1960 United States presidential election in Kentucky

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1960 United States presidential election in Kentucky
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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 vote100
Popular vote602,607521,855
Percentage53.59%46.41%

Kentucky 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 Kentucky took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. Kentucky voters chose 10 [2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Kentucky was won by incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (RCalifornia), running with United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., with 53.59 percent of the popular vote, against Senator John F. Kennedy (DMassachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 46.41 percent of the popular vote. [3] [4] Nixon thus became the first Republican to ever carry the Bluegrass State without winning the presidency, and remained the last until John McCain did so in 2008. Kennedy was the first Democrat to win without the state since 1852.

Results

1960 United States presidential election in Kentucky
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Richard Nixon 602,607 53.59%
Democratic John F. Kennedy 521,85546.41%
Total votes1,124,462 100%

Results by county

CountyRichard Milhous Nixon
Republican
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic
MarginTotal votes cast [5]
# %# %# %
Adair 4,62167.07%2,26932.93%2,35234.14%6,890
Allen 3,41067.22%1,66332.78%1,74734.44%5,073
Anderson 2,03349.94%2,03850.06%-5-0.12%4,071
Ballard 1,12128.99%2,74671.01%-1,625-42.02%3,867
Barren 5,18751.19%4,94648.81%2412.38%10,133
Bath 1,88847.75%2,06652.25%-178-4.50%3,954
Bell 6,80556.77%5,18143.23%1,62413.55%11,986
Boone 4,83561.99%2,96538.01%1,87023.97%7,800
Bourbon 2,37942.98%3,15657.02%-777-14.04%5,535
Boyd 11,30555.42%9,09444.58%2,21110.84%20,399
Boyle 3,62452.28%3,30847.72%3164.56%6,932
Bracken 2,00260.16%1,32639.84%67620.31%3,328
Breathitt 1,99637.64%3,30762.36%-1,311-24.72%5,303
Breckinridge 3,97955.92%3,13644.08%84311.85%7,115
Bullitt 2,68352.40%2,43747.60%2464.80%5,120
Butler 3,65678.66%99221.34%2,66457.31%4,648
Caldwell 3,44261.70%2,13738.30%1,30523.39%5,579
Calloway 3,35641.69%4,69358.31%-1,337-16.61%8,049
Campbell 17,38854.21%14,69045.79%2,6988.41%32,078
Carlisle 97835.59%1,77064.41%-792-28.82%2,748
Carroll 1,13533.78%2,22566.22%-1,090-32.44%3,360
Carter 4,95658.76%3,47941.24%1,47717.51%8,435
Casey 4,81177.30%1,41322.70%3,39854.60%6,224
Christian 5,25143.31%6,87456.69%-1,623-13.39%12,125
Clark 3,31752.31%3,02447.69%2934.62%6,341
Clay 4,92278.09%1,38121.91%3,54156.18%6,303
Clinton 3,52484.11%66615.89%2,85868.21%4,190
Crittenden 2,77067.74%1,31932.26%1,45135.49%4,089
Cumberland 2,69776.25%84023.75%1,85752.50%3,537
Daviess 13,38557.62%9,84642.38%3,53915.23%23,231
Edmonson 2,88472.83%1,07627.17%1,80845.66%3,960
Elliott 78931.27%1,73468.73%-945-37.46%2,523
Estill 3,23864.85%1,75535.15%1,48329.70%4,993
Fayette 25,16960.43%16,47839.57%8,69120.87%41,647
Fleming 2,77755.62%2,21644.38%56111.24%4,993
Floyd 5,01033.66%9,87666.34%-4,866-32.69%14,886
Franklin 4,74240.21%7,05259.79%-2,310-19.59%11,794
Fulton 1,56736.65%2,70863.35%-1,141-26.69%4,275
Gallatin 75642.38%1,02857.62%-272-15.25%1,784
Garrard 2,75960.78%1,78039.22%97921.57%4,539
Grant 2,16353.25%1,89946.75%2646.50%4,062
Graves 4,85438.70%7,68961.30%-2,835-22.60%12,543
Grayson 4,80767.12%2,35532.88%2,45234.24%7,162
Green 3,60669.53%1,58030.47%2,02639.07%5,186
Greenup 6,10153.77%5,24546.23%8567.54%11,346
