1960 Presidential Election

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1960 Presidential Election: John F. Kennedy Won✓

The 1960 United States presidential election was held on November 8, 1960. The election was a contest between Republican nominee Richard Nixon, who was then the Vice President, and Democratic nominee John F. Kennedy, who was a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts. The election was extremely close, with Kennedy winning the popular vote by just over 100,000. However, Kennedy secured 303 electoral votes to Nixon's 219.

303
John F. Kennedy ✓

34,220,984 votes (49.72%)

219
Richard Nixon

34,108,157 votes (49.55%)

269 needed to win

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Illinois Results

✓ John F. Kennedy (D) won the state of Illinois.

Missouri Results

✓ John F. Kennedy (D) won the state of Missouri.

Mississippi Results

A slate of unpledged electors unanimously voted for Harry F. Byrd over Democratic nominee John F. Kennedy and Republican nominee Richard Nixon.

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Full state results

State	John F. Kennedy votes	John F. Kennedy %	Richard Nixon votes	Richard Nixon %	Total votes
Alabama	324,050	56.83%	237,981	41.73%	570,225
Alaska	29,809	49.06%	30,953	50.94%	60,762
Arizona	176,781	44.36%	221,241	55.52%	398,491
Arkansas	215,049	50.19%	184,508	43.06%	428,509
California	3,224,099	49.55%	3,259,722	50.10%	6,506,578
Colorado	330,629	44.91%	402,242	54.63%	736,246
Connecticut	657,055	53.73%	565,813	46.27%	1,222,883
Delaware	99,590	50.63%	96,373	49.00%	196,683
Florida	748,700	48.49%	795,476	51.51%	1,544,176
Georgia	458,638	62.54%	274,472	37.43%	733,349
Hawaii	92,410	50.03%	92,295	49.97%	184,705
Idaho	138,853	46.22%	161,597	53.78%	300,450
Illinois	2,377,846	49.98%	2,368,988	49.80%	4,757,409
Indiana	952,358	44.60%	1,175,120	55.03%	2,135,360
Iowa	550,565	43.22%	722,381	56.71%	1,273,810
Kansas	363,213	39.10%	561,474	60.45%	928,825
Kentucky	521,855	46.41%	602,607	53.59%	1,124,462
Louisiana	407,339	50.42%	230,980	28.59%	807,891
Maine	181,159	42.95%	240,608	57.05%	421,767
Maryland	565,808	53.61%	489,538	46.39%	1,055,349
Massachusetts	1,487,174	60.22%	976,750	39.55%	2,469,480
Michigan	1,687,269	50.85%	1,620,428	48.84%	3,318,097
Minnesota	779,933	50.58%	757,915	49.16%	1,541,887
Mississippi	108,362	36.34%	73,561	24.67%	298,171
Missouri	972,201	50.26%	962,221	49.74%	1,934,422
Montana	134,891	48.60%	141,841	51.10%	277,579
Nebraska	232,542	37.93%	380,553	62.07%	613,095
Nevada	54,880	51.16%	52,387	48.84%	107,267
New Hampshire	137,772	46.58%	157,989	53.42%	295,761
New Jersey	1,385,415	49.96%	1,363,324	49.16%	2,773,111
New Mexico	156,027	50.15%	153,733	49.41%	311,107
New York	3,830,085	52.53%	3,446,419	47.27%	7,291,079
North Carolina	713,136	52.11%	655,420	47.89%	1,368,556
North Dakota	123,963	44.52%	154,310	55.42%	278,431
Ohio	1,944,248	46.72%	2,217,611	53.28%	4,161,859
Oklahoma	370,111	40.98%	533,039	59.02%	903,150
Oregon	367,402	47.32%	408,060	52.56%	776,421
Pennsylvania	2,556,282	51.06%	2,439,956	48.74%	5,006,541
Rhode Island	258,032	63.63%	147,502	36.37%	405,535
South Carolina	198,129	51.24%	188,558	48.76%	386,688
South Dakota	128,070	41.79%	178,417	58.21%	306,487
Tennessee	481,453	45.77%	556,577	52.92%	1,051,792
Texas	1,167,567	50.52%	1,121,310	48.52%	2,311,084
Utah	169,248	45.17%	205,361	54.81%	374,709
Vermont	69,186	41.35%	98,131	58.65%	167,324
Virginia	362,327	46.97%	404,521	52.44%	771,449
Washington	599,298	48.27%	629,273	50.68%	1,241,572
West Virginia	441,786	52.73%	395,995	47.27%	837,781
Wisconsin	830,805	48.05%	895,175	51.77%	1,729,082
Wyoming	63,331	44.99%	77,451	55.01%	140,782