The 1960 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election . State voters chose eight[2] Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
1960 United States presidential election in Arkansas County Results
Kennedy
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Nixon
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Arkansas was won by Senator John F. Kennedy (D –Massachusetts ), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson , with 50.19% of the popular vote against incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (R –California ), running with United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. , with 43.06% of the popular vote. National States' Rights Party candidate Orval Faubus performed best in his home state of Arkansas, earning 6.76% of the vote.[3] [4] Clay , Craighead , Fulton , Randolph and Sharp due to powerful "Bible Belt " anti-Catholicism.[5] 1928 this was muted by the presence of Arkansas Senator Joseph T. Robinson as Al Smith 's running mate, and perhaps by perception of Hoover’s ineffectiveness at relieving the great 1927 flood .[6] Marion County since Ulysses S. Grant in 1868 .[5]
As of the 2020 presidential election [update] , this is the last time Democratic candidates simultaneously won the presidential election and the state's Class 2 senate seat.
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Results by county edit County John Fitzgerald Kennedy Richard Milhous Nixon Orval Eugene Faubus Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Arkansas 2,789 52.44% 2,043 38.42% 486 9.14% 746 14.03% 5,318 Ashley 3,118 62.04% 1,288 25.63% 620 12.34% 1,830 36.41% 5,026 Baxter 1,694 43.67% 2,108 54.34% 77 1.99% -414 -10.67% 3,879 Benton 3,619 31.23% 7,832 67.58% 139 1.20% -4,213 -36.35% 11,590 Boone 2,774 44.51% 3,388 54.36% 71 1.14% -614 -9.85% 6,233 Bradley 2,960 70.31% 873 20.74% 377 8.95% 2,087 49.57% 4,210 Calhoun 1,151 72.03% 295 18.46% 152 9.51% 856 53.57% 1,598 Carroll 1,301 32.81% 2,615 65.95% 49 1.24% -1,314 -33.14% 3,965 Chicot 1,803 59.10% 979 32.09% 269 8.82% 824 27.01% 3,051 Clark 3,295 64.82% 1,357 26.70% 431 8.48% 1,938 38.13% 5,083 Clay 1,908 41.77% 2,543 55.67% 117 2.56% -635 -13.90% 4,568 Cleburne 1,144 50.13% 1,026 44.96% 112 4.91% 118 5.17% 2,282 Cleveland 1,216 70.90% 290 16.91% 209 12.19% 926 53.99% 1,715 Columbia 2,427 43.30% 2,372 42.32% 806 14.38% 55 0.98% 5,605 Conway 2,900 60.47% 1,685 35.13% 211 4.40% 1,215 25.33% 4,796 Craighead 4,898 45.61% 5,258 48.97% 582 5.42% -360 -3.35% 10,738 Crawford 2,430 41.14% 3,373 57.10% 104 1.76% -943 -15.96% 5,907 Crittenden 2,679 52.24% 2,234 43.56% 215 4.19% 445 8.68% 5,128 Cross 2,088 57.76% 1,287 35.60% 240 6.64% 801 22.16% 3,615 Dallas 1,639 62.68% 659 25.20% 317 12.12% 980 37.48% 2,615 Desha 2,502 63.57% 1,063 27.01% 371 9.43% 1,439 36.56% 3,936 Drew 2,107 62.49% 889 26.36% 376 11.15% 1,218 36.12% 3,372 Faulkner 3,820 57.80% 2,426 36.71% 363 5.49% 1,394 21.09% 6,609 Franklin 2,025 53.99% 1,631 43.48% 95 2.53% 394 10.50% 3,751 Fulton 