John F. Kennedy carried New York D+5.3.

John F. Kennedy (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in New York, 1960. The state ran 5.1 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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New York result

7,291,079 votes counted

Kennedy (D)

3,830,085

52.5%

Nixon (R)

3,446,419

47.3%

Byrd) + others

14,575

0.2%

Margin

D+5.3

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1960 presidential election

New York, 1960

KennedyD+5.3

How it voted

Share of the 1960 vote

John F. Kennedy ✓Democratic	52.5%	3,830,085
Richard NixonRepublican	47.3%	3,446,419
OtherAll other candidates	0.2%	14,575

D+60

R+60

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

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New York's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1960 contest in context

New York's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+3.4%
1896	−18.9%
1900	−9.3%
1904	−10.9%
1908	−12.4%
1912	+12.6%
1916	−7.0%
1920	−37.6%
1924	−26.6%
1928	−2.3%
1932	+12.7%
1936	+19.9%
1940	+3.6%
1944	+5.0%
1948	−1.0%
1952	−11.9%
1956	−22.4%
1960	+5.3%
1964	+37.3%
1968	+5.5%
1972	−17.3%
1976	+4.4%
1980	−2.7%
1984	−8.0%
1988	+4.1%
1992	+15.8%
1996	+28.9%
2000	+25.0%
2004	+18.3%
2008	+26.9%
2012	+28.2%
2016	+22.5%
2020	+23.1%
2024	+12.5%

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County results — 1960

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Albany County	D	+19.8%	91,973	61,600	153,692
Allegany County	R	−46.3%	5,280	14,408	19,695
Bronx County	D	+36.1%	389,818	182,393	574,282
Broome County	R	−19.0%	38,462	56,467	94,991
Cattaraugus County	R	−19.0%	14,797	21,749	36,573
Cayuga County	R	−8.4%	17,257	20,437	37,722
Chautauqua County	R	−14.7%	28,143	37,836	66,031
Chemung County	R	−19.3%	17,899	26,469	44,396
Chenango County	R	−43.9%	5,659	14,533	20,204
Clinton County	D	+10.5%	13,782	11,154	24,951
Columbia County	R	−29.0%	8,747	15,893	24,664
Cortland County	R	−35.0%	5,921	12,305	18,235
Delaware County	R	−48.5%	5,662	16,336	22,013
Dutchess County	R	−21.4%	29,842	46,109	76,004
Erie County	D	+13.3%	277,203	211,957	489,564
Essex County	R	−29.2%	6,334	11,557	17,901
Franklin County	D	+2.9%	9,946	9,385	19,358
Fulton County	R	−16.3%	10,409	14,455	24,883
Genesee County	R	−17.5%	10,343	14,724	25,085
Greene County	R	−29.7%	6,441	11,878	18,320
Hamilton County	R	−46.3%	795	2,168	2,964
Herkimer County	R	−8.5%	14,977	17,758	32,768
Jefferson County	R	−21.2%	15,800	24,290	40,115
Kings County	D	+32.6%	646,582	327,497	977,306
Lewis County	R	−24.1%	4,056	6,632	10,697
Livingston County	R	−27.6%	7,765	13,681	21,454
Madison County	R	−31.6%	8,433	16,245	24,697
Monroe County	R	−2.4%	141,378	148,423	289,948
Montgomery County	D	+3.7%	15,976	14,837	30,827
Nassau County	R	−10.4%	263,303	324,255	588,319
New York County	D	+31.1%	414,902	217,271	635,567
Niagara County	D	+1.6%	51,680	50,001	101,765
Oneida County	D	+3.1%	63,368	59,513	122,981
Onondaga County	R	−8.2%	90,836	107,170	198,156
Ontario County	R	−23.2%	12,251	19,654	31,931
Orange County	R	−21.4%	31,471	48,646	80,182
Orleans County	R	−30.4%	5,515	10,344	15,864
Oswego County	R	−21.4%	15,544	24,013	39,568
Otsego County	R	−37.6%	7,899	17,422	25,347
Putnam County	R	−19.7%	8,013	11,946	19,987
Queens County	D	+9.6%	446,348	367,688	815,899
Rensselaer County	R	−5.3%	36,109	40,124	76,294
Richmond County	R	−13.1%	38,673	50,356	89,123
Rockland County	R	−9.8%	27,178	33,107	60,398
Saratoga County	R	−15.9%	18,179	25,035	43,250
Schenectady County	R	−4.1%	37,003	40,180	77,253
Schoharie County	R	−27.5%	4,342	7,644	12,002
Schuyler County	R	−38.3%	2,315	5,201	7,527
Seneca County	R	−21.1%	5,693	8,741	14,435
St. Lawrence County	R	−14.2%	19,430	25,848	45,302
Steuben County	R	−36.1%	13,898	29,638	43,549
Suffolk County	R	−18.7%	114,033	166,644	280,945
Sullivan County	R	−8.9%	11,486	13,744	25,279
Tioga County	R	−44.3%	4,855	12,572	17,431
Tompkins County	R	−32.7%	8,659	17,061	25,733
Ulster County	R	−22.5%	23,017	36,418	59,502
Warren County	R	−32.6%	7,328	14,433	21,778
Washington County	R	−29.0%	8,274	15,037	23,317
Wayne County	R	−38.4%	9,476	21,290	30,777
Westchester County	R	−13.4%	171,410	224,562	396,663
Wyoming County	R	−32.4%	5,508	10,793	16,307
Yates County	R	−48.2%	2,409	6,892	9,308