North Carolina 1960 Presidential Election

Democratic Candidate vs. Republican Candidate

Democratic Candidate won the North Carolina 1960 presidential election with 713,136 votes (52.1%), a margin of D+4.2. North Carolina's 16 electoral votes went to the Democratic ticket.

Statewide Results

52.1%

47.9%

713,136

Democratic Candidate (52.1%)

655,420

Republican Candidate (47.9%)

Total Votes: 1,368,556|Margin: D+4.2

County Results

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County Results (100 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Martin County	D+77.5	D+29.5	R+4.9	6,563	R+7.9%
Northampton County	D+75.0	D+45.0	D+22.8	5,434	D+5.0%
Greene County	D+74.5	D+12.0	R+7.1	3,543	R+12.8%
Bertie County	D+72.9	D+38.5	D+15.6	4,259	R+2.7%
Franklin County	D+64.2	D+21.1	R+11.3	6,189	R+9.8%
Warren County	D+61.4	D+39.9	D+19.4	3,714	D+3.0%
Gates County	D+60.2	D+42.6	D+13.5	1,934	D+3.2%
Hertford County	D+59.8	D+37.1	D+17.2	3,886	D+2.2%
Halifax County	D+58.2	D+15.9	D+2.5	11,215	D+4.2%
Pitt County	D+56.7	R+0.9	R+16.9	15,984	R+8.3%
Chowan County	D+56.5	D+19.7	R+11.1	2,453	D+11.0%
Currituck County	D+56.1	D+8.2	R+26.7	2,115	D+7.1%
Hoke County	D+55.9	D+47.7	D+13.5	2,702	R+2.4%
Edgecombe County	D+55.9	D+14.4	D+4.5	10,325	R+6.1%
Jones County	D+53.3	D+22.0	R+0.9	2,505	R+11.6%
Robeson County	D+52.9	D+42.5	D+8.2	15,203	R+5.2%
Camden County	D+50.0	D+19.1	R+8.8	1,352	D+9.3%
Columbus County	D+48.2	D+29.4	R+2.4	14,110	R+6.3%
Scotland County	D+48.0	D+34.1	R+0.6	4,922	D+3.6%
Vance County	D+47.8	D+12.3	R+7.5	7,706	D+4.6%
Granville County	D+46.7	D+22.1	R+9.4	6,743	D+0.1%
Tyrrell County	D+45.3	D+30.7	D+2.1	1,275	D+26.4%
Nash County	D+44.3	R+14.6	R+33.6	13,982	R+13.5%
Anson County	D+44.1	D+42.4	D+14.8	5,717	D+6.8%
Wilson County	D+44.1	R+1.7	R+18.9	11,135	R+5.2%
Richmond County	D+43.3	D+30.2	D+4.8	11,578	D+4.5%
Pasquotank County	D+42.5	D+10.2	R+9.3	6,357	D+18.8%
Duplin County	D+42.2	D+16.2	R+6.0	10,222	R+11.1%
Hyde County	D+40.9	D+20.0	R+8.7	1,628	D+5.6%
Washington County	D+40.3	D+21.1	D+6.5	3,442	D+9.7%
Bladen County	D+40.3	D+37.6	D+3.7	6,207	R+4.9%
Perquimans County	D+39.2	D+12.3	R+14.7	2,097	D+21.2%
Beaufort County	D+38.3	R+5.7	R+21.5	8,733	R+4.8%
Person County	D+38.2	D+11.0	R+24.8	6,231	D+5.5%
Caswell County	D+38.0	D+23.8	D+2.0	4,104	D+3.6%
Lenoir County	D+37.9	R+12.9	R+21.7	11,784	R+7.6%
Pender County	D+36.6	D+18.1	R+7.7	4,018	R+0.5%
Onslow County	D+32.9	R+8.9	R+41.7	8,376	R+15.7%
Craven County	D+32.1	R+4.6	R+28.3	10,838	R+4.2%
Union County	D+29.4	D+5.4	R+41.0	11,423	R+1.6%
Lee County	D+29.2	D+5.5	R+35.2	7,236	R+7.1%
Pamlico County	D+23.1	D+18.9	R+8.5	2,758	D+4.9%
Harnett County	D+19.6	D+9.2	R+22.3	13,193	R+10.3%
Johnston County	D+19.6	R+4.1	R+34.8	16,574	R+14.0%
Brunswick County	D+19.3	D+6.6	R+17.6	7,220	D+19.3%
Cumberland County	D+17.9	D+1.2	R+16.5	19,673	D+4.0%
