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1960 United States presidential election in Kentucky

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.

1960 United States presidential election in Kentucky

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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 vote 10 0
Popular vote 602,607 521,855
Percentage 53.6% 46.4%

County Results

President before election

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

Elected President

John F. Kennedy
Democratic

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.

Results

1960 United States presidential election in Kentucky
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Richard Nixon 602,607 53.59%
Democratic John F. Kennedy 521,855 46.41%
Total votes 1,124,462 100%

Results by county

County Richard Milhous Nixon
Republican
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic
Margin Total votes cast[5]
# % # % # %
Adair 4,621 67.07% 2,269 32.93% 2,352 34.14% 6,890
Allen 3,410 67.22% 1,663 32.78% 1,747 34.44% 5,073
Anderson 2,033 49.94% 2,038 50.06% -5 -0.12% 4,071
Ballard 1,121 28.99% 2,746 71.01% -1,625 -42.02% 3,867
Barren 5,187 51.19% 4,946 48.81% 241 2.38% 10,133
Bath 1,888 47.75% 2,066 52.25% -178 -4.50% 3,954
Bell 6,805 56.77% 5,181 43.23% 1,624 13.55% 11,986
Boone 4,835 61.99% 2,965 38.01% 1,870 23.97% 7,800
Bourbon 2,379 42.98% 3,156 57.02% -777 -14.04% 5,535
Boyd 11,305 55.42% 9,094 44.58% 2,211 10.84% 20,399
Boyle 3,624 52.28% 3,308 47.72% 316 4.56% 6,932
Bracken 2,002 60.16% 1,326 39.84% 676 20.31% 3,328
Breathitt 1,996 37.64% 3,307 62.36% -1,311 -24.72% 5,303
Breckinridge 3,979 55.92% 3,136 44.08% 843 11.85% 7,115
Bullitt 2,683 52.40% 2,437 47.60% 246 4.80% 5,120
Butler 3,656 78.66% 992 21.34% 2,664 57.31% 4,648
Caldwell 3,442 61.70% 2,137 38.30% 1,305 23.39% 5,579
Calloway 3,356 41.69% 4,693 58.31% -1,337 -16.61% 8,049
Campbell 17,388 54.21% 14,690 45.79% 2,698 8.41% 32,078
Carlisle 978 35.59% 1,770 64.41% -792 -28.82% 2,748
Carroll 1,135 33.78% 2,225 66.22% -1,090 -32.44% 3,360
Carter 4,956 58.76% 3,479 41.24% 1,477 17.51% 8,435
Casey 4,811 77.30% 1,413 22.70% 3,398 54.60% 6,224
Christian 5,251 43.31% 6,874 56.69% -1,623 -13.39% 12,125
Clark 3,317 52.31% 3,024 47.69% 293 4.62% 6,341
Clay 4,922 78.09% 1,381 21.91% 3,541 56.18% 6,303
Clinton 3,524 84.11% 666 15.89% 2,858 68.21% 4,190
Crittenden 2,770 67.74% 1,319 32.26% 1,451 35.49% 4,089
Cumberland 2,697 76.25% 840 23.75% 1,857 52.50% 3,537
Daviess 13,385 57.62% 9,846 42.38% 3,539 15.23% 23,231
Edmonson 2,884 72.83% 1,076 27.17% 1,808 45.66% 3,960
Elliott 789 31.27% 1,734 68.73% -945 -37.46% 2,523
Estill 3,238 64.85% 1,755 35.15% 1,483 29.70% 4,993
Fayette 25,169 60.43% 16,478 39.57% 8,691 20.87% 41,647
Fleming 2,777 55.62% 2,216 44.38% 561 11.24% 4,993
Floyd 5,010 33.66% 9,876 66.34% -4,866 -32.69% 14,886
Franklin 4,742 40.21% 7,052 59.79% -2,310 -19.59% 11,794
Fulton 1,567 36.65% 2,708 63.35% -1,141 -26.69% 4,275
Gallatin 756 42.38% 1,028 57.62% -272 -15.25% 1,784
Garrard 2,759 60.78% 1,780 39.22% 979 21.57% 4,539
Grant 2,163 53.25% 1,899 46.75% 264 6.50% 4,062
Graves 4,854 38.70% 7,689 61.30% -2,835 -22.60% 12,543
Grayson 4,807 67.12% 2,355 32.88% 2,452 34.24% 7,162
Green 3,606 69.53% 1,580 30.47% 2,026 39.07% 5,186
Greenup 6,101 53.77% 5,245 46.23% 856 7.54% 11,346
