John F. Kennedy carried Texas D+2.0.

John F. Kennedy (D) vs Richard Nixon (R) in Texas, 1960. The state ran 1.8 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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Texas result

2,311,084 votes counted

Kennedy (D)

1,167,567

50.5%

Nixon (R)

1,121,310

48.5%

Byrd) + others

22,207

1.0%

Margin

D+2.0

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1960 presidential election

Texas, 1960

KennedyD+2.0

How it voted

Share of the 1960 vote

John F. Kennedy ✓Democratic	50.5%	1,167,567
Richard NixonRepublican	48.5%	1,121,310
OtherAll other candidates	1.0%	22,207

D+60

R+60

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

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Texas's presidential margins

1912–2024, the 1960 contest in context

Texas's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1912	+63.2%
1916	+59.6%
1920	+36.6%
1924	+52.6%
1928	−3.9%
1932	+77.0%
1936	+74.8%
1940	+62.0%
1944	+54.8%
1948	+41.7%
1952	−6.4%
1956	−11.3%
1960	+2.0%
1964	+26.8%
1968	+1.3%
1972	−33.0%
1976	+3.2%
1980	−13.9%
1984	−27.5%
1988	−12.6%
1992	−3.5%
1996	−4.9%
2000	−21.3%
2004	−22.9%
2008	−11.8%
2012	−15.8%
2016	−9.0%
2020	−5.6%
2024	−13.7%

