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Elections / 1960 · President

John F. Kennedy defeated Richard Nixon.

John F. Kennedy (D) vs Richard Nixon (R), with Unpledged Democratic electors (Harry F. Byrd) (Unpledged) carrying counties. Every state below links to its full contest page with county-level results.

Nominees: John F. Kennedy (D) · Richard Nixon (R) · Unpledged Democratic electors (Harry F. Byrd) (Unpledged)

1960 presidential election
KennedyD+0.2
1960 presidential margin by stateA map of the United States with each state filled by its 1960 result — deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), and gold where an independent or third-party candidate carried the state.Alabama · D+14.3 · 11 electoral votesAlaska · R+1.9 · 3 electoral votesArizona · R+11.1 · 4 electoral votesColorado · R+9.7 · 6 electoral votesFlorida · R+3.0 · 10 electoral votesGeorgia · D+25.1 · 12 electoral votesIndiana · R+10.4 · 13 electoral votesKansas · R+21.3 · 8 electoral votesMaine · R+14.1 · 5 electoral votesMassachusetts · D+20.7 · 16 electoral votesMinnesota · D+1.4 · 11 electoral votesNew Jersey · D+0.8 · 16 electoral votesNorth Carolina · D+4.2 · 14 electoral votesNorth Dakota · R+10.9 · 4 electoral votesOklahoma · R+18.0 · 8 electoral votesPennsylvania · D+2.3 · 32 electoral votesSouth Dakota · R+16.4 · 4 electoral votesTexas · D+2.0 · 24 electoral votesWyoming · R+10.0 · 3 electoral votesConnecticut · D+7.5 · 8 electoral votesMissouri · D+0.5 · 13 electoral votesWest Virginia · D+5.5 · 8 electoral votesIllinois · D+0.2 · 27 electoral votesNew Mexico · D+0.7 · 4 electoral votesArkansas · D+7.1 · 8 electoral votesCalifornia · R+0.5 · 32 electoral votesDelaware · D+1.6 · 3 electoral votesDistrict of Columbia · —Hawaii · D+0.1 · 3 electoral votesIowa · R+13.5 · 10 electoral votesKentucky · R+7.2 · 10 electoral votesMaryland · D+7.2 · 9 electoral votesMichigan · D+2.0 · 20 electoral votesMississippi · O+2.6 · 8 electoral votesMontana · R+2.5 · 4 electoral votesNew Hampshire · R+6.8 · 4 electoral votesNew York · D+5.3 · 45 electoral votesOhio · R+6.6 · 25 electoral votesOregon · R+5.2 · 6 electoral votesTennessee · R+7.1 · 11 electoral votesUtah · R+9.6 · 4 electoral votesVirginia · R+5.4 · 12 electoral votesWashington · R+2.4 · 9 electoral votesWisconsin · R+3.7 · 12 electoral votesNebraska · R+24.1 · 6 electoral votesSouth Carolina · D+2.5 · 8 electoral votesIdaho · R+7.6 · 4 electoral votesNevada · D+2.3 · 3 electoral votesVermont · R+17.3 · 3 electoral votesLouisiana · D+21.8 · 10 electoral votesRhode Island · D+27.3 · 4 electoral votes
1960presidential margin
D+60
R+60
Fifty states and DC, each filled by its 1960 result. Hover any state for the detail and its electoral votes.
Gold marks a state an independent or third-party candidate carried — the blue/red ramp is the Democratic-vs-Republican margin only where a major party won.
Smaller states, enlarged
VTR+17.33 EVNHR+6.84 EVMAD+20.716 EVRID+27.34 EVCTD+7.58 EVNJD+0.816 EVDED+1.63 EVMDD+7.29 EV
Blue and red show the Democratic-vs-Republican margin; gold marks a state an independent or third-party candidate carried.
Electoral college
537 electors · 269 for a majority

Kennedy won 303 of 537 electoral votes.

