1960 United States presidential election
Results by state

1960 United States presidential election

Section Title: Results by state
Table Section Text: None

John F. Kennedy Democratic	Richard Nixon Republican	Unpledged Electors Unpledged Democratic	Eric Hass Socialist Labor	Margin	State Total

State	electoral votes	#	%	electoral votes	#	%	electoral votes	#	%	electoral votes	#	%	electoral votes	#	%	#

Alabama	11	318,303	56.39	5	237,981	42.16	–	324,050	0.00	6	–	–	–	80,322	14.23	564,478	AL

Alaska	3	29,809	49.06	–	30,953	50.94	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	−1,144	−1.88	60,762	AK

Arizona	4	176,781	44.36	–	221,241	55.52	4	–	–	–	469	0.12	–	−44,460	−11.16	398,491	AZ

Arkansas	8	215,049	50.19	8	184,508	43.06	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	30,541	7.13	428,509	AR

California	32	3,224,099	49.55	–	3,259,722	50.10	32	–	–	–	1,051	0.02	–	−35,623	−0.55	6,506,578	CA

Colorado	6	330,629	44.91	–	402,242	54.63	6	–	–	–	2,803	0.38	–	−71,613	−9.73	736,246	CO

Connecticut	8	657,055	53.73	8	565,813	46.27	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	91,242	7.46	1,222,883	CT

Delaware	3	99,590	50.63	3	96,373	49.00	–	–	–	–	82	0.04	–	3,217	1.64	196,683	DE

Florida	10	748,700	48.49	–	795,476	51.51	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	−46,776	−3.03	1,544,176	FL

Georgia	12	458,638	62.54	12	274,472	37.43	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	184,166	25.11	733,349	GA

Hawaii	3	92,410	50.03	3	92,295	49.97	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	115	0.06	184,705	HI

Idaho	4	138,853	46.22	–	161,597	53.78	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	−22,744	−7.57	300,450	ID

Illinois	27	2,377,846	49.98	27	2,368,988	49.80	–	–	–	–	10,560	0.22	–	8,858	0.19	4,757,409	IL

Indiana	13	952,358	44.60	–	1,175,120	55.03	13	–	–	–	1,136	0.05	–	−222,762	−10.43	2,135,360	IN

Iowa	10	550,565	43.22	–	722,381	56.71	10	–	–	–	230	0.02	–	−171,816	−13.49	1,273,810	IA

Kansas	8	363,213	39.10	–	561,474	60.45	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	−198,261	−21.35	928,825	KS

Kentucky	10	521,855	46.41	–	602,607	53.59	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	−80,752	−7.18	1,124,462	KY

Louisiana	10	407,339	50.42	10	230,980	28.59	–	169,572	20.99	–	–	–	–	176,359	21.83	807,891	LA

Maine	5	181,159	42.95	–	240,608	57.05	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	−59,449	−14.10	421,767	ME

Maryland	9	565,808	53.61	9	489,538	46.39	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	76,270	7.23	1,055,349	MD

Massachusetts	16	1,487,174	60.22	16	976,750	39.55	–	–	–	–	3,892	0.16	–	510,424	20.67	2,469,480	MA

Michigan	20	1,687,269	50.85	20	1,620,428	48.84	–	539	0.02	–	1,718	0.05	–	66,841	2.01	3,318,097	MI

Minnesota	11	779,933	50.58	11	757,915	49.16	–	–	–	–	962	0.06	–	22,018	1.43	1,541,887	MN

Mississippi	8	108,362	36.34	–	73,561	24.67	–	116,248	38.99	8	–	–	–	−7,886	−2.64	298,171	MS

Missouri	13	972,201	50.26	13	962,221	49.74	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9,980	0.52	1,934,422	MO

Montana	4	134,891	48.60	–	141,841	51.10	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	−6,950	−2.50	277,579	MT

Nebraska	6	232,542	37.93	–	380,553	62.07	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	−148,011	−24.14	613,095	NE

Nevada	3	54,880	51.16	3	52,387	48.84	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2,493	2.32	107,267	NV

New Hampshire	4	137,772	46.58	–	157,989	53.42	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	−20,217	−6.84	295,761	NH

New Jersey	16	1,385,415	49.96	16	1,363,324	49.16	–	–	–	–	4,262	0.15	–	22,091	0.80	2,773,111	NJ

New Mexico	4	156,027	50.15	4	153,733	49.41	–	–	–	–	570	0.18	–	2,294	0.74	311,107	NM

New York	45	3,830,085	52.53	45	3,446,419	47.27	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	383,666	5.26	7,291,079	NY

North Carolina	14	713,136	52.11	14	655,420	47.89	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	57,716	4.22	1,368,556	NC

North Dakota	4	123,963	44.52	–	154,310	55.42	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	−30,347	−10.90	278,431	ND

Ohio	25	1,944,248	46.72	–	2,217,611	53.28	25	–	–	–	–	–	–	−273,363	−6.57	4,161,859	OH

Oklahoma	8	370,111	40.98	–	533,039	59.02	7	0	0.00	1	–	–	–	−162,928	−18.04	903,150	OK

Oregon	6	367,402	47.32	–	408,060	52.56	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	−40,658	−5.24	776,421	OR

Pennsylvania	32	2,556,282	51.06	32	2,439,956	48.74	–	–	–	–	7,185	0.14	–	116,326	2.32	5,006,541	PA

Rhode Island	4	258,032	63.63	4	147,502	36.37	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	110,530	27.26	405,535	RI

South Carolina	8	198,129	51.24	8	188,558	48.76	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9,571	2.48	386,688	SC

South Dakota	4	128,070	41.79	–	178,417	58.21	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	−50,347	−16.43	306,487	SD

Tennessee	11	481,453	45.77	–	556,577	52.92	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	−75,124	−7.14	1,051,792	TN

Texas	24	1,167,567	50.52	24	1,121,310	48.52	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	46,257	2.00	2,311,084	TX

Utah	4	169,248	45.17	–	205,361	54.81	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	−36,113	−9.64	374,709	UT

Vermont	3	69,186	41.35	–	98,131	58.65	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	−28,945	−17.30	167,324	VT

Virginia	12	362,327	46.97	–	404,521	52.44	12	–	–	–	397	0.05	–	−42,194	−5.47	771,449	VA

Washington	9	599,298	48.27	–	629,273	50.68	9	–	–	–	10,895	0.88	–	−29,975	−2.41	1,241,572	WA

West Virginia	8	441,786	52.73	8	395,995	47.27	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	45,791	5.47	837,781	WV

Wisconsin	12	830,805	48.05	–	895,175	51.77	12	–	–	–	1,310	0.08	–	−64,370	−3.72	1,729,082	WI

Wyoming	3	63,331	44.99	–	77,451	55.01	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	−14,120	−10.03	140,782	WY

TOTALS:	537	34,220,984	49.72	303	34,108,157	49.55	219	610,409	0.42	15	47,522	0.07	–	112,827	0.16	68,832,482	US

Sentence(s)

Nixon was given 237,981 votes from Alabama.

final_sentence: Nixon was given 237,981 votes from Alabama.