Who won the 1960 presidential election?

John Kennedy (Democratic) won the 1960 presidential election with 307 electoral votes and 49.5% of the popular vote.

What was the Electoral College result in 1960?

The 1960 Electoral College result was 307 Democratic to 217 Republican (535 total electoral votes, 268 needed to win).

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Presidential Election · 1960

Elected President

John Kennedy

Democraticdefeating Richard M. Nixon

307

Kennedy

Electoral

Votes

268 to win

217

Nixon

Other

307 EV8 EV268 needed to win217 EV

Popular Vote

Kennedy(DEM)49.5%

Nixon(REP)49.3%

Other(OTH)1.2%

National margin:D+0.2%

69,056,710 total votes cast

View state-by-state results →

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Kennedy: 23 states · 307 EV|Nixon: 25 states · 217 EV|OTH: 1 state · 8 EV

	State ▲	EV	Kennedy %	Votes	Nixon %	Votes	Other %	Margin	Swing
▶	Alabama	11	56.8%	318,303	42.1%	236,110	—	D+14.7	↓ R+2.3
▶	Arizona	4	44.4%	176,781	55.5%	221,241	—	R+11.2	↑ D+10.9
▶	Arkansas	6	50.8%	199,222	43.1%	169,008	6.2%	D+7.7	↑ D+1.1
▶	California	32	49.5%	3,224,099	50.1%	3,259,722	—	R+0.6	↑ D+10.6
▶	Colorado	6	44.9%	330,629	54.6%	402,242	—	R+9.7	↑ D+9.9
▶	Connecticut	8	53.7%	657,055	46.3%	565,813	—	D+7.5	↑ D+34.9
▶	Delaware	3	50.6%	99,590	49.0%	96,373	—	D+1.6	↑ D+12.1
▶	Florida	10	48.5%	748,700	51.5%	795,476	—	R+3.0	↑ D+11.5
▶	Georgia	12	62.5%	458,638	37.4%	274,472	—	D+25.1	↓ R+8.0
▶	Hawaii	3	50.0%	92,410	50.0%	92,295	—	D+0.1	—
▶	Idaho	4	46.2%	138,853	53.8%	161,597	—	R+7.6	↑ D+14.8
▶	Illinois	27	50.0%	2,377,846	49.8%	2,368,988	—	D+0.2	↑ D+19.6
▶	Indiana	13	44.6%	952,358	55.0%	1,175,120	—	R+10.4	↑ D+9.8
▶	Iowa	10	43.2%	550,565	56.7%	722,381	—	R+13.5	↑ D+4.9
▶	Kansas	8	39.1%	363,213	60.5%	561,474	—	R+21.4	↑ D+9.9
▶	Kentucky	10	46.4%	521,855	53.6%	602,607	—	R+7.2	↑ D+1.9
▶	Louisiana	10	50.4%	407,339	28.6%	230,980	21.0%	D+21.8	↑ D+35.6
▶	Maine	5	43.0%	181,159	57.0%	240,608	—	R+14.1	↑ D+27.6
▶	Maryland	9	53.6%	565,808	46.4%	489,538	—	D+7.2	↑ D+27.3
▶	Massachusetts	16	60.2%	1,487,174	39.5%	976,750	—	D+20.7	↑ D+39.6
▶	Michigan	20	50.9%	1,687,269	48.8%	1,620,428	—	D+2.0	↑ D+13.5
▶	Minnesota	11	50.6%	779,933	49.2%	757,915	—	D+1.4	↑ D+9.0
▶	Mississippi	8	36.3%	108,362	24.7%	73,561	39.0%	D+11.7	↓ R+22.1
▶	Missouri	13	43.0%	972,201	42.6%	962,218	14.4%	D+0.4	↑ D+0.3
▶	Montana	4	48.6%	134,891	51.1%	141,841	—	R+2.5	↑ D+11.8
▶	Nebraska	6	37.9%	232,542	62.1%	380,553	—	R+24.1	↑ D+6.9
▶	Nevada	3	51.2%	54,880	48.8%	52,387	—	D+2.3	↑ D+18.3
▶	New Hampshire	4	46.6%	137,772	53.4%	157,989	—	R+6.8	↑ D+25.4
▶	New Jersey	16	50.0%	1,385,415	49.2%	1,363,324	—	D+0.8	↑ D+31.3
▶	New Mexico	4	50.2%	156,275	49.8%	154,832	—	D+0.5	↑ D+16.7
▶	New York	45	52.5%	3,830,085	47.3%	3,446,419	—	D+5.3	↑ D+27.8
▶	North Carolina	14	52.1%	713,136	47.9%	655,420	—	D+4.2	↑ D+2.9
▶	North Dakota	4	44.5%	123,963	55.4%	154,310	—	R+10.9	↑ D+12.7
▶	Ohio	25	46.7%	1,944,248	53.3%	2,217,611	—	R+6.6	↑ D+15.7
▶	Oklahoma	8	41.0%	370,111	59.0%	533,039	—	R+18.0	↓ R+7.8
▶	Oregon	6	47.3%	367,402	52.6%	408,065	—	R+5.2	↑ D+5.3
▶	Pennsylvania	32	51.1%	2,556,282	48.7%	2,439,956	—	D+2.3	↑ D+15.5
▶	Rhode Island	4	63.6%	258,032	36.4%	147,502	—	D+27.3	↑ D+43.8
▶	South Carolina	8	51.2%	198,121	48.8%	188,558	—	D+2.5	↓ R+17.7
▶	South Dakota	4	41.8%	128,070	58.2%	178,417	—	R+16.4	↑ D+0.3
▶	Tennessee	11	45.8%	481,453	52.9%	556,577	—	R+7.1	↓ R+6.5
▶	Texas	24	50.5%	1,167,935	48.5%	1,121,693	—	D+2.0	↑ D+13.3
▶	Utah	4	45.2%	169,248	54.8%	205,362	—	R+9.6	↑ D+19.5
▶	Vermont	3	41.4%	69,186	58.6%	98,131	—	R+17.3	↑ D+27.1
▶	Virginia	12	47.0%	362,327	52.4%	404,521	—	R+5.5	↑ D+11.5
▶	Washington	9	48.3%	599,298	50.7%	629,273	—	R+2.4	↑ D+6.1
▶	West Virginia	8	52.7%	441,786	47.3%	395,995	—	D+5.5	↑ D+13.6
▶	Wisconsin	12	48.0%	830,805	51.8%	895,175	—	R+3.7	↑ D+20.0
▶	Wyoming	3	45.0%	63,331	55.0%	77,451	—	R+10.0	↑ D+10.1

Margin = (Dem votes − Rep votes) ÷ total votes × 100. Swing = current margin − 1956 margin. Other % shown when > 5% of total votes.

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