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County results — 1960

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Anderson County	R	−5.0%	3,296	3,642	6,982
Andrews County	D	+7.9%	1,821	1,550	3,409
Angelina County	D	+15.0%	7,046	5,169	12,510
Aransas County	D	+8.9%	948	792	1,748
Archer County	D	+32.7%	1,341	680	2,023
Armstrong County	R	−14.3%	365	488	860
Atascosa County	D	+16.8%	2,544	1,812	4,361
Austin County	R	−6.8%	1,725	1,978	3,738
Bailey County	R	−5.1%	1,064	1,180	2,271
Bandera County	R	−27.2%	539	942	1,484
Bastrop County	D	+40.6%	2,866	1,208	4,080
Baylor County	D	+25.4%	1,199	713	1,913
Bee County	D	+7.0%	2,557	2,220	4,787
Bell County	D	+39.5%	10,651	4,606	15,288
Bexar County	D	+8.2%	75,373	63,934	140,245
Blanco County	D	+19.6%	830	557	1,394
Borden County	D	+15.6%	230	166	411
Bosque County	D	+5.6%	1,852	1,653	3,525
Bowie County	D	+21.5%	9,198	5,927	15,193
Brazoria County	R	−1.5%	10,561	10,880	21,705
Brazos County	D	+12.9%	5,907	4,553	10,477
Brewster County	R	−1.4%	716	736	1,457
Briscoe County	D	+3.3%	570	533	1,112
Brooks County	D	+54.4%	1,934	567	2,511
Brown County	D	+2.9%	3,720	3,512	7,278
Burleson County	D	+57.1%	2,466	672	3,143
Burnet County	D	+19.5%	1,770	1,189	2,976
Caldwell County	D	+29.5%	2,729	1,482	4,222
Calhoun County	D	+10.1%	1,961	1,599	3,594
Callahan County	D	+10.5%	1,559	1,261	2,838
Cameron County	D	+9.8%	12,416	10,190	22,640
Camp County	D	+19.7%	1,307	873	2,200
Carson County	R	−15.7%	1,009	1,387	2,407
Cass County	D	+11.6%	2,934	2,322	5,290
Castro County	D	+30.8%	1,544	810	2,382
Chambers County	D	+9.4%	1,524	1,260	2,816
Cherokee County	D	+16.6%	4,544	3,233	7,882
Childress County	R	−13.8%	1,189	1,571	2,767
Clay County	D	+24.8%	1,692	1,019	2,718
Cochran County	D	+22.8%	1,028	646	1,674
Coke County	D	+16.1%	799	575	1,388
Coleman County	R	−7.3%	1,835	2,127	3,977
Collin County	D	+14.9%	5,229	3,865	9,158
Collingsworth County	R	−22.1%	691	1,084	1,782
Colorado County	D	+9.2%	2,299	1,909	4,247
Comal County	R	−25.0%	1,845	3,082	4,941
Comanche County	D	+3.9%	1,979	1,828	3,830
Concho County	D	+15.8%	718	522	1,242
Cooke County	R	−11.4%	3,168	3,983	7,176
Coryell County	D	+29.2%	2,700	1,477	4,192
Cottle County	D	+45.3%	986	370	1,361
Crane County	D	+10.8%	848	678	1,568
Crockett County	R	−10.2%	517	635	1,156
Crosby County	D	+33.3%	1,783	889	2,683
Culberson County	D	+6.6%	343	300	650
Dallam County	R	−7.0%	835	961	1,808
Dallas County	R	−25.2%	88,876	149,369	240,299
Dawson County	R	−2.3%	2,063	2,161	4,246
Deaf Smith County	R	−21.6%	1,299	2,024	3,349
Delta County	D	+49.1%	1,360	460	1,832
Denton County	R	−3.2%	5,366	5,724	11,119
DeWitt County	R	−10.1%	2,253	2,763	5,029
Dickens County	D	+34.5%	1,075	521	1,607
Dimmit County	D	+15.5%	886	648	1,537
Donley County	R	−10.9%	764	951	1,720
Duval County	D	+64.9%	3,803	809	4,614
Eastland County	R	−4.7%	3,058	3,359	6,449
Ector County	R	−10.4%	8,996	11,145	20,672
Edwards County	R	−46.2%	168	463	639
El Paso County	D	+9.4%	26,027	21,551	47,677
Ellis County	D	+22.8%	5,841	3,666	9,543
Erath County	R	−3.9%	2,490	2,696	5,216
Falls County	D	+37.1%	3,399	1,559	4,965
Fannin County	D	+39.7%	4,282	1,844	6,138
Fayette County	D	+21.9%	3,462	2,213	5,699
Fisher County	D	+48.5%	1,966	679	2,655
Floyd County	R	−4.7%	1,437	1,580	3,042
Foard County	D	+45.5%	723	270	995
Fort Bend County	D	+13.5%	4,339	3,301	7,711
Franklin County	D	+29.8%	1,148	620	1,774
Freestone County	D	+10.1%	1,997	1,629	3,650
Frio County	D	+19.8%	1,068	713	1,790
Gaines County	R	−0.7%	1,498	1,520	3,041