703 38.02% 1,127 60.95% 19 1.03% -424 -22.93% 1,849 Garland 6,333 45.42% 7,204 51.66% 407 2.92% -871 -6.25% 13,944 Grant 1,394 61.44% 563 24.81% 312 13.75% 831 36.62% 2,269 Greene 2,774 49.81% 2,658 47.73% 137 2.46% 116 2.08% 5,569 Hempstead 2,596 54.55% 1,948 40.93% 215 4.52% 648 13.62% 4,759 Hot Spring 3,454 59.00% 1,732 29.59% 668 11.41% 1,722 29.42% 5,854 Howard 1,366 49.95% 1,225 44.79% 144 5.27% 141 5.16% 2,735 Independence 2,487 47.02% 2,639 49.90% 163 3.08% -152 -2.87% 5,289 Izard 1,340 59.61% 808 35.94% 100 4.45% 532 23.67% 2,248 Jackson 2,860 55.44% 1,986 38.50% 313 6.07% 874 16.94% 5,159 Jefferson 8,442 55.41% 4,839 31.76% 1,954 12.83% 3,603 23.65% 15,235 Johnson 1,938 55.01% 1,490 42.29% 95 2.70% 448 12.72% 3,523 Lafayette 1,286 55.31% 713 30.67% 326 14.02% 573 24.65% 2,325 Lawrence 2,074 51.02% 1,800 44.28% 191 4.70% 274 6.74% 4,065 Lee 1,409 52.17% 1,034 38.28% 258 9.55% 375 13.88% 2,701 Lincoln 1,780 67.27% 626 23.66% 240 9.07% 1,154 43.61% 2,646 Little River 1,514 65.17% 692 29.79% 117 5.04% 822 35.39% 2,323 Logan 2,636 55.33% 2,014 42.28% 114 2.39% 622 13.06% 4,764 Lonoke 2,991 55.93% 1,560 29.17% 797 14.90% 1,431 26.76% 5,348 Madison 1,702 40.51% 2,445 58.20% 54 1.29% -743 -17.69% 4,201 Marion 968 48.21% 1,016 50.60% 24 1.20% -48 -2.39% 2,008 Miller 4,550 56.06% 3,113 38.35% 454 5.59% 1,437 17.70% 8,117 Mississippi 5,138 48.54% 4,983 47.08% 464 4.38% 155 1.46% 10,585 Monroe 1,856 60.50% 833 27.15% 379 12.35% 1,023 33.34% 3,068 Montgomery 788 46.99% 836 49.85% 53 3.16% -48 -2.86% 1,677 Nevada 1,605 58.34% 937 34.06% 209 7.60% 668 24.28% 2,751 Newton 844 31.41% 1,814 67.51% 29 1.08% -970 -36.10% 2,687 Ouachita 5,169 63.10% 2,439 29.77% 584 7.13% 2,730 33.33% 8,192 Perry 789 56.97% 501 36.17% 95 6.86% 288 20.79% 1,385 Phillips 4,105 61.48% 2,168 32.47% 404 6.05% 1,937 29.01% 6,677 Pike 997 47.43% 1,013 48.19% 92 4.38% -16 -0.76% 2,102 Poinsett 2,817 51.75% 2,430 44.64% 197 3.62% 387 7.11% 5,444 Polk 1,635 45.02% 1,882 51.82% 115 3.17% -247 -6.80% 3,632 Pope 2,760 49.38% 2,573 46.04% 256 4.58% 187 3.35% 5,589 Prairie 1,680 63.73% 734 27.85% 222 8.42% 946 35.89% 2,636 Pulaski 26,034 46.67% 22,146 39.70% 7,608 13.64% 3,888 6.97% 55,788 Randolph 1,556 47.47% 1,620 49.42% 102 3.11% -64 -1.95% 3,278 St. Francis 2,432 53.83% 1,786 39.53% 300 6.64% 646 14.30% 4,518 Saline 3,898 57.40% 2,195 32.32% 698 10.28% 1,703 25.08% 6,791 Scott 1,116 49.29% 1,137 50.22% 11 0.49% -21 -0.93% 2,264 Searcy 1,022 30.50% 2,297 68.55% 32 0.95% -1,275 -38.05% 3,351 Sebastian 8,726 42.16% 11,744 56.75% 226 1.09% -3,018 -14.58% 20,696 Sevier 1,580 55.73% 1,141 40.25% 114 4.02% 439 15.49% 2,835 Sharp 807 45.18% 911 51.01% 68 3.81% -104 -5.82% 1,786 Stone 897 46.17% 959 49.36% 87 4.48% -62 -3.19% 1,943 Union 6,500 47.92% 5,631 41.51% 1,434 10.57% 869 6.41% 13,565 Van Buren 1,158 51.08% 1,009 44.51% 100 4.41% 149 6.57% 2,267 Washington 5,391 34.38% 10,088 64.34% 200 1.28% -4,697 -29.96% 15,679 White 5,244 53.33% 3,985 40.52% 605 6.15% 1,259 12.80% 9,834 Woodruff 1,613 63.63% 667 26.31% 255 10.06% 946 37.32% 2,535 Yell 2,008 58.49% 1,303 37.96% 122 3.55% 705 20.54% 3,433 Totals 215,049 50.19% 184,508 43.06% 28,952 6.76% 30,541 7.13% 428,509
