1960 Elections

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3 offices contested.

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1960

Balance of Power

49.5%Popular Vote49.3%

69,117,472 votes

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President

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1960

Presidential Election · 1960

Elected President

John F. Kennedy

Democraticdefeating Richard M. Nixon

303

Kennedy

Electoral

Votes

269 to win

219

Nixon

Byrd

303 EV15 EV269 needed to win219 EV

Popular Vote

Kennedy(DEM)49.5%

Nixon(REP)49.3%

candidates(OTH)1.2%

Nixon(REP)0.0%

National margin:D+0.2%

69,117,472 total votes cast

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Results by State

Kennedy: 23 states · 301 EV|Nixon: 26 states · 219 EV|IND: 1 state · 15 EV

	State	EV	Cum. EV ▲	Kennedy %	Votes	Nixon %	Votes	Byrd %	Votes	Residual Other %	Margin	Swing
▶	Rhode Island	4	4	63.6%	258,032	36.4%	147,502	—	—	—	D+27.3	↑ D+43.8
▶	Georgia	12	16	62.5%	458,638	37.4%	274,472	—	—	—	D+25.1	↓ R+8.0
▶	Louisiana	10	26	50.4%	407,339	28.6%	230,980	—	—	21.0%	D+21.8	↑ D+35.6
▶	Massachusetts	16	42	60.2%	1,487,174	39.5%	976,750	—	—	—	D+20.7	↑ D+39.6
▶	Alabama	11*	47*	56.8%	318,303	42.1%	236,110	—	—	—	D+14.7	↓ R+2.3
▶	Arkansas	6	53	50.8%	199,222	43.1%	169,008	—	—	6.2%	D+7.7	↑ D+1.1
▶	Connecticut	8	61	53.7%	657,055	46.3%	565,813	—	—	—	D+7.5	↑ D+34.9
▶	Maryland	9	70	53.6%	565,808	46.4%	489,538	—	—	—	D+7.2	↑ D+27.3
▶	West Virginia	8	78	52.7%	441,786	47.3%	395,995	—	—	—	D+5.5	↑ D+13.6
▶	New York	45	123	52.5%	3,830,085	47.3%	3,446,419	—	—	—	D+5.3	↑ D+27.8
▶	North Carolina	14	137	52.1%	713,136	47.9%	655,420	—	—	—	D+4.2	↑ D+2.9
▶	South Carolina	8	145	51.2%	198,121	48.8%	188,558	—	—	—	D+2.5	↓ R+17.7
▶	Nevada	3	148	51.2%	54,880	48.8%	52,387	—	—	—	D+2.3	↑ D+18.3
▶	Pennsylvania	32	180	51.1%	2,556,282	48.7%	2,439,956	—	—	—	D+2.3	↑ D+15.5
▶	Michigan	20	200	50.9%	1,687,269	48.8%	1,620,428	—	—	—	D+2.0	↑ D+13.5
▶	Texas	24	224	50.5%	1,167,935	48.5%	1,121,693	—	—	—	D+2.0	↑ D+13.3
▶	Delaware	3	227	50.6%	99,590	49.0%	96,373	—	—	—	D+1.6	↑ D+12.1
▶	Minnesota	11	238	50.6%	779,933	49.2%	757,915	—	—	—	D+1.4	↑ D+9.0
