1960 United States presidential election in Minnesota

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1960 United States presidential election in Minnesota
Flag of Minnesota (1957-1983).svg
  1956 November 8, 1960 1964  
Turnout79.39% [1] Decrease2.svg
  Jfk2 (3x4).jpg Richard Nixon official portrait as Vice President (cropped).tiff
Nominee John F. Kennedy Richard Nixon
Party Democratic (DFL) Republican
Home state Massachusetts California
Running mate Lyndon B. Johnson Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
Electoral vote110
Popular vote779,933757,915
Percentage50.58%49.16%

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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 Minnesota took place on November 8, 1960 as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Minnesota was won by the Democratic Party candidate U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts won the state over incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon by a margin of 22,018 votes, or 1.42%. Kennedy went on to win the election nationally, but by the closest margin since James Garfield's 0.11% victory over Winfield Scott Hancock in 1880. This was the last presidential election held in Minnesota before the elimination of the 9th congressional district in 1963. It was also the last time Mower County voted for a Republican presidential candidate until Donald Trump in 2016. [2] This marks the last time heavily populated Hennepin County voted for a candidate who lost the state as a whole. [3]

Results

1960 United States presidential election in Minnesota [4]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic (DFL) John F. Kennedy 779,93350.58%11
Republican Richard Nixon 757,91549.16%0
Socialist Workers Farrell Dobbs 3,0770.20%0
Industrial Government Eric Hass 9620.06%0
Totals1,541,887100.00%11
Voter turnout79%

