1960 United States presidential election in Georgia

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1960 United States presidential election in Georgia
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  1956 November 8, 1960 [1] 1964  
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Nominee John F. Kennedy Richard Nixon
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Massachusetts California
Running mate Lyndon B. Johnson Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
Electoral vote120
Popular vote458,638 [lower-alpha 1] 274,472
Percentage62.54%37.43%

Georgia Presidential Election Results 1960.svg
County Results

President before election

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

Elected President

John F. Kennedy
Democratic

The 1960 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. Georgia voters chose 12 [4] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Georgia was won by Senator John F. Kennedy (DMassachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 62.54% of the popular vote against incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (RCalifornia), running with United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., with 37.43% of the popular vote. [5] [6] This is the first election where any Georgia county cast more than one hundred thousand votes, namely Fulton. Following this election Georgia would transfer from being a Deep South Democratic state, to a Sun Belt Republican state, and the state has only voted Democratic four times since. This was due to The Civil Rights Act, and the growth of Atlanta suburban counties such as Gwinnett and Cobb, which would not support the Democratic nominee again until 2016, with the exception of Jimmy Carter in 1976.

Results

1960 United States presidential election in Georgia
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John F. Kennedy 458,638 62.54%
Republican Richard Nixon 274,47237.43%
Write-ins 239 [lower-alpha 2] 0.03%
Total votes733,349 100%

Results by congressional districts

State at-large
CandidatePartyVotes%
Ernest Vandiver Democratic Party 458,63831.38
Peter Zack Geer Democratic Party 455,20231.14
Robert R. Snodgrass Republican Party 274,47218.78
William B. Shartzer Republican Party 273,34618.70
Total1,461,658100.00
Source: [7] [8]
1st congressional district
CandidatePartyVotes%
James L. Gillis Democratic Party 455,72062.53
James L. Sundy Republican Party 273,08037.47
Total728,800100.00
Source: [7] [8]
2nd congressional district
CandidatePartyVotes%
James H. Gray Democratic Party 455,57662.53
Russell E. Kaliher Republican Party 272,99237.47
Total728,568100.00
Source: [7] [8]
3rd congressional district
CandidatePartyVotes%
Lamar Sizemore Democratic Party 455,37862.53
James M. Brophy Republican Party 272,90737.47
Total728,285100.00
Source: [7] [8]
4th congressional district
CandidatePartyVotes%
David Arnold Democratic Party 455,48462.53
Paul Cobb Republican Party 272,96237.47
Total728,446100.00
Source: [7] [8]
5th congressional district
CandidatePartyVotes%
Ivy Duggan Democratic Party 455,25162.52
Charles A. Moye Jr. Republican Party 272,88537.48
Total728,136100.00
Source: [7] [8]
6th congressional district
CandidatePartyVotes%
Tom Carr Democratic Party 455,09962.51
J. Marvin Elliott Republican Party 272,96837.49
Total728,067100.00
Source: [7] [8]
7th congressional district
CandidatePartyVotes%
J. Battle Hall Democratic Party 455,19162.52
C. Eugene Hughes Republican Party 272,90137.48
Total728,092100.00
Source: [7] [8]
8th congressional district
CandidatePartyVotes%
Robert E. Lee Democratic Party 455,24162.51
James M. Kent Republican Party 273,04137.49
Total728,282100.00
Source: [7] [8]
9th congressional district
CandidatePartyVotes%
Glenn W. Ellard Democratic Party 455,25562.52
Cecil G. Hartness Republican Party 272,90237.48
Total728,157100.00
Source: [7] [8]
10th congressional district
CandidatePartyVotes%
Charlie Baldwin Democratic Party 455,51062.54
Eugene T. Gilbert Republican Party 272,85937.46
Total728,369100.00
Source: [7] [8]