See also edit References edit ^ "United States Presidential election of 1960 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved June 7, 2017 . ^ "1960 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)". Retrieved June 7, 2017 . ^ "1960 Presidential General Election Results – Arkansas". Retrieved June 7, 2017 . ^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1960". Retrieved June 7, 2017 . ^ a b Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004 , p. 87 ISBN 0786422173 ^ Heersink, Boris; Peterson, Brenton D. and Jenkins, Jeffery A .; ‘Disasters and Elections: Estimating the Net Effect of Damage and Relief in Historical Perspective’; Political Analysis ; volume 25, issue 2 (April 2017), pp. 260-268. ^ "Election Statistics, 1920 to Present". Office of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives . Retrieved April 7, 2021 . ^ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections – Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections . Retrieved April 8, 2021 .
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Main article 1960 United States presidential election The 1960 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 8 1960 as part of the 1960 United States presidential election State voters chose eight 2 representatives or electors to the Electoral College who voted for president and vice president 1960 United States presidential election in Arkansas 1956 November 8 1960 1 1964 Nominee John F Kennedy Richard Nixon Orval FaubusParty Democratic Republican National States RightsHome state Massachusetts California ArkansasRunning mate Lyndon B Johnson Henry Cabot Lodge Jr John G CrommelinElectoral vote 8 0 0Popular vote 215 049 184 508 28 952Percentage 50 19 43 06 6 76 County Results Kennedy 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 Nixon 40 50 50 60 60 70 President before electionDwight D EisenhowerRepublican Elected President John F KennedyDemocraticArkansas was won by Senator John F Kennedy D Massachusetts running with Senator Lyndon B Johnson with 50 19 of the popular vote against incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon R California running with United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr with 43 06 of the popular vote National States Rights Party candidate Orval Faubus performed best in his home state of Arkansas earning 6 76 of the vote 3 4 Nixon was however the first ever Republican victor in the five northeastern counties of Clay Craighead Fulton Randolph and Sharp due to powerful Bible Belt anti Catholicism 5 In 1928 this was muted by the presence of Arkansas Senator Joseph T Robinson as Al Smith s running mate and perhaps by perception of Hoover s ineffectiveness at relieving the great 1927 flood 6 Nixon was also the first Republican victor in Marion County since Ulysses S Grant in 1868 5 As of the 2020 