1960 United States presidential election in Wyoming

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1960 United States presidential election in Wyoming
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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 vote30
Popular vote77,45163,331
Percentage55.01%44.99%

Wyoming Presidential Election Results 1960.svg
County Results

President before election

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

Elected President

John F. Kennedy
Democratic

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

Contents

Wyoming was won by the incumbent Vice President, Republican Party (United States) Richard Nixon, running with former United Nations Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., with 55.01 percent of the popular vote, against the Democratic nominee, Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy, running with Texas Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 44.99% of the popular vote, a 10% margin of victory. [3] [4] Nixon's victory was significantly smaller than Dwight Eisenhower's 20.2% margin of victory in 1956.

With Nixon's victory in the state, Republicans would see a full sweep of statewide offices that were on the ballot, including the sole House of Representatives election and the Class II Senate seat.

Campaign

At the Democratic National Convention the Wyoming delegation had the ceremonial role of giving Kennedy the minimum amount needed to win the Democratic presidential nomination with Teno Roncalio casting the votes although Tracy S. McCraken, Wyoming's national committeeman, was incorrectly stated to have been the one to cast the votes by Time magazine. [5] [6] Governor John J. Hickey stated that the issue over Kennedy's Catholicism would not be important in Wyoming due to Hickey, who was also a Catholic, having won in 1958. [7] During the campaign Nixon conducted a fifty-state strategy and visited every state at least once including Wyoming.

The Republican Party selected Harry B. Henderson, Mary Ellen Hinrichs, and James B. Griffith Sr. as their presidential electors. [8]

Endorsements

Kennedy Endorsements

Results

1960 United States presidential election in Wyoming
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral voteSwing
Count%Count%
Republican Richard Nixon of California Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. of Massachusetts 77,45155.01%3100.00%Decrease2.svg 5.07%
Democratic John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas 63,33144.99%00.00%Increase2.svg 5.07%
Total140,782100.00%3100.00%

Results by county

CountyRichard Nixon
Republican
John F. Kennedy
Democratic
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %
Albany 4,35650.43%4,28249.57%740.86%8,638
Big Horn 3,44962.79%2,04437.21%1,40525.58%5,493
Campbell 1,57564.66%86135.34%71429.32%2,436
Carbon 3,14745.12%3,82854.88%-681-9.76%6,975
Converse 1,93367.61%92632.39%1,00735.22%2,859
Crook 1,53772.84%57327.16%96445.68%2,110
Fremont 5,73857.46%4,24842.54%1,49014.92%9,986
Goshen 3,17856.83%2,41443.17%76413.66%5,592
Hot Springs 1,65959.19%1,14440.81%51518.38%2,803
Johnson 1,80669.35%79830.65%1,00838.70%2,604
Laramie 11,63749.05%12,08650.95%-449-1.90%23,723
Lincoln 2,01050.78%1,94849.22%621.56%3,958
Natrona 11,80956.74%9,00243.26%2,80713.48%20,811
Niobrara 1,36270.57%56829.43%79441.14%1,930
Park 4,51064.37%2,49635.63%2,01428.74%7,006
Platte 1,77153.20%1,55846.80%2136.40%3,329
Sheridan 5,69060.05%3,78639.95%1,90420.10%9,476
Sublette 97860.22%64639.78%33220.44%1,624
Sweetwater 2,54532.04%5,39867.96%-2,853-35.92%7,943
Teton 1,15866.51%58333.49%57533.02%1,741
Uinta 1,60650.09%1,60049.91%60.18%3,206
Washakie 2,25462.70%1,34137.30%91325.40%3,595
Weston 1,74359.21%1,20140.79%54218.42%2,944
Totals77,45155.01%63,33144.99%14,12010.02%140,782
County flips from 1956:
Democratic
Hold
Gain from Republican
Republican
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County flips from 1956:

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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