John F. Kennedy carried Pennsylvania D+2.3.

John F. Kennedy (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in Pennsylvania, 1960. The state ran 2.2 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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Pennsylvania result

5,006,541 votes counted

Kennedy (D)

2,556,282

51.1%

Nixon (R)

2,439,956

48.7%

Byrd) + others

10,303

0.2%

Margin

D+2.3

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1960 presidential election

Pennsylvania, 1960

KennedyD+2.3

How it voted

Share of the 1960 vote

John F. Kennedy ✓Democratic	51.1%	2,556,282
Richard NixonRepublican	48.7%	2,439,956
OtherAll other candidates	0.2%	10,303

D+60

R+60

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

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Pennsylvania's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1960 contest in context

Pennsylvania's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−6.4%
1896	−24.7%
1900	−24.6%
1904	−40.7%
1908	−23.4%
1912	+10.0%
1916	−14.0%
1920	−38.6%
1924	−46.3%
1928	−31.4%
1932	−5.5%
1936	+16.0%
1940	+6.9%
1944	+2.8%
1948	−4.0%
1952	−5.9%
1956	−13.2%
1960	+2.3%
1964	+30.2%
1968	+3.6%
1972	−20.0%
1976	+2.7%
1980	−7.1%
1984	−7.4%
1988	−2.3%
1992	+9.0%
1996	+9.2%
2000	+4.2%
2004	+2.5%
2008	+10.3%
2012	+5.4%
2016	−0.7%
2020	+1.2%
2024	−1.7%

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County results — 1960

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−24.2%	7,895	12,933	20,854
Allegheny County	D	+14.3%	428,455	320,970	750,718
Armstrong County	R	−14.6%	14,799	19,883	34,745
Beaver County	D	+12.3%	47,182	36,796	84,190
Bedford County	R	−35.0%	6,030	12,542	18,604
Berks County	R	−9.9%	50,572	61,743	112,706
Blair County	R	−28.9%	19,445	35,297	54,809
Bradford County	R	−40.2%	6,920	16,252	23,205
Bucks County	R	−8.3%	57,177	67,501	125,116
Butler County	R	−22.8%	17,805	28,348	46,305
Cambria County	D	+17.1%	52,409	37,062	89,622
Cameron County	R	−22.3%	1,353	2,129	3,487
Carbon County	R	−0.8%	12,391	12,586	25,032
Centre County	R	−36.1%	8,601	18,357	27,004
Chester County	R	−27.5%	30,167	53,059	83,373
Clarion County	R	−30.3%	5,506	10,307	15,847
Clearfield County	R	−14.2%	14,212	18,911	33,195
Clinton County	R	−21.2%	5,965	9,184	15,161
Columbia County	R	−24.3%	9,322	15,310	24,651
Crawford County	R	−21.7%	12,050	18,754	30,906
Cumberland County	R	−38.0%	15,968	35,636	51,801
Dauphin County	R	−28.9%	33,962	61,726	96,115
Delaware County	R	−4.2%	124,629	135,672	260,783
Elk County	D	+8.0%	8,398	7,155	15,567
Erie County	D	+2.1%	53,723	51,525	105,543
Fayette County	D	+21.0%	41,560	27,120	68,861
Forest County	R	−28.7%	828	1,497	2,332
Franklin County	R	−29.1%	12,088	22,010	34,134
Fulton County	R	−23.4%	1,672	2,698	4,379
Greene County	D	+12.5%	9,645	7,498	17,159
Huntingdon County	R	−40.4%	4,710	11,116	15,864
Indiana County	R	−17.4%	13,174	18,756	32,013
Jefferson County	R	−27.8%	7,811	13,845	21,694
Juniata County	R	−29.5%	2,615	4,805	7,431
Lackawanna County	D	+23.5%	80,098	49,636	129,783
Lancaster County	R	−40.4%	33,233	78,390	111,889
Lawrence County	D	+1.4%	24,309	23,646	48,064
Lebanon County	R	−36.8%	11,761	25,525	37,353
Lehigh County	R	−15.5%	39,640	54,278	94,167
Luzerne County	D	+18.5%	102,998	70,711	174,271
Lycoming County	R	−24.2%	18,351	30,083	48,482
McKean County	R	−27.5%	7,767	13,699	21,532
Mercer County	R	−9.1%	24,243	29,109	53,480
Mifflin County	R	−36.2%	4,816	10,315	15,203
Monroe County	R	−28.1%	6,312	11,299	17,726
Montgomery County	R	−21.5%	92,212	142,796	235,326
Montour County	R	−22.5%	2,629	4,154	6,791
Northampton County	D	+1.1%	41,552	40,683	82,306
Northumberland County	R	−10.7%	22,233	27,568	49,841
Perry County	R	−40.8%	3,413	8,134	11,570
Philadelphia County	D	+36.2%	622,544	291,000	915,277
Pike County	R	−40.9%	1,676	4,000	5,683
Potter County	R	−30.4%	2,715	5,099	7,830
Schuylkill County	D	+0.3%	44,430	44,187	88,687
Snyder County	R	−60.3%	1,998	8,103	10,117
Somerset County	R	−16.5%	14,739	20,554	35,335
Sullivan County	R	−10.3%	1,471	1,808	3,284
Susquehanna County	R	−27.8%	5,760	10,201	15,970
Tioga County	R	−46.2%	4,076	11,082	15,173
Union County	R	−57.8%	1,993	7,466	9,472
Venango County	R	−36.1%	8,064	17,193	25,280
Warren County	R	−28.0%	6,525	11,611	18,195
Washington County	D	+16.7%	53,729	38,348	92,197
Wayne County	R	−35.7%	4,425	9,360	13,811
Westmoreland County	D	+10.9%	85,641	68,825	154,840
Wyoming County	R	−38.8%	2,726	6,188	8,921
York County	R	−17.6%	39,164	55,922	95,479