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1960 Presidential Election

STATE 
TOTAL VOTE KENNEDY NIXON HASS UNPLEDGED OTHER PLURALITY
Alabama 570225 324050
(58.8%)
237981 (41.7%) -- -- 8194
(1.4%)
86069 D 
Alaska 60762 29809
(49.1%)
30953 (50.9%) -- -- -- 1144 R
Arizona 398491 176781
(44.4%)
221241 (55.5%) 469
(0.1%)
-- -- 44460 R
Arkansas 428509 215049
(50.2%)
184508 (43.1%) -- -- 28952
(6.8%)
30541 D
California 6506578 3224099
(49.6%)
 3259722 (50.1%) 1051 -- 21706
(0.3%)
35623 R
Colorado 736236 330629
(44.9%)
402242 (54.6%) 2803
(0.4%)
-- 562
(0.1%)
71613 R
Connecticut 1222883 657055
(53.7%)
565813 (46.3%) -- -- 15 91242 D
Delaware 196683 99590
(50.6%)
96373 (49.0%) 82 -- 638
(0.3%)
3217 D
Florida 1544176 748700
(48.5%)
795476 (51.5%) -- -- -- 46776 R
Georgia 733349 458638
(62.5%)
274472 (37.4%) -- -- 239 184166 D
Hawaii 184705 92410
(50.0%)
92295 (50.0%) -- -- -- 115 D
Idaho 300450 138853
(46.2%)
161597 (53.8%) -- -- -- 22744 R
Illinois 4757409 2377846
(50.0%)
2368988 (49.8%) 10560
(0.2%) 
-- 15 8858 D
Indiana 2135360 952358
(44.6%)
1175120 (55.0%) 1136
(0.1%)
-- 6746
(0.3%)
222762 R
Iowa 1273810 550565
(43.2%)
722381 (56.7%) 230 -- 634 171816 R
Kansas 928825 363213
(39.1%)
561474 (60.4%) -- -- 4138
(0.4%)
198261 R
Kentucky 1124462 521855
(46.4%)
602607 (53.6%) -- -- -- 80752 R
Louisiana 807891 407339
(50.4%)
230980 (28.6%) -- -- 169572
(21.0%)
176359 D
Maine 421767 181159
(43.0%)
240608
(57.0%)
-- -- -- 59449 R
Maryland 1055349 565808
(53.6%)
489538 (46.4%) -- -- 3 76270 D
Massachusetts 2469480 1487174
(60.2%)
976750 (39.6%) 3892
(0.2%)
-- 1664
(0.1%)
510424 D
Michigan 3318097 1687269
(50.9%)
1620428 (48.8%) 1718
(0.1%)
-- 8682
(0.3%)
66841 D
Minnesota 1541887 779933
(50.6%)
757915 (49.2%) 962
(0.1%)
-- 3077
(0.2%)
22018 D
Mississippi 298171 108362
(36.3%)
73561 (24.7%) -- 116248 (39.0%) -- 7886 U
Missouri 1934422 972201
(50.3%)
962221 (49.7%) -- -- -- 9980 D
Montana 277579 134891
(48.6%)
141841 (51.1%) -- -- 847
(0.3%)
6950 R
Nebraska 613095 232542
(37.9%)
380553 (62.1%) -- -- -- 148011 R
Nevada 107267 54880
(51.2%)
52387 (48.8%) -- -- -- 2493 D
New Hampshire 295761 137772
(46.6%)
157989 (53.4%) -- -- -- 20217 R
New Jersey 2773111 1385415
(50.0%)
1363324 (49.2%) 4262
(0.2%)
-- 20110
(0.7%)
22091 D
New Mexico 311107 156027
(50.2%)
153733 (49.4%) -- -- 777
(0.2%)
2294 D
New York 7291079 3830085
(52.5%)
3446419 (47.3%) 570
(0.2%)
-- 14575
(0.2%)
383666 D
North Carolina 1368556 713136
(52.1%)
655420 (47.9%) -- -- -- 57716 D
North Dakota 278431 123963
(44.5%)
154310 (55.4%) -- -- 158
(0.1%)
30347 R
Ohio 4161859 1944248
(46.7%)
2217611 (53.3%) -- -- -- 273363 R
Oklahoma 903150 370111
(41.0%)
533039 (59.0%) -- -- -- 162928 R
Oregon 776421 367402
(47.3%)
408060 (52.6%) -- -- 959
(0.1%)
40658 R
Pennsylvania 5006541 2556282
(51.1%)
2439956 (48.7%) 7185
(0.1%)
-- 3118
(0.1%)
116326 D
Rhode Island 405535 258032
(63.6%)
147502 (36.4%) -- -- 1 110530 D
South Carolina 386688 198129
(51.2%)
188558 (48.8%) -- -- 1 9571 D
South Dakota 306487 128070
(41.8%)
178417 (58.2%) -- -- -- 50347 R
Tennessee 1051792 481453
(45.8%)
556577 (52.9%) -- -- 13762
(1.3%)
75124 R
Texas 2311084 1167567
(50.5%)
1121310 (48.5%) -- -- 22207
(1.0%)
46257 D
Utah 374709 169248
(45.2%)
205361 (54.8%) -- -- 100 36113 R
Vermont 167324 69186
(41.3%)
98131 (58.6%) -- -- 7 28945 R
Virginia 771449 362327
(47.0%)
404521 (52.4%) 397
(0.1%)
-- 4204
(0.5%)
42194 R
Washington 1241572 599298
(48.3%)
629273 (50.7%) 10895
(0.9%)
-- 2106
(0.2%)
29975 R
West Virginia 837781 441786
(52.7%)
395995 (47.3%) -- -- -- 45791 D
Wisconsin 1729082 830805
(48.0%)
895175 (51.8%) 1310
(0.1%)
-- 1792
(0.1%)
64370 R
Wyoming 140782 63331
(45.0%)
77451
(55.0%)
-- -- -- 14120 R
Total 68838219 34226731
(49.7%)
34108157
(49.5%)
47522
(0.1%)
116248
(0.2%)
339561 118574 D
 
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