Galveston County	D	+18.5%	23,940	16,373	40,828
Garza County	D	+5.8%	829	737	1,576
Gillespie County	R	−53.4%	816	2,687	3,507
Glasscock County	D	+15.0%	207	152	366
Goliad County	R	−2.1%	711	741	1,455
Gonzales County	D	+27.4%	2,730	1,554	4,291
Gray County	R	−37.7%	2,802	6,197	9,013
Grayson County	D	+14.8%	9,866	7,312	17,231
Gregg County	R	−15.6%	7,765	10,679	18,737
Grimes County	D	+23.8%	1,713	1,053	2,778
Guadalupe County	R	−8.0%	3,116	3,657	6,787
Hale County	R	−12.8%	3,695	4,784	8,532
Hall County	D	+11.9%	1,192	939	2,133
Hamilton County	R	−16.7%	1,136	1,592	2,737
Hansford County	R	−44.0%	512	1,322	1,839
Hardeman County	R	−10.9%	1,182	1,472	2,655
Hardin County	D	+34.1%	4,315	2,115	6,451
Harris County	R	−6.1%	148,275	168,170	325,399
Harrison County	D	+5.0%	5,108	4,613	9,945
Hartley County	R	−2.0%	397	413	815
Haskell County	D	+52.3%	2,776	866	3,650
Hays County	D	+28.9%	2,916	1,606	4,529
Hemphill County	R	−43.5%	333	847	1,181
Henderson County	D	+14.9%	3,411	2,521	5,970
Hidalgo County	D	+15.5%	18,663	13,628	32,406
Hill County	D	+32.1%	4,340	2,226	6,593
Hockley County	D	+18.9%	3,169	2,159	5,358
Hood County	D	+13.5%	1,238	943	2,187
Hopkins County	D	+20.7%	3,228	2,117	5,357
Houston County	D	+25.4%	2,703	1,591	4,383
Howard County	D	+17.3%	4,844	3,403	8,335
Hudspeth County	D	+20.7%	409	267	685
Hunt County	D	+0.4%	4,116	4,084	8,242
Hutchinson County	R	−32.2%	3,295	6,432	9,747
Irion County	D	+1.6%	246	238	487
Jack County	R	−10.8%	1,079	1,342	2,432
Jackson County	D	+15.1%	2,268	1,670	3,972
Jasper County	D	+17.6%	3,004	2,102	5,123
Jeff Davis County	D	+3.4%	195	182	381
Jefferson County	D	+15.8%	40,533	29,395	70,331
Jim Hogg County	D	+69.7%	1,255	224	1,479
Jim Wells County	D	+31.5%	5,330	2,773	8,112
Johnson County	R	−7.9%	3,844	4,510	8,431
Jones County	D	+11.6%	2,772	2,196	4,986
Karnes County	D	+25.2%	2,556	1,526	4,085
Kaufman County	D	+5.0%	3,008	2,717	5,768
Kendall County	R	−47.4%	549	1,544	2,100
Kenedy County	D	+2.6%	78	74	152
Kent County	D	+41.0%	491	205	698
Kerr County	R	−42.0%	1,323	3,252	4,596
Kimble County	R	−11.9%	550	699	1,253
King County	D	+54.3%	133	39	173
Kinney County	D	+25.8%	358	211	569
Kleberg County	D	+28.7%	3,773	2,092	5,866
Knox County	D	+30.3%	1,365	729	2,098
La Salle County	D	+37.5%	718	326	1,046
Lamar County	D	+12.3%	5,084	3,964	9,076
Lamb County	D	+5.4%	3,089	2,764	6,007
Lampasas County	D	+5.7%	1,372	1,222	2,609
Lavaca County	D	+45.2%	4,002	1,507	5,522
Lee County	D	+13.1%	1,369	1,048	2,451
Leon County	D	+34.8%	1,803	868	2,684
Liberty County	D	+7.4%	3,902	3,361	7,345
Limestone County	D	+26.3%	3,472	2,023	5,511
Lipscomb County	R	−55.6%	267	939	1,209
Live Oak County	R	−15.3%	770	1,048	1,822
Llano County	D	+23.2%	1,131	704	1,840
Loving County	D	+4.2%	46	42	95
Lubbock County	R	−13.3%	15,340	20,065	35,607
Lynn County	D	+32.3%	1,872	953	2,843
Madison County	D	+19.5%	909	607	1,552
Marion County	D	+9.6%	904	742	1,691
Martin County	D	+40.0%	831	350	1,203
Mason County	R	−18.2%	575	833	1,417
Matagorda County	R	−0.1%	2,971	2,975	5,998
Maverick County	D	+40.2%	1,498	639	2,139
McCulloch County	D	+15.1%	1,579	1,165	2,748
McLennan County	D	+14.7%	20,100	14,926	35,156
McMullen County	R	−0.2%	240	241	481
Medina County	D	+6.8%	2,325	2,028	4,368
Menard County	R	−10.6%	491	608	1,099
Midland County	R	−31.2%	5,842	11,343	17,645
Milam County	D	+31.4%	3,640	1,898	5,556
Mills County	R	−7.6%	869	1,012	1,887
Mitchell County	D	+27.6%	2,131	1,208	3,350
Montague County	D	+5.5%	2,346	2,101	4,465
