1960 United States presidential election in Indiana

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1960 United States presidential election in Indiana
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  1956 November 8, 1960 [1] 1964  
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Nominee Richard Nixon John F. Kennedy
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California Massachusetts
Running mate Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. Lyndon B. Johnson
Electoral vote130
Popular vote1,175,120952,358
Percentage55.03%44.60%

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County Results

President before election

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

Elected President

John F. Kennedy
Democratic

The 1960 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. State voters chose 13 [2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Indiana was won by incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (RCalifornia), running with former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., with 55.03% of the popular vote, against Senator John F. Kennedy (DMassachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 44.60% of the popular vote. [3] [4]

Primaries

Democratic primary

Indiana's Democratic primary had 34 delegates at stake. [5]

Larry O'Brien's first campaign trip for the Kennedy campaign was a five-day trip to Indiana in April 1959. [5] He determined that, "there was no great groundswell for Kennedy" in the state. However he found no signs of an active Symington effort in state. O'Brien found that the field was relatively clear in the state, with only whispers of a possible favorite son candidate running to lead a unified and uncommitted delegation to the convention, with Vance Hartke being a favorite speculative individual to fill such a role. [5]

Stuart Symington ultimately made a decision to abandon plans of actively competing in primaries. This opened up Indiana to other candidates. Symington, a Missourian, would have had a distinct advantage winning the vote of winning votes in another Midwestern state with a similar electorate to his own state. [5]

1960 Indiana Democratic Presidential Primary Results [6]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentage
Democratic John F. Kennedy 353,83281.0%
Democratic Others82,93719.0%
Totals100.00%

Republican primary

Nixon ran unopposed in the Republican primary.

1960 Indiana Republican Presidential Primary Results [6]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentage
Republican Richard Nixon 408,40895.4%
Republican Others196774.6%
Totals100.00%

Results

1960 United States presidential election in Indiana
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Richard Nixon 1,175,120 55.03%
Democratic John F. Kennedy 952,35844.60%
Prohibition Rutherford Decker 6,7460.32%
Socialist Labor Eric Hass 1,1360.05%
Total votes2,135,360 100%

