789	5,246
Warren County	R	−9.8%	7,457	9,074	16,531
Washington County	R	−4.8%	2,391	2,632	5,023
Wayne County	R	−33.8%	1,964	3,973	5,937
Webster County	D	+12.0%	3,179	2,498	5,677
Whitley County	R	−43.7%	2,961	7,553	10,514
Wolfe County	D	+10.5%	1,554	1,259	2,813
Woodford County	R	−6.6%	1,950	2,227	4,177