Unpledged Democratic electors (Harry F. Byrd) carried Mississippi. John F. Kennedy (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in Mississippi, 1960. Unpledged Democratic electors (Harry F. Byrd) won the state as a third-party candidate; the D+11.7 margin shown in the table is the Democratic-vs-Republican measure used across Akashic. The state ran 11.5 points more Democratic than the nation (D+0.2 nationally).
Elections › 1960 › President › Mississippi Nominees: John F. Kennedy (D) · Richard Nixon (R) · Unpledged Democratic electors (Harry F. Byrd) (Unpledged)
akashic Mississippi result
298,171 votes counted
Byrd) + others
116,248
39.0%
akashic 1960 presidential election
Mississippi, 1960
Kennedy D+11.7
1960 presidential margin by county for Mississippi — 1960 presidential election A map of the constituent counties of Mississippi — 1960 presidential election, each outlined and filled by its 1960 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), seated within the faint outlines of the surrounding states. Louisiana Arkansas Alabama Tennessee Adams County, MS · D+4.3 Alcorn County, MS · D+49.9 Amite County, MS · D+2.4 Attala County, MS · D+21.0 Benton County, MS · D+36.0 Bolivar County, MS · D+2.8 Calhoun County, MS · D+15.6 Carroll County, MS · D+14.8 Chickasaw County, MS · D+16.0 Choctaw County, MS · D+34.8 Claiborne County, MS · D+2.4 Clarke County, MS · D+19.9 Clay County, MS · D+7.4 Coahoma County, MS · D+7.5 Copiah County, MS · D+3.7 Covington County, MS · D+21.4 DeSoto County, MS · D+11.6 Forrest County, MS · R+15.6 Franklin County, MS · D+18.9 George County, MS · D+25.8 Greene County, MS · D+19.2 Grenada County, MS · R+6.5 Hancock County, MS · D+42.1 Harrison County, MS · D+22.6 Hinds County, MS · R+18.2 Holmes County, MS · D+6.7 Humphreys County, MS · D+16.0 Issaquena County, MS · D+27.0 Itawamba County, MS · D+50.0 Jackson County, MS · D+29.8 Jasper County, MS · D+32.2 Jefferson County, MS · D+8.4 Jefferson Davis County, MS · D+16.5 Jones County, MS · D+20.3 Kemper County, MS · D+43.1 Lafayette County, MS · D+20.6 Lamar County, MS · D+0.6 Lauderdale County, MS · D+8.6 Lawrence County, MS · D+12.7 Leake County, MS · D+20.5 Lee County, MS · D+31.7 Leflore County, MS · R+2.3 Lincoln County, MS · D+4.1 Lowndes County, MS · R+16.5 Madison County, MS · D+8.0 Marion County, MS · D+12.6 Marshall County, MS · D+15.5 Monroe County, MS · D+10.3 Montgomery County, MS · D+1.9 Neshoba County, MS · D+30.5 Newton County, MS · D+12.0 Noxubee County, MS · R+4.4 Oktibbeha County, MS · D+2.5 Panola County, MS · D+6.9 Pearl River County, MS · D+17.9 Perry County, MS · D+17.9 Pike County, MS · R+3.9 Pontotoc County, MS · D+46.4 Prentiss County, MS · D+34.7 Quitman County, MS · D+18.3 Rankin County, MS · D+0.7 Scott County, MS · D+12.0 Sharkey County, MS · R+5.0 Simpson County, MS · D+13.3 Smith County, MS · D+41.2 Stone County, MS · D+4.7 Sunflower County, MS · R+4.2 Tallahatchie County, MS · D+18.6 Tate County, MS · D+25.1 Tippah County, MS · D+50.2 Tishomingo County, MS · D+28.3 Tunica County, MS · R+1.2 Union County, MS · D+42.4 Walthall County, MS · D+20.4 Warren County, MS · Tied Washington County, MS · D+12.2 Wayne County, MS · D+9.7 Webster County, MS · D+12.5 Wilkinson County, MS · D+3.4 Winston County, MS · D+21.9 Yalobusha County, MS · D+5.3 Yazoo County, MS · R+1.9 How it voted
Share of the 1960 vote
Other ✓ All other candidates 39.0% 116,248 John F. Kennedy Democratic 36.3% 108,362 Richard Nixon Republican 24.7% 73,561
82 counties, each filled by 1960 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
akashic Mississippi's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1960 contest in context
Mississippi's presidential margins Democratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1892 to 2024. Most recent: −22.9% in 2024. flipped R · 1980 −22.9% D R 1892 2024 Mississippi's presidential margins Year Margin (D minus R) 1892 +73.3% 1896 +84.1% 1900 +77.6% 1912 +86.5% 1916 +88.4% 1920 +69.9% 1924 +81.8% 1928 +64.3% 1932 +92.4% 1936 +94.3% 1940 +91.5% 1944 +87.1% 1948 +7.5% 1952 +20.9% 1956 +33.8% 1960 +11.7% 1964 −74.3% 1968 +9.5% 1972 −58.6% 1976 +1.9% 1980 −1.3% 1984 −24.5% 1988 −20.8% 1992 −8.9% 1996 −5.1% 2000 −16.9% 2004 −19.7% 2008 −13.2% 2012 −11.5% 2016 −17.8% 2020 −16.5% 2024 −22.9%
akashic County results — 1960
82 counties; every row links to the county's full page.