presidential election update this is the last time Democratic candidates simultaneously won the presidential election and the state s Class 2 senate seat Contents 1 Results 1 1 Results by county 2 See also 3 ReferencesResults edit1960 United States presidential election in Arkansas 7 8 Party Candidate Votes Democratic John F Kennedy 215 049 50 19 Republican Richard Nixon 184 508 43 06 National States Rights Party Orval Faubus 28 952 6 76 Total votes 428 509 100 Results by county edit County John Fitzgerald KennedyDemocratic Richard Milhous NixonRepublican Orval Eugene FaubusNational States Rights Margin Total votes cast Arkansas 2 789 52 44 2 043 38 42 486 9 14 746 14 03 5 318Ashley 3 118 62 04 1 288 25 63 620 12 34 1 830 36 41 5 026Baxter 1 694 43 67 2 108 54 34 77 1 99 414 10 67 3 879Benton 3 619 31 23 7 832 67 58 139 1 20 4 213 36 35 11 590Boone 2 774 44 51 3 388 54 36 71 1 14 614 9 85 6 233Bradley 2 960 70 31 873 20 74 377 8 95 2 087 49 57 4 210Calhoun 1 151 72 03 295 18 46 152 9 51 856 53 57 1 598Carroll 1 301 32 81 2 615 65 95 49 1 24 1 314 33 14 3 965Chicot 1 803 59 10 979 32 09 269 8 82 824 27 01 3 051Clark 3 295 64 82 1 357 26 70 431 8 48 1 938 38 13 5 083Clay 1 908 41 77 2 543 55 67 117 2 56 635 13 90 4 568Cleburne 1 144 50 13 1 026 44 96 112 4 91 118 5 17 2 282Cleveland 1 216 70 90 290 16 91 209 12 19 926 53 99 1 715Columbia 2 427 43 30 2 372 42 32 806 14 38 55 0 98 5 605Conway 2 900 60 47 1 685 35 13 211 4 40 1 215 25 33 4 796Craighead 4 898 45 61 5 258 48 97 582 5 42 360 3 35 10 738Crawford 2 430 41 14 3 373 57 10 104 1 76 943 15 96 5 907Crittenden 2 679 52 24 2 234 43 56 215 4 19 445 8 68 5 128Cross 2 088 57 76 1 287 35 60 240 6 64 801 22 16 3 615Dallas 1 639 62 68 659 25 20 317 12 12 980 37 48 2 615Desha 2 502 63 57 1 063 27 01 371 9 43 1 439 36 56 3 936Drew 2 107 62 49 889 26 36 376 11 15 1 218 36 12 3 372Faulkner 3 820 57 80 2 426 36 71 363 5 49 1 394 21 09 6 609Franklin 2 025 53 99 1 631 43 48 95 2 53 394 10 50 3 751Fulton 703 38 02 1 127 60 95 19 1 03 424 22 93 1 849Garland 6 333 45 42 7 204 51 66 407 2 92 871 6 25 13 944Grant 1 394 61 44 563 24 81 312 13 75 831 36 62 2 269Greene 2 774 49 81 2 658 47 73 137 2 46 116 2 08 5 569Hempstead 2 596 54 55 1 948 40 93 215 4 52 648 13 62 4 759Hot Spring 3 454 59 00 1 732 29 59 668 11 41 1 722 29 42 5 854Howard 1 366 49 95 1 225 44 79 144 5 27 141 5 16 2 735Independence 2 487 47 02 2 639 49 90 163 3 08 152 2 87 5 289Izard 1 340 59 61 808 35 94 100 4 45 532 23 67 2 248Jackson 2 860 55 44 1 986 38 50 313 6 07 874 16 94 5 159Jefferson 8 442 55 41 4 839 31 76 1 954 12 83 3 603 23 65 15 235Johnson 1 938 55 01 1 490 42 29 95 2 70 448 12 72 3 523Lafayette 1 286 55 31 713 30 67 326 14 02 573 24 65 2 325Lawrence 2 074 51 02 1 800 44 28 191 4 70 274 6 74 4 065Lee 1 409 52 17 1 034 38 28 258 9 55 375 13 88 2 701Lincoln 1 780 67 27 626 23 66 240 9 07 1 154 43 61 2 646Little River 1 514 65 17 692 29 79 117 5 04 822 35 39 2 323Logan 2 636 55 33 2 014 42 28 114 2 39 622 13 06 4 764Lonoke 2 991 55 93 1 560 29 17 797 14 90 1 431 26 