Hancock 1,48859.38%1,01840.62%47018.75%2,506
Hardin 6,19154.63%5,14145.37%1,0509.27%11,332
Harlan 7,48544.83%9,21155.17%-1,726-10.34%16,696
Harrison 2,30639.85%3,48160.15%-1,175-20.30%5,787
Hart 3,61053.57%3,12946.43%4817.14%6,739
Henderson 5,30248.79%5,56551.21%-263-2.42%10,867
Henry 1,71436.60%2,96963.40%-1,255-26.80%4,683
Hickman 96830.79%2,17669.21%-1,208-38.42%3,144
Hopkins 5,57446.41%6,43653.59%-862-7.18%12,010
Jackson 3,92390.35%4199.65%3,50480.70%4,342
Jefferson 118,57550.30%117,18049.70%1,3950.59%235,755
Jessamine 2,78757.95%2,02242.05%76515.91%4,809
Johnson 5,31766.97%2,62233.03%2,69533.95%7,939
Kenton 21,85752.89%19,46647.11%2,3915.79%41,323
Knott 1,41226.30%3,95773.70%-2,545-47.40%5,369
Knox 5,81466.29%2,95633.71%2,85832.59%8,770
Larue 2,66860.90%1,71339.10%95521.80%4,381
Laurel 7,48576.42%2,30923.58%5,17652.85%9,794
Lawrence 3,03054.69%2,51045.31%5209.39%5,540
Lee 2,01267.74%95832.26%1,05435.49%2,970
Leslie 3,89483.05%79516.95%3,09966.09%4,689
Letcher 4,40850.87%4,25849.13%1501.73%8,666
Lewis 3,81669.41%1,68230.59%2,13438.81%5,498
Lincoln 3,74761.15%2,38138.85%1,36622.29%6,128
Livingston 1,63951.92%1,51848.08%1213.83%3,157
Logan 4,11746.59%4,71953.41%-602-6.81%8,836
Lyon 1,02442.61%1,37957.39%-355-14.77%2,403
Madison 6,69254.35%5,62145.65%1,0718.70%12,313
Magoffin 2,73652.54%2,47147.46%2655.09%5,207
Marion 2,20333.92%4,29266.08%-2,089-32.16%6,495
Marshall 3,38849.30%3,48450.70%-96-1.40%6,872
Martin 2,80971.57%1,11628.43%1,69343.13%3,925
Mason 4,33457.89%3,15342.11%1,18115.77%7,487
McCracken 9,68943.59%12,53956.41%-2,850-12.82%22,228
McCreary 3,67179.89%92420.11%2,74759.78%4,595
McLean 2,26956.94%1,71643.06%55313.88%3,985
Meade 1,82643.36%2,38556.64%-559-13.27%4,211
Menifee 81745.24%98954.76%-172-9.52%1,806
Mercer 3,56956.81%2,71343.19%85613.63%6,282
Metcalfe 2,14658.02%1,55341.98%59316.03%3,699
Monroe 4,33781.72%97018.28%3,36763.44%5,307
Montgomery 2,45148.25%2,62951.75%-178-3.50%5,080
Morgan 1,71837.12%2,91062.88%-1,192-25.76%4,628
Muhlenberg 5,96857.41%4,42742.59%1,54114.82%10,395
Nelson 3,02139.06%4,71360.94%-1,692-21.88%7,734
Nicholas 1,05842.10%1,45557.90%-397-15.80%2,513
Ohio 5,23068.37%2,42031.63%2,81036.73%7,650
Oldham 2,22153.12%1,96046.88%2616.24%4,181
Owen 1,21233.13%2,44666.87%-1,234-33.73%3,658
Owsley 2,16986.24%34613.76%1,82372.49%2,515
Pendleton 2,38761.46%1,49738.54%89022.91%3,884
Perry 5,75453.65%4,97146.35%7837.30%10,725
Pike 9,95643.30%13,03956.70%-3,083-13.41%22,995
Powell 1,50857.34%1,12242.66%38614.68%2,630
Pulaski 11,89979.35%3,09720.65%8,80258.70%14,996
Robertson 59447.67%65252.33%-58-4.65%1,246
Rockcastle 3,98277.73%1,14122.27%2,84155.46%5,123
Rowan 2,55851.47%2,41248.53%1462.94%4,970
Russell 3,63674.72%1,23025.28%2,40649.45%4,866
Scott 2,20045.85%2,59854.15%-398-8.30%4,798
Shelby 2,93443.43%3,82256.57%-888-13.14%6,756
Simpson 1,92742.18%2,64257.82%-715-15.65%4,569
Spencer 1,13451.97%1,04848.03%863.94%2,182
Taylor 4,66968.11%2,18631.89%2,48336.22%6,855
Todd 1,84639.50%2,82760.50%-981-20.99%4,673
Trigg 1,50038.35%2,41161.65%-911-23.29%3,911
Trimble 74331.89%1,58768.11%-844-36.22%2,330
Union 1,78934.10%3,45765.90%-1,668-31.80%5,246
Warren 9,07454.89%7,45745.11%1,6179.78%16,531
Washington 2,63252.40%2,39147.60%2414.80%5,023
Wayne 3,97366.92%1,96433.08%2,00933.84%5,937
Webster 2,49844.00%3,17956.00%-681-12.00%5,677
Whitley 7,55371.84%2,96128.16%4,59243.68%10,514
Wolfe 1,25944.76%1,55455.24%-295-10.49%2,813
Woodford 2,22753.32%1,95046.68%2776.63%4,177
Totals602,60753.59%521,85546.41%80,7527.18%1,124,462

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