1960 United States presidential election in Florida

1960 United States presidential election in Florida
Nixon 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%	Kennedy 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
President before election; Dwight D. Eisenhower ; Republican	Elected President; John F. Kennedy ; Democratic

Last updated July 11, 2025

The 1960 United States presidential election in Florida was held on November 8, 1960. All contemporary fifty states took part, and Florida voters selected 10 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Republican candidate Richard Nixon won against John F. Kennedy by 46,776 votes and by 3.02%.^[1] As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election in which Clay, Escambia, Okaloosa, and Santa Rosa counties voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.^[2]^[3] This was the first time that a Democrat was elected without winning Florida.^[4] It was also the first time since 1924 that Florida failed to vote for the winner of the presidential election. This has since happened only twice, in 1992 and 2020.^[5]

Results

1960 United States presidential election in Florida^[1]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Count	%	Count	%
	Republican	Richard Nixon of California	Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. of Massachusetts	795,476	51.51%	10	100.00%
	Democratic	John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts	Lyndon Baines Johnson of Texas	748,700	48.49%	0	0.00%
Total				1,544,176	100.00%	10	100.00%

Results by county

County	Richard Nixon Republican		John F. Kennedy Democratic		Margin		Total votes cast
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total votes cast
Alachua	10,072	52.05%	9,279	47.95%	793	4.10%	19,351
Baker	398	21.32%	1,469	78.68%	-1,071	-57.36%	1,867
Bay	5,435	33.94%	10,579	66.06%	-5,144	-32.12%	16,014
Bradford	1,131	30.85%	2,535	69.15%	-1,404	-38.30%	3,666
Brevard	17,585	61.37%	11,069	38.63%	6,516	22.74%	28,654
Broward	68,294	58.82%	47,811	41.18%	20,483	17.64%	116,105
Calhoun	634	28.46%	1,594	71.54%	-960	-43.08%	2,228
Charlotte	3,026	60.92%	1,941	39.08%	1,085	21.84%	4,967
Citrus	1,861	51.82%	1,730	48.18%	131	3.64%	3,591
Clay	2,515	47.97%	2,728	52.03%	-213	-4.06%	5,243
Collier	2,708	60.74%	1,750	39.26%	958	21.48%	4,458
Columbia	2,094	36.17%	3,695	63.83%	-1,601	-27.66%	5,789
DeSoto	1,687	50.10%	1,680	49.90%	7	0.20%	3,367
Dixie	392	28.65%	976	71.35%	-584	-42.70%	1,368
Duval	59,073	45.73%	70,091	54.27%	-11,018	-8.54%	129,164
Escambia	17,925	38.79%	28,288	61.21%	-10,363	-22.42%	46,213
Flagler	426	31.35%	933	68.65%	-507	-37.30%	1,359
Franklin	764	33.84%	1,494	66.16%	-730	-32.32%	2,258
Gadsden	2,010	46.18%	2,343	53.82%	-333	-7.64%	4,353
Gilchrist	277	24.93%	834	75.07%	-557	-50.14%	1,111
Glades	314	44.35%	394	55.65%	-80	-11.30%	708
Gulf	657	21.86%	2,348	78.14%	-1,691	-56.28%	3,005
Hamilton	656	33.01%	1,331	66.99%	-675	-33.98%	1,987
Hardee	1,960	52.96%	1,741	47.04%	219	5.92%	3,701
Hendry	1,043	44.38%	1,307	55.62%	-264	-11.24%	2,350
Hernando	1,809	48.00%	1,960	52.00%	-151	-4.00%	3,769
Highlands	4,369	58.32%	3,122	41.68%	1,247	16.64%	7,491
Hillsborough	48,887	43.99%	62,240	56.01%	-13,353	-12.02%	111,127
Holmes	1,235	34.26%	2,370	65.74%	-1,135	-31.48%	3,605
Indian River	4,656	61.05%	2,970	38.95%	1,686	22.10%	7,626
