1960 United States presidential election in Arkansas

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1960 United States presidential election in Arkansas
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  1956 November 8, 1960 [1] 1964  
  Jfk2 (3x4).jpg Richard Nixon official portrait as Vice President (cropped).tiff OrvalFaubusCropped1959.jpg
Nominee John F. Kennedy Richard Nixon Orval Faubus
Party Democratic Republican National States' Rights
Home state Massachusetts California Arkansas
Running mate Lyndon B. Johnson Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. John G. Crommelin
Electoral vote800
Popular vote215,049184,50828,952
Percentage50.19%43.06%6.76%

Arkansas 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 Arkansas took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. State voters chose eight [2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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Arkansas was won by Senator John F. Kennedy (DMassachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 50.19% of the popular vote against incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (RCalifornia), running with former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., with 43.06% of the popular vote. National States' Rights Party candidate Orval Faubus performed best in his home state of Arkansas, earning 6.76% of the vote. [3] [4] Nixon was however the first-ever Republican victor in the five northeastern counties of Clay, Craighead, Fulton, Randolph and Sharp due to powerful "Bible Belt" anti-Catholicism. [5] In 1928 this was muted by the presence of Arkansas Senator Joseph T. Robinson as Al Smith's running mate, and perhaps by perception of Hoover's ineffectiveness at relieving the great 1927 flood. [6] Nixon was also the first Republican victor in Marion County since Ulysses S. Grant in 1868. [5]

As of the 2020 presidential election , this is the last time Democratic candidates simultaneously won the presidential election and the state's Class 2 senate seat.

Results

1960 United States presidential election in Arkansas [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John F. Kennedy 215,049 50.19%
Republican Richard Nixon 184,50843.06%
National States' Rights Party Orval Faubus 28,9526.76%
Total votes428,509 100%