Results by county

CountyRichard Milhous Nixon
Republican
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast [7]
# %# %# %# %
Adams 6,97261.11%4,33838.02%990.87%2,63423.09%11,409
Allen 60,10360.33%39,23539.39%2800.28%20,86820.95%99,618
Bartholomew 13,60659.09%9,29040.35%1300.56%4,31618.74%23,026
Benton 3,62660.11%2,39939.77%70.12%1,22720.34%6,032
Blackford 3,73853.33%3,22846.06%430.61%5107.28%7,009
Boone 8,97962.28%5,37737.30%600.42%3,60224.99%14,416
Brown 1,67951.76%1,53347.26%320.99%1464.50%3,244
Carroll 5,41161.88%3,29937.73%340.39%2,11224.15%8,744
Cass 11,39258.19%8,09141.33%940.48%3,30116.86%19,577
Clark 12,80346.89%14,43152.85%700.26%-1,628-5.96%27,304
Clay 7,43457.92%5,34241.62%580.45%2,09216.30%12,834
Clinton 9,62059.32%6,53340.28%640.39%3,08719.04%16,217
Crawford 2,91555.47%2,30543.86%350.67%61011.61%5,255
Daviess 8,28560.20%5,43339.48%450.33%2,85220.72%13,763
Dearborn 7,61954.99%6,21644.87%190.14%1,40310.13%13,854
Decatur 6,24060.17%4,08039.34%500.48%2,16020.83%10,370
De Kalb 8,95762.66%5,27736.92%610.43%3,68025.74%14,295
Delaware 26,16752.75%23,26646.90%1770.36%2,9015.85%49,610
Dubois 5,11738.32%8,21461.51%220.16%-3,097-23.19%13,353
Elkhart 28,05662.77%16,26436.39%3730.83%11,79226.38%44,693
Fayette 6,72955.97%5,24643.63%480.40%1,48312.33%12,023
Floyd 11,62948.38%12,34651.36%620.26%-717-2.98%24,037
Fountain 6,12358.71%4,27741.01%290.28%1,84617.70%10,429
Franklin 4,10853.73%3,52346.08%140.18%5857.65%7,645
Fulton 6,03866.11%3,04733.36%480.53%2,99132.75%9,133
Gibson 8,83853.89%7,47945.61%820.50%1,3598.29%16,399
Grant 19,02157.92%13,64241.54%1780.54%5,37916.38%32,841
Greene 8,81057.81%6,32541.51%1040.68%2,48516.31%15,239
Hamilton 13,40970.63%5,51129.03%640.34%7,89841.60%18,984
Hancock 7,54360.21%4,93039.35%550.44%2,61320.86%12,528
Harrison 5,37453.80%4,56645.71%490.49%8088.09%9,989
Hendricks 12,49065.51%6,48133.99%950.50%6,00931.52%19,066
Henry 13,75258.44%9,62940.92%1490.63%4,12317.52%23,530
Howard 17,93856.94%13,41542.58%1490.47%4,52314.36%31,502
Huntington 10,65859.44%7,16339.95%1090.61%3,49519.49%17,930
Jackson 8,21355.27%6,58244.29%660.44%1,63110.98%14,861
Jasper 5,36464.32%2,95935.48%160.19%2,40528.84%8,339
Jay 6,51956.73%4,89942.63%740.64%1,62014.10%11,492
Jefferson 6,33355.11%5,11944.54%400.35%1,21410.56%11,492
Jennings 4,47856.63%3,40343.03%270.34%1,07513.59%7,908
Johnson 12,42662.38%7,40037.15%930.47%5,02625.23%19,919
Knox 11,49053.40%9,91846.10%1080.50%1,5727.31%21,516
Kosciusko 13,53969.11%5,83929.80%2131.09%7,70039.30%19,591
Lagrange 4,43369.03%1,96530.60%240.37%2,46838.43%6,422
Lake 78,27837.04%132,55462.72%5260.25%-54,276-25.68%211,358
La Porte 22,73852.71%20,31747.10%850.20%2,4215.61%43,140
Lawrence 11,11961.15%6,97738.37%860.47%4,14222.78%18,182
Madison 31,09852.31%28,15447.36%1930.32%2,9444.95%59,445
Marion 166,20257.67%121,33642.10%6680.23%44,86615.57%288,206
Marshall 10,46062.47%6,21037.09%740.44%4,25025.38%16,744
Martin 2,75651.55%2,58548.35%50.09%1713.20%5,346
Miami 8,84458.45%6,19140.92%960.63%2,65317.53%15,131
Monroe 14,51365.42%7,53533.97%1360.61%6,97831.46%22,184
Montgomery 10,95766.36%5,47733.17%770.47%5,48033.19%16,511
Morgan 9,41663.36%5,37536.17%690.46%4,04127.19%14,860
Newton 3,51765.12%1,87034.62%140.26%1,64730.49%5,401
Noble 8,06960.27%5,26439.32%540.40%2,80520.95%13,387
Ohio 1,31456.25%1,01543.45%70.30%29912.80%2,336
Orange 5,58959.19%3,81840.44%350.37%1,77118.76%9,442
Owen 3,70060.38%2,37938.82%490.80%1,32121.56%6,128
Parke 4,66257.94%3,36141.77%230.29%1,30116.17%8,046
Perry 4,37246.97%4,92052.86%160.17%-548-5.89%9,308
Pike 4,60659.69%3,04639.48%640.83%1,56020.22%7,716
Porter 15,66659.18%10,73340.54%750.28%4,93318.63%26,474
Posey 5,36954.47%4,45745.22%310.31%9129.25%9,857
Pulaski 3,90557.67%2,74640.56%1201.77%1,15917.12%6,771
Putnam 6,58357.63%4,79842.00%420.37%1,78515.63%11,423
Randolph 9,52864.92%5,03534.31%1140.78%4,49330.61%14,677
Ripley 6,05355.95%4,73043.72%350.32%1,32312.23%10,818
Rush 6,21563.54%3,51635.94%510.52%2,69927.59%9,782
St. Joseph 53,62145.64%63,55354.09%3250.28%-9,932-8.45%117,499
Scott 3,21350.99%3,06448.63%240.38%1492.36%6,301
Shelby 9,42156.75%7,11142.83%700.42%2,31013.91%16,602
Spencer 5,05053.88%4,30345.91%200.21%7477.97%9,373
Starke 4,59253.28%3,99546.35%320.37%5976.93%8,619
Steuben 5,46467.63%2,58832.03%270.33%2,87635.60%8,079
Sullivan 6,01249.85%5,97549.54%730.61%370.31%12,060
Switzerland 1,92949.40%1,95550.06%210.54%-26-0.67%3,905
Tippecanoe 24,57263.55%14,04136.31%550.14%10,53127.23%38,668
Tipton 4,92459.88%3,29940.12%00.00%1,62519.76%8,223
Union 2,08763.73%1,18036.03%80.24%90727.69%3,275
Vanderburgh 41,06852.90%36,33046.80%2370.31%4,7386.10%77,635
Vermillion 4,79846.92%5,39152.71%380.37%-593-5.80%10,227
Vigo 24,94049.70%25,10550.03%1330.27%-165-0.33%50,178
Wabash 10,42068.12%4,78831.30%890.58%5,63236.82%15,297
Warren 2,87064.29%1,57435.26%200.45%1,29629.03%4,464
Warrick 6,48256.10%5,04243.64%300.26%1,44012.46%11,554
Washington 5,05756.74%3,82142.87%350.39%1,23613.87%8,913
Wayne 19,76460.66%12,72139.05%950.29%7,04321.62%32,580
Wells 6,03458.91%4,12840.30%800.78%1,90618.61%10,242
White 6,67862.93%3,91436.88%200.19%2,76426.05%10,612
Whitley 6,62160.50%4,26638.98%560.51%2,35521.52%10,943
Totals1,175,12055.03%952,35844.60%7,8820.37%222,76210.43%2,135,360

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