76 5 348Madison 1 702 40 51 2 445 58 20 54 1 29 743 17 69 4 201Marion 968 48 21 1 016 50 60 24 1 20 48 2 39 2 008Miller 4 550 56 06 3 113 38 35 454 5 59 1 437 17 70 8 117Mississippi 5 138 48 54 4 983 47 08 464 4 38 155 1 46 10 585Monroe 1 856 60 50 833 27 15 379 12 35 1 023 33 34 3 068Montgomery 788 46 99 836 49 85 53 3 16 48 2 86 1 677Nevada 1 605 58 34 937 34 06 209 7 60 668 24 28 2 751Newton 844 31 41 1 814 67 51 29 1 08 970 36 10 2 687Ouachita 5 169 63 10 2 439 29 77 584 7 13 2 730 33 33 8 192Perry 789 56 97 501 36 17 95 6 86 288 20 79 1 385Phillips 4 105 61 48 2 168 32 47 404 6 05 1 937 29 01 6 677Pike 997 47 43 1 013 48 19 92 4 38 16 0 76 2 102Poinsett 2 817 51 75 2 430 44 64 197 3 62 387 7 11 5 444Polk 1 635 45 02 1 882 51 82 115 3 17 247 6 80 3 632Pope 2 760 49 38 2 573 46 04 256 4 58 187 3 35 5 589Prairie 1 680 63 73 734 27 85 222 8 42 946 35 89 2 636Pulaski 26 034 46 67 22 146 39 70 7 608 13 64 3 888 6 97 55 788Randolph 1 556 47 47 1 620 49 42 102 3 11 64 1 95 3 278St Francis 2 432 53 83 1 786 39 53 300 6 64 646 14 30 4 518Saline 3 898 57 40 2 195 32 32 698 10 28 1 703 25 08 6 791Scott 1 116 49 29 1 137 50 22 11 0 49 21 0 93 2 264Searcy 1 022 30 50 2 297 68 55 32 0 95 1 275 38 05 3 351Sebastian 8 726 42 16 11 744 56 75 226 1 09 3 018 14 58 20 696Sevier 1 580 55 73 1 141 40 25 114 4 02 439 15 49 2 835Sharp 807 45 18 911 51 01 68 3 81 104 5 82 1 786Stone 897 46 17 959 49 36 87 4 48 62 3 19 1 943Union 6 500 47 92 5 631 41 51 1 434 10 57 869 6 41 13 565Van Buren 1 158 51 08 1 009 44 51 100 4 41 149 6 57 2 267Washington 5 391 34 38 10 088 64 34 200 1 28 4 697 29 96 15 679White 5 244 53 33 3 985 40 52 605 6 15 1 259 12 80 9 834Woodruff 1 613 63 63 667 26 31 255 10 06 946 37 32 2 535Yell 2 008 58 49 1 303 37 96 122 3 55 705 20 54 3 433Totals 215 049 50 19 184 508 43 06 28 952 6 76 30 541 7 13 428 509See also editUnited States presidential elections in ArkansasReferences edit United States Presidential election of 1960 Encyclopaedia Britannica Retrieved June 7 2017 1960 Election for the Forty Fourth Term 1961 65 Retrieved June 7 2017 1960 Presidential General Election Results Arkansas Retrieved June 7 2017 The American Presidency Project Election of 1960 Retrieved June 7 2017 a b Menendez Albert J The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States 1868 2004 p 87 ISBN 0786422173 Heersink Boris Peterson Brenton D and Jenkins Jeffery A Disasters and Elections Estimating the Net Effect of Damage and Relief in Historical Perspective Political Analysis volume 25 issue 2 April 2017 pp 260 268 Election Statistics 1920 to Present Office of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives Retrieved April 7 2021 Dave Leip s Atlas of U S Presidential Elections Election Results Dave Leip s Atlas of U S Presidential Elections Retrieved April 8 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1960 United States presidential election in Arkansas amp oldid 1180753287, wikipedia, wiki , book, books, library,
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