▶	New Jersey	16	254	50.0%	1,385,415	49.2%	1,363,324	—	—	—	D+0.8	↑ D+31.3
▶	New Mexico	4	258	50.2%	156,275	49.8%	154,832	—	—	—	D+0.5	↑ D+16.7
▶	Missouri	13	271	43.0%	972,201	42.6%	962,218	—	—	14.4%	D+0.4	↑ D+0.3
▶	Illinois	27	298	50.0%	2,377,846	49.8%	2,368,988	—	—	—	D+0.2	↑ D+19.6
▶	Hawaii	3	301	50.0%	92,410	50.0%	92,295	—	—	—	D+0.1	—
▶	Nebraska	6	6	37.9%	232,542	62.1%	380,553	—	—	—	R+24.1	↑ D+6.9
▶	Kansas	8	14	39.1%	363,213	60.5%	561,474	—	—	—	R+21.4	↑ D+9.9
▶	Oklahoma	8*	21*	41.0%	370,111	59.0%	533,039	—	—	—	R+18.0	↓ R+7.8
▶	Vermont	3	24	41.4%	69,186	58.6%	98,131	—	—	—	R+17.3	↑ D+27.1
▶	South Dakota	4	28	41.8%	128,070	58.2%	178,417	—	—	—	R+16.4	↑ D+0.3
▶	Maine	5	33	43.0%	181,159	57.0%	240,608	—	—	—	R+14.1	↑ D+27.6
▶	Iowa	10	43	43.2%	550,565	56.7%	722,381	—	—	—	R+13.5	↑ D+4.9
▶	Arizona	4	47	44.4%	176,781	55.5%	221,241	—	—	—	R+11.2	↑ D+10.9
▶	North Dakota	4	51	44.5%	123,963	55.4%	154,310	—	—	—	R+10.9	↑ D+12.7
▶	Indiana	13	64	44.6%	952,358	55.0%	1,175,120	—	—	—	R+10.4	↑ D+9.8
▶	Wyoming	3	67	45.0%	63,331	55.0%	77,451	—	—	—	R+10.0	↑ D+10.1
▶	Colorado	6	73	44.9%	330,629	54.6%	402,242	—	—	—	R+9.7	↑ D+9.9
▶	Utah	4	77	45.2%	169,248	54.8%	205,362	—	—	—	R+9.6	↑ D+19.5
▶	Idaho	4	81	46.2%	138,853	53.8%	161,597	—	—	—	R+7.6	↑ D+14.8
▶	Kentucky	10	91	46.4%	521,855	53.6%	602,607	—	—	—	R+7.2	↑ D+1.9
▶	Tennessee	11	102	45.8%	481,453	52.9%	556,577	—	—	—	R+7.1	↓ R+6.5
▶	New Hampshire	4	106	46.6%	137,772	53.4%	157,989	—	—	—	R+6.8	↑ D+25.4
▶	Ohio	25	131	46.7%	1,944,248	53.3%	2,217,611	—	—	—	R+6.6	↑ D+15.7
▶	Virginia	12	143	47.0%	362,327	52.4%	404,521	—	—	—	R+5.5	↑ D+11.5
▶	Oregon	6	149	47.3%	367,402	52.6%	408,065	—	—	—	R+5.2	↑ D+5.3
▶	Wisconsin	12	161	48.0%	830,805	51.8%	895,175	—	—	—	R+3.7	↑ D+20.0
▶	Florida	10	171	48.5%	748,700	51.5%	795,476	—	—	—	R+3.0	↑ D+11.5
▶	Montana	4	175	48.6%	134,891	51.1%	141,841	—	—	—	R+2.5	↑ D+11.8
▶	Washington	9	184	48.3%	599,298	50.7%	629,273	—	—	—	R+2.4	↑ D+6.1
▶	California	32	216	49.5%	3,224,099	50.1%	3,259,722	—	—	—	R+0.6	↑ D+10.6
▶	Mississippi	8*	8*	36.3%	108,362	24.7%	73,561	39.0%	116,248	—	D+11.7	↓ R+22.1
▶	Alaska	3	3	49.1%	29,809	50.9%	30,953	—	—	—	R+1.9	—

