Richard Nixon carried Oklahoma R+18.0.

John F. Kennedy (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in Oklahoma, 1960. The state ran 18.2 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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Oklahoma result

903,150 votes counted

Kennedy (D)

370,111

41.0%

Nixon (R)

533,039

59.0%

Byrd) + others

0

0.0%

Margin

R+18.0

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1960 presidential election

Oklahoma, 1960

NixonR+18.0

How it voted

Share of the 1960 vote

Richard Nixon ✓Republican	59.0%	533,039
John F. KennedyDemocratic	41.0%	370,111
OtherAll other candidates	0.0%	0

D+60

R+60

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

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Oklahoma's presidential margins

1908–2024, the 1960 contest in context

Oklahoma's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1908	+4.7%
1912	+11.2%
1916	+17.4%
1920	−5.7%
1924	+5.7%
1928	−28.3%
1932	+46.6%
1936	+34.1%
1940	+15.2%
1944	+11.4%
1948	+25.5%
1952	−9.2%
1956	−10.3%
1960	−18.0%
1964	+11.5%
1968	−15.7%
1972	−49.7%
1976	−1.2%
1980	−25.5%
1984	−37.9%
1988	−16.6%
1992	−8.6%
1996	−7.8%
2000	−21.9%
2004	−31.1%
2008	−31.3%
2012	−33.5%
2016	−36.4%
2020	−33.1%
2024	−34.3%

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County results — 1960

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−31.5%	1,903	3,655	5,558
Alfalfa County	R	−51.5%	1,067	3,332	4,399
Atoka County	R	−3.6%	1,759	1,892	3,651
Beaver County	R	−46.7%	887	2,442	3,329
Beckham County	R	−22.0%	2,721	4,258	6,979
Blaine County	R	−35.8%	1,725	3,646	5,371
Bryan County	D	+7.0%	4,428	3,845	8,273
Caddo County	R	−7.3%	5,115	5,920	11,035
Canadian County	R	−14.7%	4,234	5,697	9,931
Carter County	D	+14.6%	8,441	6,288	14,729
Cherokee County	R	−14.1%	2,687	3,571	6,258
Choctaw County	D	+7.5%	2,941	2,531	5,472
Cimarron County	R	−30.8%	696	1,316	2,012
Cleveland County	R	−18.5%	6,397	9,292	15,689
Coal County	D	+10.9%	1,269	1,019	2,288
Comanche County	R	−5.6%	9,562	10,691	20,253
Cotton County	D	+0.5%	1,634	1,619	3,253
Craig County	R	−14.9%	2,792	3,770	6,562
Creek County	R	−17.2%	6,205	8,785	14,990
Custer County	R	−29.6%	2,743	5,050	7,793
Delaware County	R	−22.9%	2,282	3,639	5,921
Dewey County	R	−32.3%	1,082	2,115	3,197
Ellis County	R	−49.2%	709	2,085	2,794
Garfield County	R	−38.6%	6,582	14,860	21,442
Garvin County	R	−3.3%	4,795	5,125	9,920
Grady County	R	−4.1%	5,446	5,913	11,359
Grant County	R	−24.0%	1,723	2,810	4,533
Greer County	R	−11.9%	1,698	2,158	3,856
Harmon County	D	+5.1%	1,265	1,142	2,407
Harper County	R	−46.9%	744	2,057	2,801
Haskell County	R	−4.1%	1,712	1,858	3,570
Hughes County	R	−1.0%	3,057	3,117	6,174
Jackson County	D	+5.4%	3,761	3,375	7,136
Jefferson County	D	+18.3%	1,945	1,343	3,288
Johnston County	D	+11.7%	1,822	1,441	3,263
Kay County	R	−29.5%	8,249	15,156	23,405
Kingfisher County	R	−31.6%	1,821	3,501	5,322
Kiowa County	R	−14.3%	2,638	3,515	6,153
Latimer County	D	+2.7%	1,534	1,454	2,988
Le Flore County	R	−4.5%	4,844	5,302	10,146
Lincoln County	R	−25.9%	3,255	5,528	8,783
Logan County	R	−29.0%	2,820	5,121	7,941
Love County	D	+21.5%	1,443	932	2,375
Major County	R	−60.3%	716	2,892	3,608
Marshall County	D	+15.0%	1,793	1,325	3,118
Mayes County	R	−16.5%	3,721	5,194	8,915
McClain County	R	−3.7%	2,365	2,547	4,912
McCurtain County	D	+8.2%	4,202	3,562	7,764
McIntosh County	R	−0.8%	2,185	2,221	4,406
Murray County	D	+3.3%	2,129	1,993	4,122
Muskogee County	R	−5.6%	11,082	12,403	23,485
Noble County	R	−25.2%	1,910	3,198	5,108
Nowata County	R	−17.3%	2,125	3,014	5,139
Okfuskee County	R	−12.1%	1,968	2,510	4,478
Oklahoma County	R	−22.9%	64,648	102,992	167,640
Okmulgee County	D	+1.1%	7,262	7,107	14,369
Osage County	R	−12.8%	5,801	7,508	13,309
Ottawa County	R	−6.7%	5,705	6,520	12,225
Pawnee County	R	−31.6%	1,639	3,153	4,792
Payne County	R	−27.2%	5,694	9,943	15,637
Pittsburg County	D	+11.2%	7,310	5,834	13,144
Pontotoc County	R	−11.5%	4,654	5,863	10,517
Pottawatomie County	R	−7.7%	8,067	9,421	17,488
Pushmataha County	R	−2.9%	1,630	1,728	3,358
Roger Mills County	R	−28.8%	809	1,463	2,272
Rogers County	R	−26.2%	3,167	5,412	8,579
Seminole County	R	−12.8%	4,256	5,505	9,761
Sequoyah County	R	−13.5%	2,942	3,862	6,804
Stephens County	R	−7.9%	6,899	8,084	14,983
Texas County	R	−47.2%	1,549	4,314	5,863
Tillman County	D	+1.1%	2,736	2,678	5,414
Tulsa County	R	−26.1%	52,725	89,899	142,624
Wagoner County	R	−13.7%	2,707	3,570	6,277
Washington County	R	−42.9%	5,479	13,700	19,179
Washita County	R	−14.1%	2,414	3,209	5,623
Woods County	R	−36.2%	1,902	4,064	5,966
Woodward County	R	−47.6%	1,487	4,185	5,672