November 5, 1960

Democratic Wins 1960

Democratic defeats Republican with 279 electoral votes, winning 24 states.

Democratic

279 EV

270 to win

Republican

256 EV

279

256

270

Democratic wins

279

Electoral Votes

49.7%

Popular Vote

States Carried

68,886,328

Total Votes Cast

Democratic won the 1960 presidential election with 279 electoral votes to Republican's 256. Democratic received 49.7% of the popular vote and carried 24 states. Compared to the previous election, 100 counties changed parties—13 flipped Republican and 87 flipped Democratic.

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State Results

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Recent Presidential Elections

Year	Democrat	Republican	Electoral	Popular	Winner
1960	Democratic	Republican	279-256	D+0.2%	DEM
1956	Democratic	Republican	72-456	R+15.4%	GOP
1952	Democratic	Republican	82-446	R+10.8%	GOP
1948	Democratic	Republican	376-152	D+4.5%	DEM

State-by-State Results

24 Dem26 Rep

Battleground States (Margin < 5%)

State	EV	1960	1956	1952	1948
Rhode Island	4	D+27.3	R+16.5	R+1.8	D+16.2
Georgia	16	D+25.1	D+34.1	D+39.3	D+42.5
Louisiana	8	D+21.8	R+13.8	D+5.8	D+15.3
Massachusetts	11	D+20.7	R+18.9	R+8.8	D+11.5
Alabama	9	D+14.3	D+17.1	D+29.5	R+19.0
Mississippi	6	D+11.7	D+33.8	D+20.9	D+7.5
Connecticut	7	D+7.5	R+27.5	R+11.8	R+1.6
Maryland	10	D+7.2	R+20.1	R+11.5	R+1.4
Arkansas	6	D+7.1	D+6.6	D+12.1	D+40.7
West Virginia	4	D+5.5	R+8.2	D+3.9	D+15.1
New York	28	D+5.3	R+22.4	R+11.9	R+1.0
North Carolina	16	D+4.2	D+1.3	D+7.8	D+25.3
South Carolina	9	D+2.5	D+20.2	D+1.4	D+20.4
Nevada	6	D+2.3	R+15.9	R+22.9	D+3.1
Pennsylvania	19	D+2.3	R+13.2	R+5.9	R+4.0
Michigan	15	D+2.0	R+11.5	R+11.5	R+1.7
Texas	40	D+2.0	R+11.3	R+6.4	D+41.7
Delaware	3	D+1.6	R+10.5	R+3.9	R+1.3
Minnesota	10	D+1.4	R+7.6	R+11.2	D+17.3
New Jersey	14	D+0.8	R+30.5	R+14.8	R+4.4
New Mexico	5	D+0.7	R+16.0	R+11.1	D+13.4
Missouri	10	D+0.5	D+0.2	R+1.6	D+16.6
Illinois	19	D+0.2	R+19.2	R+9.9	D+0.8
Hawaii	4	D+0.1	—	—	—
California	54	R+0.6	R+11.1	R+13.6	D+0.4
Alaska	3	R+1.9	—	—	—
Washington	12	R+2.4	R+8.5	R+9.6	D+9.8
Montana	4	R+2.5	R+14.3	R+19.3	D+9.9
Florida	30	R+3.0	R+14.5	R+10.0	D+15.2
Wisconsin	10	R+3.7	R+23.7	R+22.3	D+4.4
Oregon	8	R+5.2	R+10.5	R+21.6	R+3.4
Virginia	13	R+5.4	R+17.0	R+13.0	D+6.8
Ohio	17	R+6.6	R+22.2	R+13.5	D+0.2
New Hampshire	4	R+6.8	R+32.3	R+21.8	R+5.8
Tennessee	11	R+7.1	R+0.6	R+0.3	D+12.3
Kentucky	8	R+7.2	R+9.1	D+0.1	D+15.3
Idaho	4	R+7.6	R+22.4	R+31.0	D+2.7
Utah	6	R+9.6	R+29.1	R+17.9	D+9.0
Colorado	10	R+9.7	R+19.7	R+21.3	D+5.3
Wyoming	3	R+10.0	R+20.2	R+25.6	D+4.3
Indiana	11	R+10.4	R+20.2	R+17.1	R+0.8
North Dakota	3	R+10.9	R+23.6	R+42.6	R+8.8
Arizona	11	R+11.2	R+22.1	R+16.7	D+10.0
Iowa	6	R+13.5	R+18.4	R+28.2	D+2.7
Maine	4	R+14.1	R+41.7	R+32.3	R+14.5
South Dakota	3	R+16.4	R+16.8	R+38.5	R+4.8
Vermont	3	R+17.3	R+44.4	R+43.2	R+24.6
Oklahoma	7	R+18.0	R+10.3	R+9.2	D+25.5
Kansas	6	R+21.4	R+31.2	R+38.3	R+9.0
Nebraska	5	R+24.1	R+31.0	R+38.3	R+8.3

Counties That Changed Parties

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Flipped Republican

13 total

Long County, Georgia, GAR+114.6%Barnwell County, South Carolina, SCR+62.4%Lowndes County, Mississippi, MSR+43.2%Collingsworth County, Texas, TXR+42.2%Roger Mills County, Oklahoma, OKR+40.9%

8 more counties(Seeker)

Flipped Democratic

87 total

Kenedy County, Texas, TXD+87.8%Charles City County, Virginia, VAD+82.8%Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, LAD+81.9%Conejos County, Colorado, COD+79.5%Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, LAD+77.2%

82 more counties(Seeker)

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