akashic County Won Margin Democratic Republican Total Adams County O 1,452 1,227 5,205 Alcorn County D 3,054 820 4,475 Amite County O 338 283 2,276 Attala County D 1,337 650 3,268 Benton County D 568 175 1,091 Bolivar County O 1,119 1,012 3,769 Calhoun County O 765 383 2,447 Carroll County O 425 207 1,472 Chickasaw County O 791 385 2,538 Choctaw County D 817 245 1,646 Claiborne County O 205 180 1,036 Clarke County O 1,244 586 3,308 Clay County O 626 451 2,372 Coahoma County D 1,386 1,096 3,867 Copiah County O 896 761 3,614 Covington County O 842 371 2,198 DeSoto County D 795 553 2,082 Forrest County R 2,068 3,412 8,632 Franklin County O 441 124 1,680 George County O 844 310 2,071 Greene County O 550 247 1,578 Grenada County O 529 682 2,343 Hancock County D 2,132 719 3,353 Harrison County D 8,961 5,177 16,759 Hinds County O 5,811 11,083 28,988 Holmes County O 628 455 2,567 Humphreys County O 459 231 1,422 Issaquena County O 178 64 423 Itawamba County D 1,752 366 2,771 Jackson County D 5,000 2,266 9,174 Jasper County D 1,147 362 2,435 Jefferson County O 229 137 1,094 Jefferson Davis County O 510 225 1,723 Jones County D 4,871 2,729 10,528 Kemper County D 931 193 1,711 Lafayette County D 1,308 705 2,922 Lamar County O 651 636 2,333 Lauderdale County O 3,755 2,836 10,745 Lawrence County O 469 259 1,651 Leake County O 953 286 3,250 Lee County D 3,653 1,550 6,641 Leflore County O 1,212 1,317 4,641 Lincoln County O 1,449 1,251 4,885 Lowndes County R 1,240 2,010 4,680 Madison County O 753 525 2,861 Marion County O 1,082 698 3,045 Marshall County O 681 404 1,785 Monroe County D 1,901 1,400 4,860 Montgomery County O 623 585 1,969 Neshoba County D 1,840 580 4,136 Newton County O 912 508 3,376 Noxubee County O 277 342 1,489 Oktibbeha County O 915 829 3,416 Panola County O 841 643 2,888 Pearl River County O 1,276 651 3,483 Perry County O 514 274 1,344 Pike County O 1,258 1,467 5,357 Pontotoc County D 1,584 328 2,704 Prentiss County D 1,777 740 2,985 Quitman County O 583 299 1,556 Rankin County O 850 818 4,782 Scott County O 1,024 607 3,472 Sharkey County O 263 313 1,007 Simpson County O 1,034 606 3,208 Smith County D 1,568 353 2,946 Stone County O 343 275 1,436 Sunflower County O 1,033 1,177 3,451 Tallahatchie County O 830 346 2,597 Tate County O 686 241 1,772 Tippah County D 1,939 486 2,892 Tishomingo County D 1,222 536 2,427 Tunica County R 323 334 897 Union County D 2,001 605 3,295 Walthall County O 747 310 2,139 Warren County D 2,289 2,277 6,587 Washington County D 3,105 2,292 6,655 Wayne County O 707 490 2,233 Webster County O 553 299 2,026 Wilkinson County O 216 174 1,222 Winston County O 1,056 405 2,966 Yalobusha County O 650 549 1,903 Yazoo County O 715 778 3,340
Mississippi’s full place page · 1960 national results 