1960 United States presidential election in Michigan

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1960 United States presidential election in Michigan

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All 20 Michigan votes to the Electoral College
Turnout	72.7% [2]
Nominee John F. Kennedy Richard Nixon Party Democratic Republican Home state Massachusetts California Running mate Lyndon B. Johnson Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. Electoral vote 20 0 Popular vote 1,687,269 1,620,428 Percentage 50.85% 48.84%
County Results Kennedy   50–60%   60–70% Nixon   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%
President before election Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Elected President John F. Kennedy Democratic

The 1960 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. Voters chose 20 ^[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Michigan was won by Senator John F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 50.85% of the popular vote against incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (R–California), running with former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., with 48.84% of the popular vote.

Michigan weighed in for this election as almost 2% more Democratic than the nation-at-large. Kennedy’s victory was the first of three consecutive Democratic victories in the state, as Michigan would not vote Republican again until Nixon won the state in his re-election bid in 1972.

Results

1960 United States presidential election in Michigan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John F. Kennedy	1,687,269	50.85%
	Republican	Richard Nixon	1,620,428	48.84%
	Socialist Workers	Farrell Dobbs	4,347	0.13%
	Prohibition	Rutherford Decker	2,029	0.06%
	Tax Cut	Lars Daly	1,767	0.05%
	Socialist Labor	Eric Hass	1,718	0.05%
	Write-in		539	0.02%
Total votes			3,318,097	100%

