1960 United States presidential election in Massachusetts
Results

1960 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: None

United States presidential election in Massachusetts, 1960

Party	Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes

Democratic	John F. Kennedy	1,487,174	60.22%	16

Republican	Richard Nixon	976,750	39.55%	0

Socialist Labor	Eric Hass	3,892	0.16%	0

Prohibition	Rutherford Decker	1,633	0.07%	0

Write-ins	Write-ins	31	0.00%	0

Totals	2,469,480	100.00%	16

Voter Turnout (Voting age/Registered)	76%/91%

Sentence(s)

Kennedy carried state of Massachusetts, taking 60.22% of the vote to Nixon's 39.55%, a Democratic victory margin of 20.67 percentage.

final_sentence: Kennedy carried state of Massachusetts, taking 60.22% of the vote to Nixon's 39.55%, a Democratic victory margin of 20.67 percentage.