1960 United States presidential election in Montana

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1960 United States presidential election in Montana
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  1956 November 8, 1960 (1960-11-08) 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 vote40
Popular vote141,841134,891
Percentage51.10%48.60%

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County Results

President before election

Dwight Eisenhower
Republican

Elected President

John F. Kennedy
Democratic

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

Contents

Montana narrowly voted for the Republican nominee, Vice President Richard Nixon, over the Democratic nominee, Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy. Nixon won Montana by a slim margin of 2.50%. Kennedy thus became the first Democrat to win the White House without carrying Montana since Grover Cleveland in 1892, as well as the first ever Democrat to do so without carrying Carter, Liberty, Phillips, Richland, or Sanders Counties, the first to do so without carrying Fergus or Jefferson Counties since Cleveland in 1892, and the first to do so without carrying Custer, Missoula or Musselshell Counties since Woodrow Wilson in 1912. This is the first time since 1900 in which Montana would vote for the losing candidate in a presidential election.

Results

1960 United States presidential election in Montana [1]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican Richard Nixon 141,84151.10%4
Democratic John F. Kennedy 134,89148.60%0
Prohibition Rutherford Decker 4560.16%0
Militant Workers Farrell Dobbs 3910.14%0
Totals277,579100.00%4

Results by county

CountyRichard Milhous Nixon
Republican
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %
Beaverhead 1,73156.88%1,30742.95%50.16%42413.93%3,043
Big Horn 1,72453.47%1,49746.43%30.09%2277.04%3,224
Blaine 1,29044.85%1,56954.55%170.59%-279-9.70%2,876
Broadwater 68051.87%63148.13%00.00%493.74%1,311
Carbon 2,05051.75%1,90348.04%80.20%1473.71%3,961
Carter 68864.00%38335.63%40.37%30528.37%1,075
Cascade 11,92845.72%14,11754.11%450.17%-2,189-8.39%26,090
Chouteau 1,67249.34%1,70850.40%90.27%-36-1.06%3,389
Custer 2,94355.00%2,39344.72%150.28%55010.28%5,351
Daniels 76344.26%96055.68%10.06%-197-11.43%1,724
Dawson 2,46053.69%2,10846.01%140.31%3527.68%4,582
Deer Lodge 2,18829.79%5,14970.11%70.10%-2,961-40.32%7,344
Fallon 91860.55%59739.38%10.07%32121.17%1,516
Fergus 3,29452.24%2,99947.56%130.21%2954.68%6,306
Flathead 7,55452.95%6,68946.88%240.17%8656.06%14,267
Gallatin 6,87064.49%3,76135.31%210.20%3,10929.19%10,652
Garfield 51558.52%36341.25%20.23%15217.27%880
Glacier 1,77543.95%2,26055.95%40.10%-485-12.01%4,039
Golden Valley 36256.65%27743.35%00.00%8513.30%639
Granite 72254.57%59244.75%90.68%1309.83%1,323
Hill 3,16345.73%3,74154.09%120.17%-578-8.36%6,916
Jefferson 81751.38%76948.36%40.25%483.02%1,590
Judith Basin 72146.10%84253.84%10.06%-121-7.74%1,564
Lake 3,24056.75%2,46243.12%70.12%77813.63%5,709
Lewis and Clark 7,26054.65%6,00845.22%170.13%1,2529.42%13,285
Liberty 59754.27%50145.55%20.18%968.73%1,100
Lincoln 1,90241.84%2,62357.70%210.46%-721-15.86%4,546
McCone 74349.04%76450.43%80.53%-21-1.39%1,515
Madison 1,45658.97%1,01040.91%30.12%44618.06%2,469
Meagher 61358.49%43141.13%40.38%18217.37%1,048
Mineral 54944.27%68655.32%50.40%-137-11.05%1,240
Missoula 10,39653.76%8,87645.90%650.34%1,5207.86%19,337
Musselshell 1,10750.09%1,10049.77%30.14%70.32%2,210
Park 3,32959.44%2,24940.15%230.41%1,08019.28%5,601
Petroleum 25553.57%22146.43%00.00%347.14%476
Phillips 1,45749.81%1,45549.74%130.44%20.07%2,925
Pondera 1,45246.76%1,65353.24%00.00%-201-6.47%3,105
Powder River 66560.18%43839.64%20.18%22720.54%1,105
Powell 1,49749.49%1,52250.31%60.20%-25-0.83%3,025
Prairie 64965.75%33834.25%00.00%31131.51%987
Ravalli 3,12156.46%2,38143.07%260.47%74013.39%5,528
Richland 2,39556.10%1,86343.64%110.26%53212.46%4,269
Roosevelt 1,87645.40%2,22753.90%290.70%-351-8.49%4,132
Rosebud 1,38657.77%1,00241.77%110.46%38416.01%2,399
Sanders 1,49750.17%1,46949.23%180.60%280.94%2,984
Sheridan 1,19643.43%1,54956.25%90.33%-353-12.82%2,754
Silver Bow 7,29034.40%13,75464.91%1460.69%-6,464-30.50%21,190
Stillwater 1,45558.41%1,03641.59%00.00%41916.82%2,491
Sweet Grass 1,09667.78%52132.22%00.00%57535.56%1,617
Teton 1,62349.54%1,64850.31%50.15%-25-0.76%3,276
Toole 1,57747.10%1,76752.78%40.12%-190-5.68%3,348
Treasure 30052.63%27047.37%00.00%305.26%570
Valley 2,38744.65%2,95355.24%60.11%-566-10.59%5,346
Wheatland 79352.24%72447.69%10.07%694.55%1,518
Wibaux 38748.01%41951.99%00.00%-32-3.97%806
Yellowstone 19,46760.82%12,35638.61%1830.57%7,11122.22%32,006
Totals141,84151.10%134,89148.60%8470.31%6,9502.50%277,579

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References

  1. David Leip. "1960 Presidential General Election Results – Montana". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved March 18, 2018.