John F. Kennedy carried Missouri D+0.5.

John F. Kennedy (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in Missouri, 1960. The state ran 0.4 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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Missouri result

1,934,422 votes counted

Kennedy (D)

972,201

50.3%

Nixon (R)

962,221

49.7%

Byrd) + others

0

0.0%

Margin

D+0.5

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1960 presidential election

Missouri, 1960

KennedyD+0.5

How it voted

Share of the 1960 vote

John F. Kennedy ✓Democratic	50.3%	972,201
Richard NixonRepublican	49.7%	962,221
OtherAll other candidates	0.0%	0

D+60

R+60

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

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Missouri's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1960 contest in context

Missouri's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+7.5%
1896	+8.7%
1900	+5.5%
1904	−3.9%
1908	−0.1%
1912	+17.6%
1916	+3.6%
1920	−11.5%
1924	−5.6%
1928	−11.4%
1932	+28.6%
1936	+22.6%
1940	+4.8%
1944	+2.9%
1948	+16.6%
1952	−1.6%
1956	+0.2%
1960	+0.5%
1964	+28.1%
1968	−1.1%
1972	−24.7%
1976	+3.6%
1980	−6.8%
1984	−20.0%
1988	−4.0%
1992	+10.1%
1996	+6.3%
2000	−3.3%
2004	−7.2%
2008	−0.1%
2012	−9.4%
2016	−18.5%
2020	−15.3%
2024	−18.4%

