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Elections in Delaware |
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The 1960 United States presidential election in Delaware took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. State voters chose three [2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Delaware was won by Senator John F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 50.63% of the popular vote against incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (R–California), running with United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., with 49.00% of the popular vote. [3] [4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John F. Kennedy | 99,590 | 50.63% | |
Republican | Richard Nixon | 96,373 | 49.00% | |
Write-in | 720 | 0.37% | ||
Total votes | 196,683 | 100.00% |
County | John F. Kennedy Democratic | Richard Nixon Republican | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Kent | 10,754 | 49.75% | 10,697 | 49.49% | 165 | 0.76% | 57 | 0.26% | 21,616 |
New Castle | 73,364 | 51.31% | 69,284 | 48.46% | 326 | 0.23% | 4,080 | 2.85% | 142,974 |
Sussex | 15,472 | 48.21% | 16,392 | 51.08% | 229 | 0.71% | -920 | -2.87% | 32,093 |
Totals | 99,590 | 50.63% | 96,373 | 49.00% | 720 | 0.37% | 3,217 | 1.63% | 196,683 |
Joe Biden, the 46th and current president of the United States, has run for public office several times, beginning in 1970. Biden served as the 47th vice president (2009–2017), and as a United States senator from Delaware (1973–2009). Biden is the oldest elected and serving president, the second Catholic president, after John F. Kennedy, and the first president from Delaware.
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