Kennedy303Nixon219Byrd)15
Harry F. Byrd received 15 electors from unpledged Southern slates and one Oklahoma faithless elector.
National popular vote
68,886,297 votes counted
Kennedy (D)
34,248,844
49.7%
Nixon (R)
34,136,720
49.6%
Byrd) + others
500,734
0.7%
Margin
D+0.2
The county map
3,130 county-level results on record for 1960

Democrats carried 1,202 counties, Republicans 1,857, third-party candidates 71. 596 counties flipped parties from the previous cycle.

Biggest county swings: Long County, GA (R+114.7 swing) · Lafourche Parish, LA (D+81.9 swing) · Conejos County, CO (D+79.5 swing) · Terrebonne Parish, LA (D+77.2 swing) · Plaquemines Parish, LA (D+74.0 swing) · St. John the Baptist Parish, LA (D+73.3 swing)

Results by state
Every row links to the state's contest page with its county map.
StateWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
AlaskaR
−1.9%
58,53260,838119,370
AlabamaD
+14.3%
318,303237,981562,136
ArkansasD
+7.1%
215,049184,508428,509
ArizonaR
−11.1%
176,408220,742397,616
CaliforniaR
−0.5%
3,224,0993,259,7226,506,578
ColoradoR
−9.7%
330,629402,242736,236
ConnecticutD
+7.5%
657,042565,7961,222,852
DelawareD
+1.6%
99,59096,373196,683
FloridaR
−3.0%
748,700795,4761,544,176
GeorgiaD
+25.1%
458,638274,472733,110
HawaiiD
+0.1%
92,41092,295184,705
IowaR
−13.5%
550,565722,3811,273,810
IdahoR
−7.6%
138,853161,597300,450
IllinoisD
+0.2%
2,377,8462,368,9884,757,409
IndianaR
−10.4%
952,3581,175,1202,135,360
KansasR
−21.3%
363,213561,474928,825
KentuckyR
−7.2%
521,855602,6071,124,462
LouisianaD
+21.8%
407,339230,980807,891
MassachusettsD
+20.7%
1,487,174976,7502,469,480
MarylandD
+7.2%
565,808489,5381,055,349
MaineR
−14.1%
181,159240,608421,773
MichiganD
+2.0%
1,687,2691,620,4283,318,097
MinnesotaD
+1.4%
779,933757,9151,541,887
MissouriD
+0.5%
972,201962,2211,934,422
MississippiO
+11.7%
108,36273,561298,171
MontanaR
−2.5%
134,891141,841277,579
North CarolinaD
+4.2%
713,136655,4201,368,556
North DakotaR
−10.9%
123,963154,310278,431
NebraskaR
−24.1%
232,542380,553613,095
New HampshireR
−6.8%
137,772157,989295,761
New JerseyD
+0.8%
1,385,4151,363,3242,773,111
New MexicoD
+0.7%
156,027153,733311,107
NevadaD
+2.3%
54,88052,387107,267
New YorkD
+5.3%
3,830,0853,446,4197,291,079
OhioR
−6.6%
1,944,2482,217,6114,161,859
OklahomaR
−18.0%
370,111533,039903,150
OregonR
−5.2%
367,402408,060776,421
PennsylvaniaD
+2.3%
2,556,2822,439,9565,006,541
Rhode IslandD
+27.3%
258,032147,502405,535
South CarolinaD
+2.5%
198,129188,558386,688
South DakotaR
−16.4%
128,070178,417306,487
TennesseeR
−7.1%
481,453556,5771,051,776
TexasD
+2.0%
1,167,5671,121,3102,311,084
UtahR
−9.6%
169,248205,362374,710
VirginiaR
−5.4%
361,850403,714770,162
VermontR
−17.3%
69,18698,131167,324
WashingtonR
−2.4%
599,298629,2731,241,572
WisconsinR
−3.7%
830,805895,1751,729,082
West VirginiaD
+5.5%
441,786395,995837,781
WyomingR
−10.0%
63,33177,451140,782