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County results — 1960

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−26.8%	3,160	5,469	8,629
Andrew County	R	−26.3%	2,170	3,716	5,886
Atchison County	R	−10.2%	2,167	2,659	4,826
Audrain County	D	+12.8%	6,410	4,955	11,365
Barry County	R	−26.2%	3,919	6,706	10,625
Barton County	R	−21.0%	2,417	3,703	6,120
Bates County	R	−16.3%	3,906	5,429	9,335
Benton County	R	−39.9%	1,496	3,484	4,980
Bollinger County	R	−19.7%	1,935	2,886	4,821
Boone County	D	+4.8%	11,514	10,453	21,967
Buchanan County	R	−5.1%	19,348	21,448	40,796
Butler County	R	−23.6%	5,406	8,751	14,157
Caldwell County	R	−28.4%	1,736	3,115	4,851
Callaway County	D	+13.7%	5,344	4,054	9,398
Camden County	R	−33.2%	1,759	3,509	5,268
Cape Girardeau County	R	−16.2%	8,172	11,331	19,503
Carroll County	R	−16.0%	3,296	4,555	7,851
Carter County	R	−21.1%	683	1,049	1,732
Cass County	R	−6.6%	5,718	6,523	12,241
Cedar County	R	−41.4%	1,547	3,730	5,277
Chariton County	D	+6.7%	3,550	3,102	6,652
Christian County	R	−48.1%	1,622	4,627	6,249
Clark County	R	−12.9%	2,039	2,642	4,681
Clay County	R	−4.5%	17,318	18,955	36,273
Clinton County	R	−3.4%	3,167	3,391	6,558
Cole County	R	−6.7%	8,532	9,763	18,295
Cooper County	R	−9.5%	3,858	4,672	8,530
Crawford County	R	−26.0%	2,387	4,065	6,452
Dade County	R	−42.1%	1,217	2,987	4,204
Dallas County	R	−40.8%	1,482	3,522	5,004
Daviess County	R	−17.9%	2,220	3,191	5,411
DeKalb County	R	−18.8%	1,697	2,484	4,181
Dent County	R	−10.7%	2,593	3,212	5,805
Douglas County	R	−56.2%	1,014	3,611	4,625
Dunklin County	R	−1.1%	6,568	6,708	13,276
Franklin County	R	−5.9%	10,324	11,610	21,934
Gasconade County	R	−49.2%	1,651	4,854	6,505
Gentry County	R	−8.4%	2,439	2,888	5,327
Greene County	R	−28.7%	20,457	36,943	57,400
Grundy County	R	−29.4%	2,415	4,422	6,837
Harrison County	R	−30.9%	2,200	4,166	6,366
Henry County	R	−13.3%	4,601	6,012	10,613
Hickory County	R	−50.8%	615	1,885	2,500
Holt County	R	−27.4%	1,551	2,720	4,271
Howard County	D	+22.8%	3,302	2,075	5,377
Howell County	R	−44.4%	2,734	7,095	9,829
Iron County	R	−6.8%	1,851	2,122	3,973
Jackson County	D	+7.2%	142,869	123,589	266,458
Jasper County	R	−18.6%	14,962	21,804	36,766
Jefferson County	D	+13.8%	17,054	12,910	29,964
Johnson County	R	−19.3%	4,712	6,970	11,682
Knox County	R	−2.1%	1,796	1,874	3,670
Laclede County	R	−29.6%	3,156	5,805	8,961
Lafayette County	R	−18.1%	5,555	8,011	13,566
Lawrence County	R	−30.4%	4,483	8,406	12,889
Lewis County	D	+3.1%	2,726	2,560	5,286
Lincoln County	D	+4.4%	3,793	3,471	7,264
Linn County	R	−5.7%	4,534	5,086	9,620
Livingston County	R	−14.1%	3,795	5,045	8,840
Macon County	R	−7.9%	4,208	4,925	9,133
Madison County	R	−22.5%	1,874	2,960	4,834
Maries County	D	+0.9%	1,716	1,684	3,400
Marion County	D	+2.5%	6,758	6,431	13,189
McDonald County	R	−22.6%	2,496	3,955	6,451
Mercer County	R	−34.5%	1,146	2,354	3,500
Miller County	R	−26.9%	2,584	4,482	7,066
Mississippi County	D	+18.9%	3,855	2,629	6,484
Moniteau County	R	−20.6%	2,271	3,453	5,724
Monroe County	D	+45.1%	4,011	1,519	5,530
Montgomery County	R	−10.4%	2,804	3,454	6,258
Morgan County	R	−24.1%	1,979	3,239	5,218
New Madrid County	D	+27.4%	7,373	4,205	11,578
Newton County	R	−22.7%	5,678	9,010	14,688
Nodaway County	R	−6.0%	5,318	5,993	11,311
Oregon County	R	−1.0%	1,934	1,974	3,908
Osage County	D	+4.0%	2,900	2,678	5,578
Ozark County	R	−56.5%	721	2,595	3,316
Pemiscot County	D	+24.2%	7,312	4,464	11,776
Perry County	R	−13.0%	2,991	3,886	6,877
Pettis County	R	−12.9%	6,997	9,066	16,063
Phelps County	R	−10.6%	4,576	5,663	10,239
Pike County	D	+2.5%	4,096	3,900	7,996
Platte County	D	+10.2%	5,860	4,771	10,631
Polk County	R	−33.0%	2,440	4,849	7,289
Pulaski County	R	−3.0%	3,096	3,285	6,381
Putnam County	R	−43.8%	1,060	2,711	3,771
Ralls County	D	+25.4%	2,495	1,485	3,980
Randolph County	D	+21.2%	6,434	4,180	10,614
Ray County	D	+12.6%	4,565	3,542	8,107
Reynolds County	R	−4.4%	1,044	1,139	2,183
Ripley County	R	−24.2%	1,717	2,811	4,528
Saline County	R	−1.0%	5,969	6,085	12,054
Schuyler County	R	−10.1%	1,361	1,666	3,027
Scotland County	R	−0.4%	1,884	1,899	3,783
Scott County	D	+4.5%	6,349	5,807	12,156
Shannon County	R	−1.5%	1,386	1,429	2,815
Shelby County	D	+16.4%	2,870	2,062	4,932
St. Charles County	D	+4.4%	11,890	10,888	22,778
St. Clair County	R	−26.3%	1,865	3,196	5,061
St. Francois County	R	−16.9%	7,205	10,131	17,336
St. Louis city	D	+33.3%	202,319	101,331	303,650
St. Louis County	D	+2.6%	166,508	157,992	324,500
Ste. Genevieve County	D	+24.3%	3,211	1,956	5,167
Stoddard County	R	−9.0%	5,317	6,366	11,683
Stone County	R	−56.5%	890	3,201	4,091
Sullivan County	R	−12.2%	2,504	3,202	5,706
Taney County	R	−43.9%	1,439	3,692	5,131
Texas County	R	−18.6%	3,606	5,258	8,864
Vernon County	R	−12.5%	4,186	5,387	9,573
Warren County	R	−35.4%	1,407	2,946	4,353
Washington County	R	−12.9%	2,649	3,437	6,086
Wayne County	R	−17.6%	2,152	3,069	5,221
Webster County	R	−25.9%	2,707	4,603	7,310
Worth County	R	−1.2%	1,323	1,355	2,678
Wright County	R	−45.3%	1,953	5,191	7,144