Montgomery County	D	+2.9%	3,510	3,309	6,937
Moore County	R	−22.8%	1,547	2,463	4,025
Morris County	D	+10.8%	1,952	1,569	3,544
Motley County	R	−4.4%	439	480	932
Nacogdoches County	D	+7.1%	3,522	3,042	6,732
Navarro County	D	+24.5%	5,540	3,361	8,901
Newton County	D	+40.9%	1,815	756	2,590
Nolan County	D	+14.6%	3,247	2,421	5,675
Nueces County	D	+21.6%	29,361	18,907	48,368
Ochiltree County	R	−56.3%	521	1,870	2,394
Oldham County	D	+2.0%	326	313	643
Orange County	D	+24.6%	9,078	5,483	14,637
Palo Pinto County	D	+5.7%	3,022	2,695	5,742
Panola County	R	−1.7%	2,187	2,264	4,518
Parker County	D	+2.3%	3,629	3,467	7,148
Parmer County	R	−21.0%	1,090	1,674	2,786
Pecos County	D	+9.9%	1,724	1,412	3,167
Polk County	D	+22.9%	2,037	1,268	3,360
Potter County	R	−22.4%	8,989	14,202	23,229
Presidio County	D	+39.3%	866	376	1,248
Rains County	D	+25.8%	680	401	1,081
Randall County	R	−35.8%	3,282	6,958	10,269
Reagan County	D	+11.7%	621	489	1,131
Real County	R	−15.9%	273	377	653
Red River County	D	+30.1%	2,850	1,527	4,389
Reeves County	D	+17.9%	2,235	1,549	3,822
Refugio County	D	+25.2%	1,777	1,062	2,842
Roberts County	R	−52.8%	104	339	445
Robertson County	D	+48.0%	2,669	935	3,616
Rockwall County	D	+16.7%	917	652	1,583
Runnels County	R	−4.7%	1,938	2,128	4,075
Rusk County	R	−14.9%	4,390	6,001	10,840
Sabine County	D	+32.0%	1,208	619	1,843
San Augustine County	D	+32.2%	1,269	638	1,962
San Jacinto County	D	+42.5%	1,115	448	1,570
San Patricio County	D	+25.2%	5,246	3,129	8,391
San Saba County	D	+19.1%	1,251	849	2,108
Schleicher County	R	−12.9%	351	455	809
Scurry County	D	+14.8%	3,020	2,235	5,290
Shackelford County	D	+2.1%	713	684	1,397
Shelby County	D	+31.8%	3,266	1,679	4,993
Sherman County	R	−38.4%	305	686	993
Smith County	R	−17.0%	8,494	12,042	20,821
Somervell County	R	−12.0%	345	441	800
Starr County	D	+87.0%	4,051	280	4,333
Stephens County	R	−10.1%	1,357	1,664	3,029
Sterling County	D	+2.9%	193	182	375
Stonewall County	D	+47.6%	864	306	1,173
Sutton County	D	+4.1%	474	437	911
Swisher County	D	+15.0%	1,777	1,310	3,103
Tarrant County	R	−10.1%	59,385	72,813	132,986
Taylor County	R	−13.4%	9,347	12,258	21,650
Terrell County	D	+9.4%	352	291	646
Terry County	D	+7.9%	2,237	1,908	4,162
Throckmorton County	D	+21.8%	689	442	1,134
Titus County	D	+9.8%	2,701	2,216	4,946
Tom Green County	R	−7.5%	7,031	8,176	15,246
Travis County	D	+10.0%	27,022	22,107	49,264
Trinity County	D	+36.0%	1,521	707	2,264
Tyler County	R	−6.0%	1,242	1,401	2,656
Upshur County	D	+17.8%	3,248	2,262	5,554
Upton County	D	+7.5%	930	798	1,760
Uvalde County	R	−25.1%	1,324	2,214	3,552
Val Verde County	D	+13.8%	2,049	1,551	3,603
Van Zandt County	D	+14.2%	2,825	2,120	4,967
Victoria County	D	+11.4%	5,779	4,591	10,397
Walker County	D	+2.3%	1,832	1,750	3,603
Waller County	R	−0.6%	1,101	1,115	2,267
Ward County	D	+6.6%	2,018	1,763	3,852
Washington County	R	−16.7%	1,864	2,613	4,489
Webb County	D	+69.6%	10,059	1,802	11,865
Wharton County	D	+19.1%	5,004	3,387	8,458
Wheeler County	R	−17.1%	1,011	1,428	2,444
Wichita County	D	+7.3%	14,587	12,587	27,213
Wilbarger County	R	−9.3%	2,319	2,796	5,129
Willacy County	D	+21.3%	2,109	1,367	3,487
Williamson County	D	+37.9%	5,410	2,429	7,870
Wilson County	D	+39.9%	2,905	1,248	4,157
Winkler County	D	+2.5%	1,642	1,562	3,253
Wise County	R	−1.8%	2,470	2,562	5,051
Wood County	D	+4.6%	2,633	2,400	5,112
Yoakum County	R	−9.6%	994	1,207	2,215
Young County	D	+7.8%	2,419	2,067	4,509
Zapata County	D	+44.4%	675	260	935
Zavala County	R	−3.7%	706	761	1,475