Results by county

CountyJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic
Richard Milhous Nixon
Republican
MarginTotal votes cast [9]
# %# %# %
Appling 1,97373.35%71726.65%1,25646.69%2,690
Atkinson 1,29884.45%23915.55%1,05968.90%1,537
Bacon 1,16866.86%57933.14%58933.71%1,747
Baker 72091.60%668.40%65483.21%786
Baldwin 2,26264.15%1,26435.85%99828.30%3,526
Banks 1,17084.11%22115.89%94968.22%1,391
Barrow 2,75982.70%57717.30%2,18265.41%3,336
Bartow 3,54573.29%1,29226.71%2,25346.58%4,837
Ben Hill 1,88177.12%55822.88%1,32354.24%2,439
Berrien 2,78788.34%36811.66%2,41976.67%3,155
Bibb 14,38757.76%10,52342.24%3,86415.51%24,910
Bleckley 1,75173.45%63326.55%1,11846.90%2,384
Brantley 1,33379.49%34420.51%98958.97%1,677
Brooks 1,50066.23%76533.77%73532.45%2,265
Bryan 1,32375.56%42824.44%89551.11%1,751
Bulloch 3,37369.13%1,50630.87%1,86738.27%4,879
Burke 1,16253.08%1,02746.92%1356.17%2,189
Butts 1,67381.41%38218.59%1,29162.82%2,055
Calhoun 80385.97%13114.03%67271.95%934
Camden 1,32158.17%95041.83%37116.34%2,271
Candler 94368.53%43331.47%51037.06%1,376
Carroll 4,69873.10%1,72926.90%2,96946.20%6,427
Catoosa 2,11450.48%2,07449.52%400.96%4,188
Charlton 73371.72%28928.28%44443.44%1,022
Chatham 16,24047.52%17,93552.48%-1,695-4.96%34,175
Chattahoochee 19074.22%6625.78%12448.44%256
Chattooga 3,68669.78%1,59630.22%2,09039.57%5,282
Cherokee 3,07756.79%2,34143.21%73613.58%5,418
Clarke 4,81268.14%2,25031.86%2,56236.28%7,062
Clay 52886.27%8413.73%44472.55%612
Clayton 5,89266.61%2,95333.39%2,93933.23%8,845
Clinch 89869.34%39730.66%50138.69%1,295
Cobb 12,90661.03%8,24038.97%4,66622.07%21,146
Coffee 3,37677.38%98722.62%2,38954.76%4,363
Colquitt 4,39772.30%1,68527.70%2,71244.59%6,082
Columbia 1,19050.75%1,15549.25%351.49%2,345
Cook 1,93582.90%39917.10%1,53665.81%2,334
Coweta 3,85576.88%1,15923.12%2,69653.77%5,014
Crawford 79779.70%20320.30%59459.40%1,000
Crisp 2,36571.06%96328.94%1,40242.13%3,328
Dade 94350.92%90949.08%341.84%1,852
Dawson 91669.55%40130.45%51539.10%1,317
Decatur 2,78075.18%91824.82%1,86250.35%3,698
DeKalb 24,11650.07%24,04649.93%700.15%48,162
Dodge 3,63076.20%1,13423.80%2,49652.39%4,764
Dooly 1,73388.74%22011.26%1,51377.47%1,953
Dougherty 4,52251.12%4,32348.88%1992.25%8,845
Douglas 2,57669.40%1,13630.60%1,44038.79%3,712
Early 1,90488.23%25411.77%1,65076.46%2,158
Echols 25770.41%10829.59%14940.82%365
Effingham 88049.86%88550.14%-5-0.28%1,765
Elbert 3,67285.77%60914.23%3,06371.55%4,281
Emanuel 2,51369.17%1,12030.83%1,39338.34%3,633
Evans 1,06965.34%56734.66%50230.68%1,636
Fannin 1,57934.32%3,02265.68%-1,443-31.36%4,601
Fayette 1,19876.94%35923.06%83953.89%1,557
Floyd 7,35054.61%6,10845.39%1,2429.23%13,458
Forsyth 2,30973.30%84126.70%1,46846.60%3,150
Franklin 3,20991.24%3088.76%2,90182.49%3,517
Fulton 55,80350.85%53,94049.15%1,8631.70%109,743
Gilmer 1,47244.31%1,85055.69%-378-11.38%3,322
Glascock 29962.42%18037.58%11924.84%479
Glynn 3,58455.05%2,92644.95%65810.11%6,510
Gordon 2,15365.22%1,14834.78%1,00530.45%3,301
Grady 2,54181.10%59218.90%1,94962.21%3,133
Greene 1,97985.78%32814.22%1,65171.56%2,307
Gwinnett 6,47973.50%2,33626.50%4,14347.00%8,815
Habersham 2,53073.87%89526.13%1,63547.74%3,425
Hall 6,30368.47%2,90331.53%3,40036.93%9,206
Hancock 78073.17%28626.83%49446.34%1,066
Haralson 2,78359.82%1,86940.18%91419.65%4,652
Harris 1,36264.95%73535.05%62729.90%2,097
Hart 3,96393.51%2756.49%3,68887.02%4,238
Heard 1,22487.12%18112.88%1,04374.23%1,405
Henry 2,95773.96%1,04126.04%1,91647.92%3,998
Houston 4,03369.65%1,75730.35%2,27639.31%5,790
Irwin 1,62582.20%35217.80%1,27364.39%1,977
Jackson 3,65388.56%47211.44%3,18177.12%4,125
Jasper 94977.79%27122.21%67855.57%1,220
Jeff Davis 82567.24%40232.76%42334.47%1,227
Jefferson 1,27056.29%98643.71%28412.59%2,256
Jenkins 1,35481.22%31318.78%1,04162.45%1,667
Johnson 1,29872.68%48827.32%81045.35%1,786
Jones 1,41574.32%48925.68%92648.63%1,904
Lamar 1,36374.00%47926.00%88447.99%1,842
