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1960 Presidential Election

See which candidate won each state and how those wins added up to the Electoral College result.

Electoral College · 1789–2024County popular vote · 2000–2024

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Electoral result

303 EV · John F. Kennedy

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1960-11-08

Electoral College result

How the states voted

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Election-date state boundaries colored by exact stored electoral recipients. Split allocations use multiple colors.

This 1960 result uses the 2020 poll-closing chronology as a cinematic reference sequence, not historical 1960 polling or call timing.

Timing source: The Green Papers 2020 poll-closing chronology

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Token width reflects stored electoral votes

  1. IN
  2. GA
  3. VA
  4. KY
  5. SC
  6. VT
  7. OH
  8. NC
  9. WV
  10. PA
  11. IL
  12. MA
  13. NJ
  14. MO
  15. AL
  16. AL
  17. TN
  18. FL
  19. MD
  20. CT
  21. KS
  22. MS
  23. OK
  24. OK
  25. ME
  26. NH
  27. RI
  28. DE
  29. AR
  30. NY
  31. TX
  32. MI
  33. WI
  34. MN
  35. LA
  36. CO
  37. NE
  38. AZ
  39. NM
  40. SD
  41. WY
  42. IA
  43. MT
  44. UT
  45. NV
  46. CA
  47. WA
  48. OR
  49. ID
  50. ND
  51. HI
  52. AK

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Official result

Election summary

President
John F. Kennedy [D]
Main opponent
Richard M. Nixon [R]
Source note
Byrd received electoral votes for President from Alabama (6), Mississippi (8) and Oklahoma (1). Thurmond received electoral votes for Vice President from Alabama (6) and Mississippi (8). Goldwater received 1 electoral vote for Vice President from Oklahoma. John F. Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States, was assassinated on November 22, 1963. He was succeeded by Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, who took the oath of office in Dallas, Texas that day.

State-by-state result

Electoral votes by state

A state appears more than once when its electoral votes were split between candidates.

StateCandidateElectoral votes
ALABAMA ALHarry F. Byrd of Virginia6
ALABAMA ALJohn F. Kennedy of Massachusetts5
ALASKA AKRichard M. Nixon of California3
ARIZONA AZRichard M. Nixon of California4
ARKANSAS ARJohn F. Kennedy of Massachusetts8
CALIFORNIA CARichard M. Nixon of California32
COLORADO CORichard M. Nixon of California6
CONNECTICUT CTJohn F. Kennedy of Massachusetts8
DELAWARE DEJohn F. Kennedy of Massachusetts3
FLORIDA FLRichard M. Nixon of California10
GEORGIA GAJohn F. Kennedy of Massachusetts12
HAWAII HIJohn F. Kennedy of Massachusetts3
IDAHO IDRichard M. Nixon of California4
ILLINOIS ILJohn F. Kennedy of Massachusetts27
INDIANA INRichard M. Nixon of California13
IOWA IARichard M. Nixon of California10
KANSAS KSRichard M. Nixon of California8
KENTUCKY KYRichard M. Nixon of California10
LOUISIANA LAJohn F. Kennedy of Massachusetts10
MAINE MERichard M. Nixon of California5
MARYLAND MDJohn F. Kennedy of Massachusetts9
MASSACHUSETTS MAJohn F. Kennedy of Massachusetts16
MICHIGAN MIJohn F. Kennedy of Massachusetts20
MINNESOTA MNJohn F. Kennedy of Massachusetts11
MISSISSIPPI MSHarry F. Byrd of Virginia8
MISSOURI MOJohn F. Kennedy of Massachusetts13
MONTANA MTRichard M. Nixon of California4
NEBRASKA NERichard M. Nixon of California6
NEVADA NVJohn F. Kennedy of Massachusetts3
NEW HAMPSHIRE NHRichard M. Nixon of California4
NEW JERSEY NJJohn F. Kennedy of Massachusetts16
NEW MEXICO NMJohn F. Kennedy of Massachusetts4
NEW YORK NYJohn F. Kennedy of Massachusetts45
NORTH CAROLINA NCJohn F. Kennedy of Massachusetts14
NORTH DAKOTA NDRichard M. Nixon of California4
OHIO OHRichard M. Nixon of California25
OKLAHOMA OKRichard M. Nixon of California7
OKLAHOMA OKHarry F. Byrd of Virginia1
OREGON ORRichard M. Nixon of California6
PENNSYLVANIA PAJohn F. Kennedy of Massachusetts32
RHODE ISLAND RIJohn F. Kennedy of Massachusetts4
SOUTH CAROLINA SCJohn F. Kennedy of Massachusetts8
SOUTH DAKOTA SDRichard M. Nixon of California4
TENNESSEE TNRichard M. Nixon of California11
TEXAS TXJohn F. Kennedy of Massachusetts24
UTAH UTRichard M. Nixon of California4
VERMONT VTRichard M. Nixon of California3
VIRGINIA VARichard M. Nixon of California12
WASHINGTON WARichard M. Nixon of California9
WEST VIRGINIA WVJohn F. Kennedy of Massachusetts8
WISCONSIN WIRichard M. Nixon of California12
WYOMING WYRichard M. Nixon of California3

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Candidate identities
John F. Kennedy
Observed: John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts
Richard M. Nixon
Observed: Richard M. Nixon of California
Harry F. Byrd
Observed: Harry F. Byrd of Virginia
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Reference date
1960-11-08
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Coverage and interpretation notes

  • Historical geometry is independently versioned

    The map uses a checksum-pinned, election-date geometry build while Electoral College allocations remain traced to the NARA fact tables.

  • County detail begins in 2000

    County-level popular-vote detail is available only for 2000 through 2024. This election has state-level Electoral College coverage.

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