Results by county

County	John F. Kennedy Democratic		Richard Nixon Republican		Farrell Dobbs Socialist Workers		Rutherford Decker Prohibition		Eric Hass Socialist Labor		Lars Daly Independent		Margin		Total votes cast [4]
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Alcona	1,038	33.49%	2,053	66.25%	2	0.06%	3	0.10%	1	0.03%	2	0.06%	-1,015	-32.76%	3,099
Alger	2,321	58.17%	1,663	41.68%	4	0.10%	2	0.05%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	658	16.49%	3,990
Allegan	6,752	28.77%	16,660	70.98%	17	0.07%	24	0.10%	5	0.02%	14	0.06%	-9,908	-42.21%	23,472
Alpena	5,071	43.52%	6,573	56.41%	4	0.03%	1	0.01%	2	0.02%	2	0.02%	-1,502	-12.89%	11,653
Antrim	1,647	32.60%	3,398	67.26%	2	0.04%	3	0.06%	1	0.02%	1	0.02%	-1,751	-34.66%	5,052
Arenac	1,888	44.42%	2,352	55.34%	5	0.12%	3	0.07%	0	0.00%	2	0.05%	-464	-10.92%	4,250
Baraga	1,964	51.20%	1,861	48.51%	8	0.21%	1	0.03%	0	0.00%	2	0.05%	103	2.69%	3,836
Barry	4,406	32.00%	9,298	67.54%	11	0.08%	39	0.28%	6	0.04%	7	0.05%	-4,892	-35.54%	13,767
Bay	22,998	52.26%	20,909	47.51%	49	0.11%	21	0.05%	14	0.03%	20	0.05%	2,089	4.75%	44,011
Benzie	1,306	34.41%	2,484	65.45%	1	0.03%	4	0.11%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-1,178	-31.04%	3,795
Berrien	23,837	38.76%	37,425	60.85%	84	0.14%	71	0.12%	20	0.03%	69	0.11%	-13,588	-22.09%	61,506
Branch	4,759	35.03%	8,752	64.41%	22	0.16%	42	0.31%	6	0.04%	6	0.04%	-3,993	-29.38%	13,587
Calhoun	23,511	42.14%	32,080	57.50%	97	0.17%	57	0.10%	16	0.03%	32	0.06%	-8,569	-15.36%	55,793
Cass	6,468	42.79%	8,585	56.79%	24	0.16%	24	0.16%	3	0.02%	13	0.09%	-2,117	-14.00%	15,117
Charlevoix	2,422	37.73%	3,987	62.11%	1	0.02%	5	0.08%	3	0.05%	1	0.02%	-1,565	-24.38%	6,419
Cheboygan	2,977	43.81%	3,817	56.17%	2	0.03%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-840	-12.36%	6,796
Chippewa	5,239	44.58%	6,490	55.23%	12	0.10%	5	0.04%	2	0.02%	3	0.03%	-1,251	-10.65%	11,751
Clare	1,507	29.38%	3,616	70.49%	2	0.04%	2	0.04%	1	0.02%	2	0.04%	-2,109	-41.11%	5,130
Clinton	4,822	31.99%	10,227	67.85%	5	0.03%	10	0.07%	1	0.01%	7	0.05%	-5,405	-35.86%	15,072
Crawford	783	34.78%	1,464	65.04%	4	0.18%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-681	-30.26%	2,251
Delta	7,924	54.98%	6,460	44.82%	15	0.10%	4	0.03%	3	0.02%	7	0.05%	1,464	10.16%	14,413
Dickinson	6,645	55.40%	5,336	44.49%	9	0.08%	3	0.03%	1	0.01%	1	0.01%	1,309	10.91%	11,995
Eaton	6,912	32.68%	14,163	66.97%	19	0.09%	47	0.22%	4	0.02%	4	0.02%	-7,251	-34.29%	21,149
Emmet	2,602	36.15%	4,574	63.55%	11	0.15%	7	0.10%	2	0.03%	2	0.03%	-1,972	-27.40%	7,198
Genesee	72,059	48.87%	74,940	50.82%	212	0.14%	138	0.09%	40	0.03%	68	0.05%	-2,881	-1.95%	147,457
Gladwin	1,424	30.22%	3,282	69.65%	2	0.04%	4	0.08%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-1,858	-39.43%	4,712
Gogebic	7,200	56.88%	5,429	42.89%	15	0.12%	6	0.05%	4	0.03%	5	0.04%	1,771	13.99%	12,659
Grand Traverse	4,886	36.09%	8,618	63.65%	16	0.12%	9	0.07%	3	0.02%	8	0.06%	-3,732	-27.56%	13,540
Gratiot	3,859	28.10%	9,854	71.75%	6	0.04%	12	0.09%	2	0.01%	1	0.01%	-5,995	-43.65%	13,734
Hillsdale	4,069	28.38%	10,208	71.19%	9	0.06%	44	0.31%	1	0.01%	9	0.06%	-6,139	-42.81%	14,340
Houghton	8,021	50.70%	7,767	49.09%	22	0.14%	2	0.01%	7	0.04%	3	0.02%	254	1.61%	15,822
Huron	5,775	37.53%	9,592	62.34%	12	0.08%	2	0.01%	2	0.01%	3	0.02%	-3,817	-24.81%	15,386
Ingham	32,043	36.87%	54,655	62.89%	79	0.09%	65	0.07%	22	0.03%	43	0.05%	-22,612	-26.02%	86,907
Ionia	6,377	37.88%	10,405	61.81%	4	0.02%	40	0.24%	2	0.01%	6	0.04%	-4,028	-23.93%	16,834
Iosco	2,549	37.12%	4,308	62.74%	3	0.04%	5	0.07%	0	0.00%	1	0.01%	-1,759	-25.62%	6,866
Iron	5,232	57.09%	3,919	42.76%	7	0.08%	3	0.03%	1	0.01%	3	0.03%	1,313	14.33%	9,165
Isabella	4,431	35.92%	7,880	63.88%	5	0.04%	14	0.11%	0	0.00%	5	0.04%	-3,449	-27.96%	12,335
Jackson	20,995	37.64%	34,660	62.14%	48	0.09%	41	0.07%	17	0.03%	18	0.03%	-13,665	-24.50%	55,779
Kalamazoo	24,286	36.01%	42,800	63.47%	122	0.18%	130	0.19%	23	0.03%	73	0.11%	-18,514	-27.46%	67,434
Kalkaska	693	33.99%	1,341	65.77%	1	0.05%	3	0.15%	0	0.00%	1	0.05%	-648	-31.78%	2,039
Kent	61,313	38.98%	95,477	60.70%	298	0.19%	97	0.06%	46	0.03%	65	0.04%	-34,164	-21.72%	157,296
Keweenaw	655	48.77%	684	50.93%	2	0.15%	1	0.07%	0	0.00%	1	0.07%	-29	-2.16%	1,343
Lake	1,313	47.62%	1,441	52.27%	1	0.04%	1	0.04%	0	0.00%	1	0.04%	-128	-4.65%	2,757
Lapeer	5,099	32.76%	10,450	67.13%	5	0.03%	5	0.03%	3	0.02%	5	0.03%	-5,351	-34.37%	15,567
Leelanau	1,810	39.82%	2,730	60.05%	4	0.09%	1	0.02%	0	0.00%	1	0.02%	-920	-20.23%	4,546