Margin = (Dem votes − Rep votes) ÷ total votes × 100. Swing = current margin − 1956 margin. Cum. EV orders each winning ticket's states from largest win to closest win and accumulates the official EV awarded in each state, so the closest state is that candidate's final cumulative total.Residual Other % shown when > 5% of total votes.

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U.S. Senate

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33 contests|D won 20|R won 13

	State ▲	Winner	W%	Votes	Runner-up	R-up%	Votes	Margin	Swing
▶	Alabama	SparkmanDEM	70.2%	389,196	ElginREP	29.8%	164,868	D+40.5	↓ R+24.5
▶	Colorado	AllottREP	53.5%	389,428	KnousDEM	46.0%	334,854	R+7.5	↓ R+4.8
▶	Delaware	BoggsREP	50.7%	98,874	FrearDEM	49.3%	96,090	R+1.4	↓ R+15.3
▶	Georgia	RussellDEM	99.9%	576,140	OtherOTH	0.1%	355	D+99.9	↓ R+0.1
▶	Idaho	DworshakREP	52.3%	152,648	McLaughlinDEM	47.7%	139,448	R+4.5	↑ D+21.1
▶	Illinois	DouglasDEM	54.6%	2,530,943	WitwerREP	45.2%	2,093,846	D+9.4	↑ D+2.3
▶	Iowa	MillerREP	51.9%	642,463	LovelessDEM	48.1%	595,119	R+3.8	↑ D+0.8
▶	Kansas	SchoeppelREP	54.6%	485,499	TheisDEM	43.8%	388,895	R+10.9	↑ D+3.6
▶	Kentucky	CooperREP	59.2%	644,087	JohnsonDEM	40.8%	444,290	R+18.4	↓ R+27.3
▶	Louisiana	EllenderDEM	79.8%	432,228	ReeseREP	20.2%	109,698	D+59.5	↓ R+40.5
▶	Maine	SmithREP	61.6%	256,890	CormierDEM	38.4%	159,809	R+23.3	↓ R+6.1
▶	Massachusetts	SaltonstallREP	56.2%	1,358,556	O'ConnorDEM	43.5%	1,050,725	R+12.7	↓ R+11.2
▶	Michigan	McNamaraDEM	51.7%	1,669,179	BentleyREP	48.0%	1,548,873	D+3.7	↑ D+1.9
▶	Minnesota	HumphreyDEM	57.5%	884,168	PetersonREP	42.2%	648,586	D+15.3	↑ D+1.1
▶	Mississippi	EastlandDEM	91.8%	244,341	MooreREP	8.2%	21,807	D+83.6	↓ R+7.5
▶	Missouri(S)	LongDEM	54.9%	1,195,802	HockerREP	45.1%	980,832	D+9.9	—
▶	Montana	MetcalfDEM	50.7%	140,331	FjareREP	49.3%	136,281	D+1.5	↑ D+0.7
▶	Nebraska	CurtisREP	58.9%	352,748	ConradDEM	41.1%	245,837	R+17.9	↑ D+0.1
▶	New Hampshire	BridgesREP	60.4%	173,521	HillDEM	39.6%	114,024	R+20.7	↓ R+0.3
▶	New Jersey	CaseREP	55.7%	1,483,832	LordDEM	43.2%	1,151,385	R+12.5	↓ R+12.3
▶	New Mexico	AndersonDEM	63.4%	190,654	ColwesREP	36.6%	109,897	D+26.9	↑ D+15.1
▶	North Carolina	JordanDEM	61.4%	793,521	HayesREP	38.6%	497,964	D+22.9	↓ R+39.5
▶	North Dakota(S)	BurdickDEM	49.7%	104,593	DavisREP	49.2%	103,475	D+0.5	—
▶	Oklahoma	KerrDEM	54.8%	474,116	CrawfordREP	44.6%	385,646	D+10.2	↓ R+1.9
▶	Oregon	NeubergerDEM	54.6%	412,757	SmithREP	45.4%	343,009	D+9.2	↑ D+8.8
▶	Rhode Island	PellDEM	68.9%	275,575	ArchambaultREP	31.1%	124,408	D+37.8	↑ D+19.2
▶	South Carolina	ThurmondDEM	100.0%	330,164	OtherOTH	0.0%	102	D+100.0	—
▶	South Dakota	MundtREP	52.4%	160,181	McGovernDEM	47.6%	145,261	R+4.9	↑ D+9.7
▶	Tennessee	KefauverDEM	71.8%	594,460	FrazierREP	28.3%	234,053	D+43.5	↑ D+3.6
▶	Texas	JohnsonDEM	58.0%	1,306,605	TowerREP	41.1%	926,653	D+16.9	↓ R+53.1
▶	Virginia	RobertsonDEM	81.3%	506,169	OtherOTH	18.7%	116,651	D+81.3	↑ D+1.4
▶	West Virginia	RandolphDEM	55.3%	458,355	UnderwoodREP	44.7%	369,935	D+10.7	↑ D+1.0
▶	Wyoming	ThomsonREP	56.4%	78,103	WhitakerDEM	43.6%	60,447	R+12.7	↓ R+15.8

