John F. Kennedy carried Minnesota D+1.4.

John F. Kennedy (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in Minnesota, 1960. The state ran 1.3 points more Democratic 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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Minnesota result

1,541,887 votes counted

Kennedy (D)

779,933

50.6%

Nixon (R)

757,915

49.2%

Byrd) + others

4,039

0.3%

Margin

D+1.4

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1960 presidential election

Minnesota, 1960

KennedyD+1.4

How it voted

Share of the 1960 vote

John F. Kennedy ✓Democratic	50.6%	779,933
Richard NixonRepublican	49.2%	757,915
OtherAll other candidates	0.3%	4,039

D+60

R+60

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

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Minnesota's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1960 contest in context

Minnesota's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−8.3%
1896	−15.7%
1900	−24.5%
1904	−55.1%
1908	−26.2%
1912	+12.6%
1916	−0.1%
1920	−51.2%
1924	−44.4%
1928	−16.9%
1932	+23.6%
1936	+30.8%
1940	+3.8%
1944	+5.5%
1948	+17.3%
1952	−11.2%
1956	−7.6%
1960	+1.4%
1964	+27.8%
1968	+12.5%
1972	−5.5%
1976	+12.9%
1980	+3.9%
1984	+0.2%
1988	+7.0%
1992	+11.6%
1996	+16.1%
2000	+2.4%
2004	+3.5%
2008	+10.2%
2012	+7.7%
2016	+1.5%
2020	+7.1%
2024	+4.2%

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County results — 1960

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Aitkin County	R	−1.9%	2,980	3,097	6,113
Anoka County	D	+18.0%	20,324	14,114	34,511
Becker County	D	+1.6%	5,257	5,090	10,389
Beltrami County	D	+1.9%	4,653	4,482	9,157
Benton County	D	+11.3%	4,175	3,324	7,515
Big Stone County	D	+14.1%	2,437	1,834	4,282
Blue Earth County	R	−16.9%	8,052	11,328	19,413
Brown County	R	−13.9%	5,353	7,084	12,453
Carlton County	D	+24.2%	7,576	4,613	12,224
Carver County	R	−22.0%	3,982	6,231	10,227
Cass County	R	−10.3%	3,578	4,399	7,991
Chippewa County	R	−3.6%	3,643	3,915	7,574
Chisago County	R	−13.5%	2,907	3,822	6,754
Clay County	R	−6.7%	7,241	8,278	15,544
Clearwater County	D	+19.7%	2,466	1,651	4,135
Cook County	R	−20.5%	650	987	1,641
Cottonwood County	R	−29.5%	2,768	5,087	7,872
Crow Wing County	R	−6.1%	6,835	7,727	14,614
Dakota County	D	+14.5%	20,150	15,032	35,273
Dodge County	R	−26.9%	2,170	3,769	5,943
Douglas County	R	−6.9%	4,871	5,594	10,506
Faribault County	R	−23.7%	4,301	6,975	11,287
Fillmore County	R	−31.3%	3,926	7,507	11,444
Freeborn County	R	−5.6%	8,018	8,970	17,010
Goodhue County	R	−30.6%	5,562	10,473	16,073
Grant County	D	+2.1%	2,333	2,239	4,576
Hennepin County	R	−2.8%	188,250	198,992	388,181
Houston County	R	−21.9%	3,080	4,807	7,890
Hubbard County	R	−15.0%	2,029	2,749	4,787
Isanti County	R	−8.2%	2,599	3,067	5,694
Itasca County	D	+23.8%	10,761	6,615	17,408
Jackson County	D	+4.1%	3,898	3,591	7,502
Kanabec County	R	−9.3%	1,890	2,278	4,193
Kandiyohi County	R	−0.4%	6,738	6,786	13,567
Kittson County	D	+6.7%	2,218	1,937	4,165
Koochiching County	D	+19.9%	4,578	3,055	7,656
Lac qui Parle County	D	+1.1%	3,253	3,185	6,449
Lake County	D	+26.1%	3,888	2,276	6,180
Lake of the Woods County	D	+11.4%	1,053	835	1,904
Le Sueur County	D	+8.4%	5,234	4,426	9,670
Lincoln County	D	+7.6%	2,500	2,147	4,657
Lyon County	D	+7.9%	5,550	4,740	10,305
Mahnomen County	D	+35.8%	1,864	880	2,749
Marshall County	D	+11.1%	3,759	3,006	6,777
Martin County	R	−33.8%	4,194	8,479	12,692
McLeod County	R	−25.5%	4,276	7,214	11,511
Meeker County	R	−13.8%	3,678	4,857	8,560
Mille Lacs County	R	−15.0%	2,886	3,913	6,830
Morrison County	D	+24.9%	7,337	4,403	11,764
Mower County	R	−5.1%	9,961	11,040	21,068
Murray County	R	−5.5%	3,009	3,357	6,377
Nicollet County	R	−14.3%	3,961	5,283	9,255
Nobles County	R	−6.5%	4,947	5,636	10,594
Norman County	D	+5.2%	2,932	2,642	5,586
Olmsted County	R	−19.1%	10,918	16,080	27,065
Otter Tail County	R	−26.1%	8,054	13,747	21,843
Pennington County	D	+11.6%	3,204	2,537	5,759
Pine County	D	+9.9%	4,211	3,450	7,687
Pipestone County	R	−20.1%	2,443	3,677	6,131
Polk County	D	+10.8%	9,346	7,528	16,909
Pope County	R	−3.0%	2,883	3,062	5,958
Ramsey County	D	+16.6%	108,464	77,408	186,527
Red Lake County	D	+46.5%	1,865	679	2,549
Redwood County	R	−21.1%	3,839	5,893	9,746
Renville County	R	−8.5%	4,958	5,885	10,857
Rice County	R	−10.0%	6,752	8,248	15,031
Rock County	R	−31.1%	1,823	3,469	5,297
Roseau County	D	+16.9%	3,198	2,274	5,482
Scott County	D	+24.5%	6,061	3,671	9,743
Sherburne County	R	−5.0%	2,568	2,837	5,417
Sibley County	R	−32.4%	2,541	4,987	7,542
St. Louis County	D	+27.1%	69,270	39,620	109,522
Stearns County	D	+16.9%	19,026	13,522	32,581
Steele County	R	−20.4%	4,491	6,795	11,301
Stevens County	R	−6.0%	2,405	2,710	5,126
Swift County	D	+17.5%	4,062	2,848	6,928
Todd County	R	−2.0%	5,051	5,255	10,334
Traverse County	D	+18.4%	2,122	1,463	3,590
Wabasha County	R	−11.4%	3,628	4,566	8,197
Wadena County	R	−15.8%	2,240	3,082	5,329
Waseca County	R	−26.8%	2,793	4,838	7,636
Washington County	D	+2.9%	11,870	11,202	23,133
Watonwan County	R	−26.7%	2,412	4,173	6,595
Wilkin County	R	−0.4%	2,319	2,340	4,667
Winona County	R	−4.4%	8,484	9,271	17,780
Wright County	R	−5.3%	6,452	7,180	13,658
Yellow Medicine County	R	−2.0%	3,649	3,800	7,475