Lenawee	10,785	35.11%	19,859	64.65%	41	0.13%	13	0.04%	2	0.01%	19	0.06%	-9,074	-29.54%	30,719
Livingston	5,608	35.08%	10,340	64.68%	13	0.08%	13	0.08%	7	0.04%	6	0.04%	-4,732	-29.60%	15,987
Luce	828	35.06%	1,534	64.94%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-706	-29.88%	2,362
Mackinac	2,042	39.91%	3,064	59.88%	7	0.14%	1	0.02%	0	0.00%	3	0.06%	-1,022	-19.97%	5,117
Macomb	105,681	62.83%	61,989	36.86%	208	0.12%	58	0.03%	103	0.06%	156	0.09%	43,692	25.97%	168,195
Manistee	4,122	45.81%	4,867	54.08%	5	0.06%	3	0.03%	0	0.00%	2	0.02%	-745	-8.27%	8,999
Marquette	11,177	51.00%	10,690	48.77%	29	0.13%	5	0.02%	0	0.00%	16	0.07%	487	2.23%	21,917
Mason	4,305	41.69%	6,011	58.21%	5	0.05%	1	0.01%	0	0.00%	4	0.04%	-1,706	-16.52%	10,326
Mecosta	2,380	30.90%	5,306	68.88%	2	0.03%	15	0.19%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-2,926	-37.98%	7,703
Menominee	5,857	53.55%	5,064	46.30%	5	0.05%	6	0.05%	3	0.03%	3	0.03%	793	7.25%	10,938
Midland	6,815	32.34%	14,235	67.56%	11	0.05%	5	0.02%	1	0.00%	4	0.02%	-7,420	-35.22%	21,071
Missaukee	627	19.77%	2,531	79.82%	1	0.03%	8	0.25%	1	0.03%	3	0.09%	-1,904	-60.05%	3,171
Monroe	19,684	51.23%	18,607	48.43%	60	0.16%	25	0.07%	16	0.04%	31	0.08%	1,077	2.80%	38,423
Montcalm	4,767	32.01%	10,085	67.72%	12	0.08%	17	0.11%	9	0.06%	2	0.01%	-5,318	-35.71%	14,892
Montmorency	866	35.59%	1,565	64.32%	1	0.04%	1	0.04%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-699	-28.73%	2,433
Muskegon	28,755	46.63%	32,667	52.98%	92	0.15%	50	0.08%	30	0.05%	67	0.11%	-3,912	-6.35%	61,661
Newaygo	3,404	31.31%	7,453	68.55%	7	0.06%	2	0.02%	2	0.02%	4	0.04%	-4,049	-37.24%	10,872
Oakland	135,531	45.39%	162,026	54.27%	512	0.17%	110	0.04%	192	0.06%	191	0.06%	-26,495	-8.88%	298,562
Oceana	2,651	37.43%	4,418	62.38%	8	0.11%	4	0.06%	0	0.00%	1	0.01%	-1,767	-24.95%	7,082
Ogemaw	1,867	41.11%	2,664	58.65%	9	0.20%	2	0.04%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-797	-17.54%	4,542
Ontonagon	2,553	49.33%	2,620	50.63%	2	0.04%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-67	-1.30%	5,175
Osceola	1,378	23.50%	4,477	76.33%	1	0.02%	9	0.15%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-3,099	-52.83%	5,865
Oscoda	458	28.03%	1,174	71.85%	1	0.06%	1	0.06%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-716	-43.82%	1,634
Otsego	1,521	43.85%	1,944	56.04%	1	0.03%	1	0.03%	1	0.03%	1	0.03%	-423	-12.19%	3,469
Ottawa	10,617	24.45%	32,678	75.26%	66	0.15%	32	0.07%	10	0.02%	18	0.04%	-22,061	-50.81%	43,421
Presque Isle	2,649	47.29%	2,950	52.66%	2	0.04%	1	0.02%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-301	-5.37%	5,602
Roscommon	1,226	30.94%	2,731	68.93%	4	0.10%	1	0.03%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-1,505	-37.99%	3,962
Saginaw	32,715	44.05%	41,351	55.68%	82	0.11%	56	0.08%	24	0.03%	44	0.06%	-8,636	-11.63%	74,272
Sanilac	4,153	27.35%	11,005	72.47%	4	0.03%	15	0.10%	1	0.01%	7	0.05%	-6,852	-45.12%	15,185
Schoolcraft	2,107	49.02%	2,183	50.79%	6	0.14%	1	0.02%	0	0.00%	1	0.02%	-76	-1.77%	4,298
Shiawassee	8,773	38.81%	13,757	60.86%	31	0.14%	25	0.11%	7	0.03%	11	0.05%	-4,984	-22.05%	22,604
St. Clair	18,332	40.05%	27,366	59.79%	40	0.09%	14	0.03%	12	0.03%	10	0.02%	-9,034	-19.74%	45,774
St. Joseph	5,445	30.51%	12,337	69.13%	12	0.07%	38	0.21%	4	0.02%	11	0.06%	-6,892	-38.62%	17,847
Tuscola	5,357	30.95%	11,931	68.93%	2	0.01%	10	0.06%	3	0.02%	5	0.03%	-6,574	-37.98%	17,308
Van Buren	7,082	35.24%	12,903	64.21%	42	0.21%	26	0.13%	13	0.06%	30	0.15%	-5,821	-28.97%	20,096
Washtenaw	25,129	38.67%	39,632	60.99%	85	0.13%	40	0.06%	36	0.06%	64	0.10%	-14,503	-22.32%	64,986
Wayne	773,327	65.99%	394,485	33.66%	1,665	0.14%	396	0.03%	967	0.08%	1,069	0.09%	378,842	32.33%	1,171,909
Wexford	2,807	34.67%	5,262	65.00%	3	0.04%	19	0.23%	2	0.02%	3	0.04%	-2,455	-30.33%	8,096
Totals	1,687,269	50.85%	1,620,428	48.84%	4,347	0.13%	2,029	0.06%	1,718	0.05%	2,306	0.07%	66,841	2.01%	3,318,097

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Baraga
• Bay
• Delta
• Dickinson
• Gogebic
• Houghton
• Iron
• Marquette
• Menominee
• Monroe

See also

• United States presidential elections in Michigan

References

1. "United States Presidential election of 1960 - Encyclopædia Britannica" . Retrieved June 8, 2017.
2. "SOS - General Election Voter Registration/Turnout Statistics".
3. "1960 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)" . Retrieved June 8, 2017.
4. Our Campaigns; MI US President 1960