Wayne County	D+17.9	R+14.3	R+28.4	13,330	R+5.2%
Wake County	D+17.1	R+0.7	R+23.5	44,486	R+2.1%
Orange County	D+15.7	D+20.9	D+13.7	12,411	D+11.9%
New Hanover County	D+14.8	R+11.1	R+30.7	22,957	D+10.9%
Durham County	D+14.8	D+11.9	D+5.0	33,620	D+12.6%
Cleveland County	D+12.2	D+5.9	R+24.8	18,802	D+3.6%
Rockingham County	D+8.5	D+2.1	R+25.5	20,663	D+9.0%
Dare County	D+8.2	R+5.3	R+44.0	2,305	D+18.3%
Carteret County	D+7.9	R+8.5	R+32.8	9,757	D+7.0%
Chatham County	D+4.2	D+13.1	R+7.1	8,991	R+1.2%
Alleghany County	D+3.5	D+4.7	R+12.5	4,099	D+4.3%
Sampson County	D+2.0	D+5.6	R+7.8	14,970	R+1.7%
Madison County	D+1.4	D+9.6	R+10.1	8,968	D+8.5%
Swain County	D+1.4	D+15.1	R+0.3	4,283	D+7.5%
Yancey County	D+0.4	D+8.6	R+8.1	6,594	R+2.3%
Lincoln County	R+0.7	R+7.1	R+35.5	13,544	D+5.8%
Jackson County	R+1.5	D+7.7	R+12.2	7,917	R+5.4%
Polk County	R+1.7	R+11.5	R+30.0	5,618	D+3.9%
Moore County	R+2.4	R+11.0	R+35.0	11,363	D+2.8%
Rutherford County	R+2.5	R+0.3	R+24.7	17,547	D+3.9%
Alexander County	R+2.7	R+16.5	R+40.6	8,131	D+13.6%
Gaston County	R+2.8	R+13.5	R+46.9	41,354	D+4.6%
Haywood County	R+3.2	D+14.9	R+12.1	16,627	R+7.7%
Ashe County	R+3.7	R+11.5	R+24.4	9,300	D+3.4%
Stokes County	R+4.1	R+11.4	R+31.5	9,359	D+0.6%
Alamance County	R+4.3	R+8.9	R+39.7	28,417	D+0.4%
Montgomery County	R+5.1	D+6.9	R+14.3	6,946	R+0.9%
Buncombe County	R+9.2	R+2.4	R+23.5	51,343	R+0.6%
Macon County	R+9.3	R+6.9	R+30.1	6,833	R+3.4%
Mecklenburg County	R+10.1	R+1.0	R+25.6	87,612	D+13.9%
Surry County	R+10.2	R+5.6	R+29.9	18,220	D+2.2%
Transylvania County	R+10.9	R+8.9	R+30.1	7,609	R+4.6%
McDowell County	R+11.4	R+9.2	R+30.4	11,037	R+0.5%
Graham County	R+12.6	R+9.8	R+25.4	3,056	R+4.1%
Burke County	R+12.7	R+5.0	R+28.8	22,940	D+6.6%
Clay County	R+13.5	R+22.9	R+25.4	2,921	R+7.8%
Caldwell County	R+14.0	R+18.9	R+39.8	20,275	D+8.5%
Stanly County	R+14.6	R+10.9	R+36.2	19,339	D+8.3%
Cherokee County	R+14.6	R+10.4	R+27.6	7,491	D+0.1%
Iredell County	R+14.8	R+10.3	R+40.5	21,058	D+6.1%
Guilford County	R+15.1	R+8.6	R+22.7	71,843	D+4.6%
Rowan County	R+15.7	R+22.2	R+40.6	30,645	D+12.9%
Forsyth County	R+16.3	R+4.2	R+23.3	57,409	D+13.7%
Catawba County	R+17.3	R+23.8	R+45.7	32,626	D+8.2%
Davidson County	R+17.8	R+21.5	R+45.2	31,915	D+5.9%
Watauga County	R+18.7	R+9.4	R+28.9	8,460	R+0.7%
Randolph County	R+23.4	R+31.8	R+54.8	25,561	R+1.3%
Wilkes County	R+23.9	R+27.2	R+46.2	21,002	D+8.6%
Cabarrus County	R+28.7	R+21.0	R+45.2	24,358	D+5.0%
Davie County	R+31.9	R+30.5	R+47.6	7,259	D+5.2%
Henderson County	R+40.3	R+27.0	R+45.5	15,446	R+0.7%
Yadkin County	R+44.6	R+31.8	R+48.9	10,053	R+4.9%
Avery County	R+59.9	R+37.7	R+60.2	5,223	D+1.2%
Mitchell County	R+60.9	R+40.8	R+57.2	6,005	R+1.0%

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County Results (100 counties)

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