Results by county

County [5] John F. Kennedy
DFL
Richard Nixon
Republican
Farrell Dobbs
Socialist Workers
Eric Hass
Industrial Government
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %
Aitkin 2,98048.75%3,09750.66%250.41%110.18%-117-1.91%6,113
Anoka 20,32458.89%14,11440.90%550.16%180.05%6,21017.99%34,511
Becker 5,25750.60%5,09048.99%330.32%90.09%1671.61%10,389
Beltrami 4,65350.81%4,48248.95%160.17%60.07%1711.86%9,157
Benton 4,17555.56%3,32444.23%140.19%20.03%85111.33%7,515
Big Stone 2,43756.91%1,83442.83%90.21%20.05%60314.08%4,282
Blue Earth 8,05241.48%11,32858.35%250.13%80.04%-3,276-16.87%19,413
Brown 5,35342.99%7,08456.89%130.10%30.02%-1,731-13.90%12,453
Carlton 7,57661.98%4,61337.74%300.25%50.04%2,96324.24%12,224
Carver 3,98238.94%6,23160.93%80.08%60.06%-2,249-21.99%10,227
Cass 3,57844.78%4,39955.05%120.15%20.03%-821-10.27%7,991
Chippewa 3,64348.10%3,91551.69%130.17%30.04%-272-3.59%7,574
Chisago 2,90743.04%3,82256.59%180.27%70.10%-915-13.55%6,754
Clay 7,24146.58%8,27853.26%190.12%60.04%-1,037-6.68%15,544
Clearwater 2,46659.64%1,65139.93%150.36%30.07%81519.71%4,135
Cook 65039.61%98760.15%40.24%00.00%-337-20.54%1,641
Cottonwood 2,76835.16%5,08764.62%110.14%60.08%-2,319-29.46%7,872
Crow Wing 6,83546.77%7,72752.87%410.28%110.08%-892-6.10%14,614
Dakota 20,15057.13%15,03242.62%720.20%190.05%5,11814.51%35,273
Dodge 2,17036.51%3,76963.42%30.05%10.02%-1,599-26.91%5,943
Douglas 4,87146.36%5,59453.25%320.30%90.09%-723-6.89%10,506
Faribault 4,30138.11%6,97561.80%80.07%30.03%-2,674-23.69%11,287
Fillmore 3,92634.31%7,50765.60%70.06%40.03%-3,581-31.29%11,444
Freeborn 8,01847.14%8,97052.73%130.08%90.05%-952-5.59%17,010
Goodhue 5,56234.60%10,47365.16%260.16%120.07%-4,911-30.56%16,073
Grant 2,33350.98%2,23948.93%40.09%00.00%942.05%4,576
Hennepin 188,25048.50%198,99251.26%6450.17%2940.08%-10,742-2.76%388,181
Houston 3,08039.04%4,80760.93%30.04%00.00%-1,727-21.89%7,890
Hubbard 2,02942.39%2,74957.43%80.17%10.02%-720-15.04%4,787
Isanti 2,59945.64%3,06753.86%170.30%110.19%-468-8.22%5,694
Itasca 10,76161.82%6,61538.00%230.13%90.05%4,14623.82%17,408
Jackson 3,89851.96%3,59147.87%50.07%80.11%3074.09%7,502
Kanabec 1,89045.08%2,27854.33%200.48%50.12%-388-9.25%4,193
Kandiyohi 6,73849.66%6,78650.02%350.26%80.06%-48-0.36%13,567
Kittson 2,21853.25%1,93746.51%80.19%20.05%2816.74%4,165
Koochiching 4,57859.80%3,05539.90%220.29%10.01%1,52319.90%7,656
Lac qui Parle 3,25350.44%3,18549.39%90.14%20.03%681.05%6,449
Lake 3,88862.91%2,27636.83%130.21%30.05%1,61226.08%6,180
Lake of the Woods 1,05355.30%83543.86%150.79%10.05%21811.44%1,904
Le Sueur 5,23454.13%4,42645.77%90.09%10.01%8088.36%9,670
Lincoln 2,50053.68%2,14746.10%70.15%30.06%3537.58%4,657
Lyon 5,55053.86%4,74046.00%130.13%20.02%8107.86%10,305
Mahnomen 1,86467.81%88032.01%40.15%10.04%98435.80%2,749
Marshall 3,75955.47%3,00644.36%60.09%60.09%75311.11%6,777
Martin 4,19433.04%8,47966.81%130.10%60.05%-4,285-33.77%12,692
McLeod 4,27637.15%7,21462.67%160.14%50.04%-2,938-25.52%11,511
Meeker 3,67842.97%4,85756.74%210.25%40.05%-1,179-13.77%8,560
Mille Lacs 2,88642.25%3,91357.29%220.32%90.13%-1,027-15.04%6,830
Morrison 7,33762.37%4,40337.43%170.14%70.06%2,93424.94%11,764
Mower 9,96147.28%11,04052.40%570.27%100.05%-1,079-5.12%21,068
Murray 3,00947.19%3,35752.64%60.09%50.08%-348-5.45%6,377
Nicollet 3,96142.80%5,28357.08%40.04%70.08%-1,322-14.28%9,255
Nobles 4,94746.70%5,63653.20%90.08%20.02%-689-6.50%10,594
Norman 2,93252.49%2,64247.30%50.09%70.13%2905.19%5,586
Olmsted 10,91840.34%16,08059.41%590.22%80.03%-5,162-19.07%27,065
Otter Tail 8,05436.87%13,74762.94%300.14%120.05%-5,693-26.07%21,843
Pennington 3,20455.63%2,53744.05%110.19%70.12%66711.58%5,759
Pine 4,21154.78%3,45044.88%180.23%80.10%7619.90%7,687
Pipestone 2,44339.85%3,67759.97%80.13%30.05%-1,234-20.12%6,131
Polk 9,34655.27%7,52844.52%260.15%90.05%1,81810.75%16,909
Pope 2,88348.39%3,06251.39%90.15%40.07%-179-3.00%5,958
Ramsey 108,46458.15%77,40841.50%5570.30%980.05%31,05616.65%186,527
Red Lake 1,86573.17%67926.64%20.08%30.12%1,18646.53%2,549
Redwood 3,83939.39%5,89360.47%80.08%60.06%-2,054-21.08%9,746
Renville 4,95845.67%5,88554.20%110.10%30.03%-927-8.53%10,857
Rice 6,75244.92%8,24854.87%220.15%90.06%-1,496-9.95%15,031
Rock 1,82334.42%3,46965.49%20.04%30.06%-1,646-31.07%5,297
Roseau 3,19858.34%2,27441.48%80.15%20.04%92416.86%5,482
St. Louis 69,27063.23%39,62036.17%5570.51%980.09%29,65027.06%109,545
Scott 6,06162.21%3,67137.68%70.07%40.04%2,39024.53%9,743
Sherburne 2,56847.41%2,83752.37%100.18%20.04%-269-4.96%5,417
Sibley 2,54133.69%4,98766.12%120.16%20.03%-2,446-32.43%7,542
Stearns 19,02658.40%13,52241.50%220.07%110.03%5,50416.90%32,581
Steele 4,49139.74%6,79560.13%140.12%10.01%-2,304-20.39%11,301
Stevens 2,40546.92%2,71052.87%60.12%50.10%-305-5.95%5,126
Swift 4,06258.63%2,84841.11%150.22%30.04%1,21417.52%6,928
Todd 5,05148.88%5,25550.85%210.20%70.07%-204-1.97%10,334
Traverse 2,12259.11%1,46340.75%40.11%10.03%65918.36%3,590
Wabasha 3,62844.26%4,56655.70%30.04%00.00%-938-11.44%8,197
Wadena 2,24042.03%3,08257.83%60.11%10.02%-842-15.80%5,329
Waseca 2,79336.58%4,83863.36%30.04%20.03%-2,045-26.78%7,636
Washington 11,87051.31%11,20248.42%460.20%150.06%6682.89%23,133
Watonwan 2,41236.57%4,17363.28%100.15%00.00%-1,761-26.71%6,595
Wilkin 2,31949.69%2,34050.14%70.15%10.02%-21-0.45%4,667
Winona 8,48447.72%9,27152.14%140.08%110.06%-787-4.42%17,780
Wright 6,45247.24%7,18052.57%190.14%70.05%-728-5.33%13,658
Yellow Medicine 3,64948.82%3,80050.84%220.29%40.05%-151-2.02%7,475
Totals779,93350.58%757,91549.16%3,0770.20%9620.06%22,0181.42%1,541,887

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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