Governor

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27 contests|D won 15|R won 12

	State ▲	Winner	W%	Votes	Runner-up	R-up%	Votes	Margin	Swing
▶	Arizona	FanninREP	59.3%	235,502	AckermanDEM	40.7%	161,605	R+18.6	↓ R+37.7
▶	Arkansas	FaubusDEM	69.2%	292,064	BrittREP	30.8%	129,921	D+38.4	↓ R+22.9
▶	Delaware	CarvelDEM	51.7%	100,792	RollinsREP	48.3%	94,043	D+3.5	↑ D+7.4
▶	Florida	BryantDEM	59.9%	849,407	PetersenREP	40.1%	569,936	D+19.7	↓ R+27.7
▶	Illinois	KernerDEM	55.5%	2,594,731	StrattonREP	44.3%	2,070,479	D+11.2	↑ D+12.2
▶	Indiana	WelshDEM	50.4%	1,072,717	ParkerREP	49.3%	1,049,540	D+1.1	↑ D+12.7
▶	Iowa	ErbeREP	52.1%	645,026	McManusDEM	47.9%	592,063	R+4.3	↓ R+6.7
▶	Kansas	AndersonREP	55.5%	511,534	DockingDEM	43.6%	402,261	R+11.8	↓ R+25.2
▶	Louisiana	DavisDEM	80.5%	407,907	GrevembergREP	17.0%	86,135	D+63.5	↓ R+36.5
▶	Massachusetts	VolpeREP	52.5%	1,269,295	WardDEM	46.8%	1,130,810	R+5.7	↓ R+11.6
▶	Michigan	SwainsonDEM	50.5%	1,643,634	BagwellREP	49.2%	1,602,022	D+1.3	↓ R+8.2
▶	Minnesota	AndersenREP	50.6%	783,813	FreemanDEM	49.1%	760,934	R+1.5	↓ R+4.7
▶	Missouri	DaltonDEM	58.0%	1,095,195	FarmerREP	42.0%	792,131	D+16.1	↑ D+11.9
▶	Montana	NutterREP	55.1%	154,230	CannonDEM	44.9%	125,651	R+10.2	↓ R+7.5
▶	Nebraska	MorrisonDEM	52.0%	311,344	CooperREP	48.0%	287,302	D+4.0	↑ D+18.1
▶	New Hampshire	PowellREP	55.5%	161,123	BoutinDEM	44.5%	129,404	R+10.9	↓ R+1.5
▶	New Mexico	MechemREP	50.3%	153,765	BurroughsDEM	49.7%	151,777	R+0.7	↑ D+3.2
▶	North Carolina	GavinREP	45.5%	613,975	SanfordDEM	35.4%	477,592	R+10.1	↓ R+44.0
▶	North Dakota	GuyDEM	49.4%	136,148	DahlREP	44.5%	122,486	D+5.0	↑ D+21.9
▶	Rhode Island	NotteDEM	56.6%	227,318	SestoREP	43.4%	174,044	D+13.3	↑ D+13.1
▶	South Dakota	GubbrudREP	50.7%	154,530	HersethDEM	49.3%	150,095	R+1.5	↑ D+7.3
▶	Texas	DanielDEM	72.8%	1,637,755	StegerREP	27.2%	612,963	D+45.5	↓ R+18.0
▶	Utah	ClydeREP	52.7%	195,634	BarlockerDEM	47.3%	175,855	R+5.3	↓ R+0.6
▶	Vermont	KeyserREP	56.4%	92,861	NiquetteDEM	43.6%	71,755	R+12.8	↑ D+2.1
▶	Washington	RoselliniDEM	50.3%	611,987	AndrewsREP	48.9%	594,122	D+1.5	↓ R+8.2
▶	West Virginia	BarronDEM	54.0%	446,755	NeelyREP	46.0%	380,665	D+8.0	↑ D+15.7
▶	Wisconsin	NelsonDEM	51.5%	890,868	KuehnREP	48.4%	837,123	D+3.1	↑ D+6.9