Lanier 1,04984.12%19815.88%85168.24%1,247
Laurens 4,64871.16%1,88428.84%2,76442.31%6,532
Lee 40467.90%19132.10%21335.80%595
Liberty 1,59063.12%92936.88%66126.24%2,519
Lincoln 66977.25%19722.75%47254.50%866
Long 27823.64%89876.36%-620-52.72%1,176
Lowndes 3,60555.35%2,90844.65%69710.70%6,513
Lumpkin 87563.87%49536.13%38027.74%1,370
McDuffie 1,07950.94%1,03949.06%401.89%2,118
McIntosh 79463.78%45136.22%34327.55%1,245
Macon 1,48877.26%43822.74%1,05054.52%1,926
Madison 2,41892.18%2057.82%2,21384.37%2,623
Marion 64580.73%15419.27%49161.45%799
Meriwether 3,10081.45%70618.55%2,39462.90%3,806
Miller 1,11694.74%625.26%1,05489.47%1,178
Mitchell 3,26488.36%43011.64%2,83476.72%3,694
Monroe 1,64273.86%58126.14%1,06147.73%2,223
Montgomery 1,45179.20%38120.80%1,07058.41%1,832
Morgan 1,48879.96%37320.04%1,11559.91%1,861
Murray 1,87666.98%92533.02%95133.95%2,801
Muscogee 8,55347.17%9,57852.83%-1,025-5.65%18,131
Newton 3,18581.81%70818.19%2,47763.63%3,893
Oconee 1,21880.40%29719.60%92160.79%1,515
Oglethorpe 1,40690.83%1429.17%1,26481.65%1,548
Paulding 2,39674.69%81225.31%1,58449.38%3,208
Peach 1,43369.53%62830.47%80539.06%2,061
Pickens 1,47343.12%1,94356.88%-470-13.76%3,416
Pierce 1,44972.70%54427.30%90545.41%1,993
Pike 1,02880.12%25519.88%77360.25%1,283
Polk 4,35171.36%1,74628.64%2,60542.73%6,097
Pulaski 1,15677.58%33422.42%82255.17%1,490
Putnam 1,10478.35%30521.65%79956.71%1,409
Quitman 38885.27%6714.73%32170.55%455
Rabun 1,55276.98%46423.02%1,08853.97%2,016
Randolph 1,43675.86%45724.14%97951.72%1,893
Richmond 9,86845.17%11,97854.83%-2,110-9.66%21,846
Rockdale 1,76578.06%49621.94%1,26956.13%2,261
Schley 46777.19%13822.81%32954.38%605
Screven 1,49060.89%95739.11%53321.78%2,447
Seminole 1,57995.35%774.65%1,50290.70%1,656
Spalding 4,42671.63%1,75328.37%2,67343.26%6,179
Stephens 3,08779.11%81520.89%2,27258.23%3,902
Stewart 64668.14%30231.86%34436.29%948
Sumter 2,27470.27%96229.73%1,31240.54%3,236
Talbot 77178.83%20721.17%56457.67%978
Taliaferro 65581.57%14818.43%50763.14%803
Tattnall 1,90868.71%86931.29%1,03937.41%2,777
Taylor 1,20176.69%36523.31%83653.38%1,566
Telfair 2,92278.70%79121.30%2,13157.39%3,713
Terrell 1,35282.59%28517.41%1,06765.18%1,637
Thomas 3,22658.54%2,28541.46%94117.07%5,511
Tift 2,96467.56%1,42332.44%1,54135.13%4,387
Toombs 2,20968.03%1,03831.97%1,17136.06%3,247
Towns 1,05245.27%1,27254.73%-220-9.47%2,324
Treutlen 92781.10%21618.90%71162.20%1,143
Troup 5,74567.17%2,80832.83%2,93734.34%8,553
Turner 1,54582.49%32817.51%1,21764.98%1,873
Twiggs 84576.26%26323.74%58252.53%1,108
Union 1,18543.53%1,53756.47%-352-12.93%2,722
Upson 3,26276.52%1,00123.48%2,26153.04%4,263
Walker 4,56653.14%4,02746.86%5396.27%8,593
Walton 3,09588.48%40311.52%2,69276.96%3,498
Ware 5,09969.53%2,23530.47%2,86439.05%7,334
Warren 47155.67%37544.33%9611.35%846
Washington 2,00467.70%95632.30%1,04835.41%2,960
Wayne 2,86267.40%1,38432.60%1,47834.81%4,246
Webster 29779.41%7720.59%22058.82%374
Wheeler 97081.10%22618.90%74462.21%1,196
White 1,78472.94%66227.06%1,12245.87%2,446
Whitfield 3,60446.49%4,14853.51%-544-7.02%7,752
Wilcox 1,71484.85%30615.15%1,40869.70%2,020
Wilkes 1,78681.89%39518.11%1,39163.78%2,181
Wilkinson 1,32467.72%63132.28%69335.45%1,955
Worth 2,11086.19%33813.81%1,77272.39%2,448
Totals458,63862.54%274,47237.43%184,16625.11%733,349

Notes

  1. In Georgia, a primary referendum won which didn’t bind Democratic electors to act unpledged but instead gave them the choice to vote freely from their pledges, but after it became clear their 12 elector votes wouldn’t sway the results each elector ultimately voted for Kennedy. For this reason the popular vote for the pledge-free electors are attributed to Kennedy. [2] [3] See the Unpledged elector page for clarification.
  2. These write-in votes were not separated by county and only given as a statewide total.

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