1960 United States presidential election in Nebraska

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1960 United States presidential election in Nebraska
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  1956 November 8, 1960 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 vote60
Popular vote380,553232,542
Percentage62.07%37.93%

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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 Nebraska took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. Voters chose six [1] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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Nebraska was won by incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (RCalifornia), running with former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., with 62.07% of the popular vote, against Senator John F. Kennedy (DMassachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 37.93% of the popular vote. [2] [3]

With 62.07% of the popular vote, Nebraska would prove to be Nixon's strongest state in the 1960 election. [4]

Primaries

Democratic primary

Kennedy won the state's Democratic primary. [5]

While an effort by Stuart Symington or Hubert Humphrey could have, on paper, been successful in Nebraska's primary, Kennedy had managed to outmaneuver them, laying early groundwork which gave him a solid lead in the state. [6]

Kennedy managed, in early 1958, to secure Bernard Boyle's support. [6]

By the time that others such as Humphrey, Symington, and Johnson began to inquire with Boyle about their own prospective candidacies, they learned that they had a arrived a year too late. [6]

Kennedy went in to win the primary, unchallenged. [6] With the exception of Kennedy, all candidates were write-ins. [5]

1960 Nebraska Democratic Presidential Primary Results [5]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentage
Democratic John F. Kennedy 80,40888.7%
Democratic Stuart Symington 4,0834.5%
Democratic Hubert Humphrey 3,2023.5%
Democratic Adlai Stevenson 1,3681.5%
Democratic Lyndon B. Johnson 9621.1%
Democratic Others6690.7%
Totals90,692100.00%

Republican primary

Nixon won the state's Republican primary. [5] All candidates were write-ins. [5]

1960 Nebraska Republican Presidential Primary Results [5]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentage
Republican Richard Nixon 74,35693.8%
Republican Nelson Rockefeller 2,0282.6%
Republican Barry Goldwater 1,0681.3%
Republican Others1,8052.3%

Totals

79,257100.00%

Results

1960 United States presidential election in Nebraska
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Richard Nixon 380,553 62.07%
Democratic John F. Kennedy 232,54237.93%
Total votes613,095 100%