Results by county

CountyJohn F. Kennedy
Democratic
Richard Nixon
Republican
Orval Faubus
National States' Rights
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %
Arkansas 2,78952.44%2,04338.42%4869.14%74614.02%5,318
Ashley 3,11862.04%1,28825.63%62012.34%1,83036.41%5,026
Baxter 1,69443.67%2,10854.34%771.99%-414-10.67%3,879
Benton 3,61931.23%7,83267.58%1391.20%-4,213-36.35%11,590
Boone 2,77444.51%3,38854.36%711.14%-614-9.85%6,233
Bradley 2,96070.31%87320.74%3778.95%2,08749.57%4,210
Calhoun 1,15172.03%29518.46%1529.51%85653.57%1,598
Carroll 1,30132.81%2,61565.95%491.24%-1,314-33.14%3,965
Chicot 1,80359.10%97932.09%2698.82%82427.01%3,051
Clark 3,29564.82%1,35726.70%4318.48%1,93838.12%5,083
Clay 1,90841.77%2,54355.67%1172.56%-635-13.90%4,568
Cleburne 1,14450.13%1,02644.96%1124.91%1185.17%2,282
Cleveland 1,21670.90%29016.91%20912.19%92653.99%1,715
Columbia 2,42743.30%2,37242.32%80614.38%550.98%5,605
Conway 2,90060.47%1,68535.13%2114.40%1,21525.34%4,796
Craighead 4,89845.61%5,25848.97%5825.42%-360-3.36%10,738
Crawford 2,43041.14%3,37357.10%1041.76%-943-15.96%5,907
Crittenden 2,67952.24%2,23443.56%2154.19%4458.68%5,128
Cross 2,08857.76%1,28735.60%2406.64%80122.16%3,615
Dallas 1,63962.68%65925.20%31712.12%98037.48%2,615
Desha 2,50263.57%1,06327.01%3719.43%1,43936.56%3,936
Drew 2,10762.49%88926.36%37611.15%1,21836.13%3,372
Faulkner 3,82057.80%2,42636.71%3635.49%1,39421.09%6,609
Franklin 2,02553.99%1,63143.48%952.53%39410.51%3,751
Fulton 70338.02%1,12760.95%191.03%-424-22.93%1,849
Garland 6,33345.42%7,20451.66%4072.92%-871-6.24%13,944
Grant 1,39461.44%56324.81%31213.75%83136.63%2,269
Greene 2,77449.81%2,65847.73%1372.46%1162.08%5,569
Hempstead 2,59654.55%1,94840.93%2154.52%64813.62%4,759
Hot Spring 3,45459.00%1,73229.59%66811.41%1,72229.41%5,854
Howard 1,36649.95%1,22544.79%1445.27%1415.16%2,735
Independence 2,48747.02%2,63949.90%1633.08%-152-2.88%5,289
Izard 1,34059.61%80835.94%1004.45%53223.67%2,248
Jackson 2,86055.44%1,98638.50%3136.07%87416.94%5,159
Jefferson 8,44255.41%4,83931.76%1,95412.83%3,60323.65%15,235
Johnson 1,93855.01%1,49042.29%952.70%44812.72%3,523
Lafayette 1,28655.31%71330.67%32614.02%57324.64%2,325
Lawrence 2,07451.02%1,80044.28%1914.70%2746.74%4,065
Lee 1,40952.17%1,03438.28%2589.55%37513.89%2,701
Lincoln 1,78067.27%62623.66%2409.07%1,15443.61%2,646
Little River 1,51465.17%69229.79%1175.04%82235.38%2,323
Logan 2,63655.33%2,01442.28%1142.39%62213.05%4,764
Lonoke 2,99155.93%1,56029.17%79714.90%1,43126.76%5,348
Madison 1,70240.51%2,44558.20%541.29%-743-17.69%4,201
Marion 96848.21%1,01650.60%241.20%-48-2.39%2,008
Miller 4,55056.06%3,11338.35%4545.59%1,43717.71%8,117
Mississippi 5,13848.54%4,98347.08%4644.38%1551.46%10,585
Monroe 1,85660.50%83327.15%37912.35%1,02333.35%3,068
Montgomery 78846.99%83649.85%533.16%-48-2.86%1,677
Nevada 1,60558.34%93734.06%2097.60%66824.28%2,751
Newton 84431.41%1,81467.51%291.08%-970-36.10%2,687
Ouachita 5,16963.10%2,43929.77%5847.13%2,73033.33%8,192
Perry 78956.97%50136.17%956.86%28820.80%1,385
Phillips 4,10561.48%2,16832.47%4046.05%1,93729.01%6,677
Pike 99747.43%1,01348.19%924.38%-16-0.76%2,102
Poinsett 2,81751.75%2,43044.64%1973.62%3877.11%5,444
Polk 1,63545.02%1,88251.82%1153.17%-247-6.80%3,632
Pope 2,76049.38%2,57346.04%2564.58%1873.34%5,589
Prairie 1,68063.73%73427.85%2228.42%94635.88%2,636
Pulaski 26,03446.67%22,14639.70%7,60813.64%3,8886.97%55,788
Randolph 1,55647.47%1,62049.42%1023.11%-64-1.95%3,278
St. Francis 2,43253.83%1,78639.53%3006.64%64614.30%4,518
Saline 3,89857.40%2,19532.32%69810.28%1,70325.08%6,791
Scott 1,11649.29%1,13750.22%110.49%-21-0.93%2,264
Searcy 1,02230.50%2,29768.55%320.95%-1,275-38.05%3,351
Sebastian 8,72642.16%11,74456.75%2261.09%-3,018-14.59%20,696
Sevier 1,58055.73%1,14140.25%1144.02%43915.48%2,835
Sharp 80745.18%91151.01%683.81%-104-5.83%1,786
Stone 89746.17%95949.36%874.48%-62-3.19%1,943
Union 6,50047.92%5,63141.51%1,43410.57%8696.41%13,565
Van Buren 1,15851.08%1,00944.51%1004.41%1496.57%2,267
Washington 5,39134.38%10,08864.34%2001.28%-4,697-29.96%15,679
White 5,24453.33%3,98540.52%6056.15%1,25912.81%9,834
Woodruff 1,61363.63%66726.31%25510.06%94637.32%2,535
Yell 2,00858.49%1,30337.96%1223.55%70520.53%3,433
Totals215,04950.19%184,50843.06%28,9526.76%30,5417.13%428,509

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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