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1960 Presidential Election
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