Jackson	2,851	32.23%	5,994	67.77%	-3,143	-35.54%	8,845
Jefferson	600	34.70%	1,129	65.30%	-529	-30.60%	1,729
Lafayette	297	27.25%	793	72.75%	-496	-45.50%	1,090
Lake	12,979	72.45%	4,936	27.55%	8,043	44.90%	17,915
Lee	10,357	65.34%	5,494	34.66%	4,863	30.68%	15,851
Leon	9,079	46.53%	10,433	53.47%	-1,354	-6.94%	19,512
Levy	996	33.21%	2,003	66.79%	-1,007	-33.58%	2,999
Liberty	243	21.99%	862	78.01%	-619	-56.02%	1,105
Madison	1,152	35.60%	2,084	64.40%	-932	-28.80%	3,236
Manatee	16,462	65.13%	8,814	34.87%	7,648	30.26%	25,276
Marion	7,043	49.43%	7,206	50.57%	-163	-1.14%	14,249
Martin	3,701	58.15%	2,664	41.85%	1,037	16.30%	6,365
Miami-Dade	134,506	42.35%	183,114	57.65%	-48,608	-15.30%	317,620
Monroe	3,416	32.88%	6,972	67.12%	-3,556	-34.24%	10,388
Nassau	1,666	33.67%	3,282	66.33%	-1,616	-32.66%	4,948
Okaloosa	4,685	36.18%	8,263	63.82%	-3,578	-27.64%	12,948
Okeechobee	631	35.93%	1,125	64.07%	-494	-28.14%	1,756
Orange	48,244	70.98%	19,729	29.02%	28,515	41.96%	67,973
Osceola	4,691	68.29%	2,178	31.71%	2,513	36.58%	6,869
Palm Beach	45,337	60.28%	29,871	39.72%	15,466	20.56%	75,208
Pasco	7,188	55.21%	5,832	44.79%	1,356	10.42%	13,020
Pinellas	101,779	63.68%	58,054	36.32%	43,725	27.36%	159,833
Polk	31,618	57.32%	23,546	42.68%	8,072	14.64%	55,164
Putnam	4,236	48.72%	4,459	51.28%	-223	-2.56%	8,695
St. Johns	4,125	42.49%	5,583	57.51%	-1,458	-15.02%	9,708
St. Lucie	6,354	54.24%	5,360	45.76%	994	8.48%	11,714
Santa Rosa	2,777	35.89%	4,960	64.11%	-2,183	-28.22%	7,737
Sarasota	19,995	70.70%	8,287	29.30%	11,708	41.40%	28,282
Seminole	8,936	64.63%	4,891	35.37%	4,045	29.26%	13,827
Sumter	1,120	32.95%	2,279	67.05%	-1,159	-34.10%	3,399
Suwannee	1,536	35.51%	2,789	64.49%	-1,253	-28.98%	4,325
Taylor	1,212	38.85%	1,908	61.15%	-696	-22.30%	3,120
Union	311	24.84%	941	75.16%	-630	-50.32%	1,252
Volusia	28,367	54.82%	23,377	45.18%	4,990	9.64%	51,744
Wakulla	379	24.85%	1,146	75.15%	-767	-50.30%	1,525
Walton	1,484	28.95%	3,642	71.05%	-2,158	-42.10%	5,126
Washington	1,230	36.96%	2,098	63.04%	-868	-26.08%	3,328
Totals	795,476	51.51%	748,700	48.49%	46,776	3.02%	1,544,176

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

References

1 2 Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
↑ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved June 25, 2025.
↑ Menendez, Albert J. The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004. pp. 298–304. ISBN 0786422173.
↑ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
↑ Paulson, Darryl (November 4, 2016). "A quick history of Florida's presidential politics, from Whigs to wigged out". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved July 7, 2019.^{[ dead link ]}

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[Leip-1] 1 2 Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved April 8, 2017.

[Atlas-2] Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved June 25, 2025.

[Menendez-3] Menendez, Albert J. The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004. pp. 298–304. ISBN 0786422173.

[how-4] Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016

[5] Paulson, Darryl (November 4, 2016). "A quick history of Florida's presidential politics, from Whigs to wigged out". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved July 7, 2019.^{[ dead link ]}

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