UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS OF 1960 ==================================================================== POPULAR VOTE AND ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTE BY STATE ==================================================================== John F Richard M Kennedy Nixon (Democrat, MA) (Republican, CA) -------------------------------------------------------------------- State vote % ECV vote % ECV -------------------------------------------------------------------- ALABAMA 318,303 56.8 5 236,110 42.1 - ALASKA 29,809 49.1 - 30,953 50.9 3 ARIZONA 176,781 44.4 - 221,241 55.5 4 ARKANSAS 215,049 50.2 8 184,508 43.1 - CALIFORNIA 3,224,099 49.6 - 3,259,722 50.1 32 COLORADO 330,629 44.9 - 402,242 54.6 6 CONNECTICUT 657,055 53.7 8 565,813 46.3 - DELAWARE 99,590 50.6 3 96,373 49.0 - FLORIDA 748,700 48.5 - 795,476 51.5 10 GEORGIA 458,638 62.5 12 274,472 37.4 - HAWAII 92,410 50.0 3 92,295 50.0 - IDAHO 138,853 46.2 - 161,597 53.8 4 ILLINOIS 2,377,846 50.0 27 2,368,988 49.8 - INDIANA 952,358 44.6 - 1,175,120 55.0 13 IOWA 550,565 43.2 - 722,381 56.7 10 KANSAS 363,213 39.1 - 561,474 60.5 8 KENTUCKY 521,855 46.4 - 602,607 53.6 10 LOUISIANA 407,339 50.4 10 230,980 28.6 - MAINE 181,159 43.0 - 240,608 57.1 5 MARYLAND 565,808 53.6 9 489,538 46.4 - MASSACHUSETTS 1,487,174 60.2 16 976,750 39.6 - MICHIGAN 1,687,269 50.9 20 1,620,428 48.8 - MINNESOTA 779,933 50.6 11 757,915 49.2 - MISSISSIPPI 108,362 36.3 - 73,561 24.7 - MISSOURI 972,201 50.3 13 962,218 49.7 - MONTANA 134,891 48.6 - 141,841 51.1 4 NEBRASKA 232,542 37.9 - 380,553 62.1 6 NEVADA 54,880 51.2 3 52,387 48.8 - NEW HAMPSHIRE 137,772 46.6 - 157,989 53.4 4 NEW JERSEY 1,385,415 50.0 16 1,363,324 49.2 - NEW MEXICO 156,027 50.2 4 153,733 49.4 - NEW YORK 3,830,085 52.5 45 3,446,419 47.3 - NTH CAROLINA 713,136 52.1 14 655,420 47.9 - NTH DAKOTA 123,963 44.5 - 154,310 55.4 4 OHIO 1,944,248 46.7 - 2,217,611 53.3 25 OKLAHOMA 370,111 41.0 - 533,039 59.0 7 OREGON 367,402 47.3 - 408,065 52.6 6 PENNSYLVANIA 2,556,282 51.1 32 2,439,956 48.7 - RHODE ISLAND 258,032 63.6 4 147,502 36.4 - STH CAROLINA 198,121 51.2 8 188,558 48.8 - STH DAKOTA 128,070 41.8 - 178,417 58.2 4 TENNESSEE 481,453 45.8 - 556,577 52.9 11 TEXAS 1,167,935 50.5 24 1,121,693 48.5 - UTAH 169,248 45.2 - 205,361 54.8 4 VERMONT 69,186 41.4 - 98,131 58.7 3 VIRGINIA 362,327 47.0 - 404,521 52.4 12 WASHINGTON 599,298 48.3 - 629,273 50.7 9 WEST VIRGINIA 441,786 52.7 8 395,995 47.3 - WISCONSIN 830,805 48.1 - 895,175 51.8 12 WYOMING 63,331 45.0 - 77,451 55.0 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 34,221,344 49.7 303 34,106,671 49.5 219 -------------------------------------------------------------------- A slate of "unpledged" Electoral College candidates polled 39.0% of the vote in Mississippi, carrying the state. Mississipp's eight Electoral College votes were cast for Harry F Byrd of Virginia, who also received six Electoral College votes from Alabama and one from Oklahoma.