Results by county

County [7] Richard Nixon
Republican
John F. Kennedy
Democratic
MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%
Adams 7,93264.51%4,36435.49%3,56829.02%12,296
Antelope 3,61771.10%1,47028.90%2,14742.20%5,087
Arthur 28380.63%6819.37%21561.26%351
Banner 42466.77%21133.23%21333.54%635
Blaine 42078.80%11321.20%30757.60%533
Boone 2,80964.49%1,54735.51%1,26228.98%4,356
Box Butte 3,15762.60%1,88637.40%1,27125.20%5,043
Boyd 1,39364.46%76835.54%62528.92%2,161
Brown 1,73577.15%51422.85%1,22154.30%2,249
Buffalo 7,59566.12%3,89133.88%3,70432.24%11,486
Burt 3,61372.56%1,36627.44%2,24745.12%4,979
Butler 2,25345.11%2,74254.89%-489-9.78%4,995
Cass 4,50661.68%2,79938.32%1,70723.36%7,305
Cedar 3,06051.01%2,93948.99%1212.02%5,999
Chase 1,48269.28%65730.72%82538.56%2,139
Cherry 2,69572.08%1,04427.92%1,65144.16%3,739
Cheyenne 2,81452.17%2,58047.83%2344.34%5,394
Clay 3,00569.30%1,33130.70%1,67438.60%4,336
Colfax 2,50455.91%1,97544.09%52911.82%4,479
Cuming 3,89467.45%1,87932.55%2,01534.90%5,773
Custer 5,71670.87%2,35029.13%3,36641.74%8,066
Dakota 2,97756.13%2,32743.87%65012.26%5,304
Dawes 3,10670.83%1,27929.17%1,82741.66%4,385
Dawson 6,48073.07%2,38826.93%4,09246.14%8,868
Deuel 1,27676.22%39823.78%87852.44%1,674
Dixon 2,71366.22%1,38433.78%1,32932.44%4,097
Dodge 9,63867.21%4,70232.79%4,93634.42%14,340
Douglas 72,00552.92%64,06047.08%7,9455.84%136,065
Dundy 1,24571.92%48628.08%75943.84%1,731
Fillmore 2,84261.09%1,81038.91%1,03222.18%4,652
Franklin 1,79864.19%1,00335.81%79528.38%2,801
Frontier 1,61573.51%58226.49%1,03347.02%2,197
Furnas 2,85472.34%1,09127.66%1,76344.68%3,945
Gage 7,75466.76%3,86133.24%3,89333.52%11,615
Garden 1,37676.36%42623.64%95052.72%1,802
Garfield 1,04777.44%30522.56%74254.88%1,352
Gosper 85471.58%33928.42%51543.16%1,193
Grant 41076.35%12723.65%28352.70%537
Greeley 96043.18%1,26356.82%-303-13.64%2,223
Hall 9,76363.98%5,49636.02%4,26727.96%15,259
Hamilton 3,24972.65%1,22327.35%2,02645.30%4,472
Harlan 1,76666.42%89333.58%87332.84%2,659
Hayes 69971.33%28128.67%41842.66%980
Hitchcock 1,63470.67%67829.33%95641.34%2,312
Holt 4,15062.99%2,43837.01%1,71225.98%6,588
Hooker 44386.19%7113.81%37272.38%514
Howard 1,67652.47%1,51847.53%1584.94%3,194
Jefferson 4,04768.11%1,89531.89%2,15236.22%5,942
Johnson 2,09864.57%1,15135.43%94729.14%3,249
Kearney 2,06562.05%1,26337.95%80224.10%3,328
Keith 2,68068.88%1,21131.12%1,46937.76%3,891
Keya Paha 64672.83%24127.17%40545.66%887
Kimball 2,15267.93%1,01632.07%1,13635.86%3,168
Knox 3,84764.45%2,12235.55%1,72528.90%5,969
Lancaster 37,72562.57%22,56437.43%15,16125.14%60,289
Lincoln 7,68561.49%4,81238.51%2,87322.98%12,497
Logan 39170.58%16329.42%22841.16%554
Loup 44577.53%12922.47%31655.06%574
Madison 8,35073.25%3,05026.75%5,30046.50%11,400
McPherson 30381.89%6718.11%23663.78%370
Merrick 2,74468.98%1,23431.02%1,51037.96%3,978
Morrill 2,02062.75%1,19937.25%82125.50%3,219
Nance 1,69962.67%1,01237.33%68725.34%2,711
Nemaha 3,03168.76%1,37731.24%1,65437.52%4,408
Nuckolls 2,44160.86%1,57039.14%87121.72%4,011
Otoe 5,05766.54%2,54333.46%2,51433.08%7,600
Pawnee 1,72863.13%1,00936.87%71926.26%2,737
Perkins 1,30165.12%69734.88%60430.24%1,998
Phelps 3,79575.19%1,25224.81%2,54350.38%5,047
Pierce 2,96372.80%1,10727.20%1,85645.60%4,070
Platte 6,12958.28%4,38741.72%1,74216.56%10,516
Polk 2,39766.94%1,18433.06%1,21333.88%3,581
Red Willow 3,89066.93%1,92233.07%1,96833.86%5,812
Richardson 4,48162.66%2,67037.34%1,81125.32%7,151
Rock 1,08481.08%25318.92%83162.16%1,337
Saline 2,88144.99%3,52355.01%-642-10.02%6,404
Sarpy 4,67255.30%3,77744.70%89510.60%8,449
Saunders 4,70256.94%3,55643.06%1,14613.88%8,258
Scotts Bluff 8,72860.72%5,64639.28%3,08221.44%14,374
Seward 3,58863.14%2,09536.86%1,49326.28%5,683
Sheridan 2,87071.50%1,14428.50%1,72643.00%4,014
Sherman 1,13144.21%1,42755.79%-296-11.58%2,558
Sioux 74564.22%41535.78%33028.44%1,160
Stanton 1,68066.22%85733.78%82332.44%2,537
Thayer 3,20267.38%1,55032.62%1,65234.76%4,752
Thomas 42074.87%14125.13%27949.74%561
Thurston 1,75757.19%1,31542.81%44214.38%3,072
Valley 2,04562.10%1,24837.90%79724.20%3,293
Washington 3,77269.01%1,69430.99%2,07838.02%5,466
Wayne 3,27476.16%1,02523.84%2,24952.32%4,299
Webster 2,02664.75%1,10335.25%92329.50%3,129
Wheeler 42463.95%23936.05%18527.90%663
York 5,20574.69%1,76425.31%3,44149.38%6,969
Totals380,55362.07%232,54237.93%148,01124.14%613,095

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

References

  1. "1960 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)" . Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  2. "1960 Presidential General Election Results - Nebraska" . Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  3. "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1960" . Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  4. "1960 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "RESULTS OF 1960 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION PRIMARIES". John F. Kennedy presidential library. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Oliphant, Thomas; Wilkie, Curtis (2017). The road to Camelot: Inside JFK's Five-Year Campaign. Simon & Schuster.
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