Hancock 1,488 59.38% 1,018 40.62% 470 18.75% 2,506
Hardin 6,191 54.63% 5,141 45.37% 1,050 9.27% 11,332
Harlan 7,485 44.83% 9,211 55.17% -1,726 -10.34% 16,696
Harrison 2,306 39.85% 3,481 60.15% -1,175 -20.30% 5,787
Hart 3,610 53.57% 3,129 46.43% 481 7.14% 6,739
Henderson 5,302 48.79% 5,565 51.21% -263 -2.42% 10,867
Henry 1,714 36.60% 2,969 63.40% -1,255 -26.80% 4,683
Hickman 968 30.79% 2,176 69.21% -1,208 -38.42% 3,144
Hopkins 5,574 46.41% 6,436 53.59% -862 -7.18% 12,010
Jackson 3,923 90.35% 419 9.65% 3,504 80.70% 4,342
Jefferson 118,575 50.30% 117,180 49.70% 1,395 0.59% 235,755
Jessamine 2,787 57.95% 2,022 42.05% 765 15.91% 4,809
Johnson 5,317 66.97% 2,622 33.03% 2,695 33.95% 7,939
Kenton 21,857 52.89% 19,466 47.11% 2,391 5.79% 41,323
Knott 1,412 26.30% 3,957 73.70% -2,545 -47.40% 5,369
Knox 5,814 66.29% 2,956 33.71% 2,858 32.59% 8,770
Larue 2,668 60.90% 1,713 39.10% 955 21.80% 4,381
Laurel 7,485 76.42% 2,309 23.58% 5,176 52.85% 9,794
Lawrence 3,030 54.69% 2,510 45.31% 520 9.39% 5,540
Lee 2,012 67.74% 958 32.26% 1,054 35.49% 2,970
Leslie 3,894 83.05% 795 16.95% 3,099 66.09% 4,689
Letcher 4,408 50.87% 4,258 49.13% 150 1.73% 8,666
Lewis 3,816 69.41% 1,682 30.59% 2,134 38.81% 5,498
Lincoln 3,747 61.15% 2,381 38.85% 1,366 22.29% 6,128
Livingston 1,639 51.92% 1,518 48.08% 121 3.83% 3,157
Logan 4,117 46.59% 4,719 53.41% -602 -6.81% 8,836
Lyon 1,024 42.61% 1,379 57.39% -355 -14.77% 2,403
Madison 6,692 54.35% 5,621 45.65% 1,071 8.70% 12,313
Magoffin 2,736 52.54% 2,471 47.46% 265 5.09% 5,207
Marion 2,203 33.92% 4,292 66.08% -2,089 -32.16% 6,495
Marshall 3,388 49.30% 3,484 50.70% -96 -1.40% 6,872
Martin 2,809 71.57% 1,116 28.43% 1,693 43.13% 3,925
Mason 4,334 57.89% 3,153 42.11% 1,181 15.77% 7,487
McCracken 9,689 43.59% 12,539 56.41% -2,850 -12.82% 22,228
McCreary 3,671 79.89% 924 20.11% 2,747 59.78% 4,595
McLean 2,269 56.94% 1,716 43.06% 553 13.88% 3,985
Meade 1,826 43.36% 2,385 56.64% -559 -13.27% 4,211
Menifee 817 45.24% 989 54.76% -172 -9.52% 1,806
Mercer 3,569 56.81% 2,713 43.19% 856 13.63% 6,282
Metcalfe 2,146 58.02% 1,553 41.98% 593 16.03% 3,699
Monroe 4,337 81.72% 970 18.28% 3,367 63.44% 5,307
Montgomery 2,451 48.25% 2,629 51.75% -178 -3.50% 5,080
Morgan 1,718 37.12% 2,910 62.88% -1,192 -25.76% 4,628
Muhlenberg 5,968 57.41% 4,427 42.59% 1,541 14.82% 10,395
Nelson 3,021 39.06% 4,713 60.94% -1,692 -21.88% 7,734
Nicholas 1,058 42.10% 1,455 57.90% -397 -15.80% 2,513
Ohio 5,230 68.37% 2,420 31.63% 2,810 36.73% 7,650
Oldham 2,221 53.12% 1,960 46.88% 261 6.24% 4,181
Owen 1,212 33.13% 2,446 66.87% -1,234 -33.73% 3,658
Owsley 2,169 86.24% 346 13.76% 1,823 72.49% 2,515
Pendleton 2,387 61.46% 1,497 38.54% 890 22.91% 3,884
Perry 5,754 53.65% 4,971 46.35% 783 7.30% 10,725
Pike 9,956 43.30% 13,039 56.70% -3,083 -13.41% 22,995
Powell 1,508 57.34% 1,122 42.66% 386 14.68% 2,630
Pulaski 11,899 79.35% 3,097 20.65% 8,802 58.70% 14,996
Robertson 594 47.67% 652 52.33% -58 -4.65% 1,246
Rockcastle 3,982 77.73% 1,141 22.27% 2,841 55.46% 5,123
Rowan 2,558 51.47% 2,412 48.53% 146 2.94% 4,970
Russell 3,636 74.72% 1,230 25.28% 2,406 49.45% 4,866
Scott 2,200 45.85% 2,598 54.15% -398 -8.30% 4,798
Shelby 2,934 43.43% 3,822 56.57% -888 -13.14% 6,756
Simpson 1,927 42.18% 2,642 57.82% -715 -15.65% 4,569
Spencer 1,134 51.97% 1,048 48.03% 86 3.94% 2,182
Taylor 4,669 68.11% 2,186 31.89% 2,483 36.22% 6,855
Todd 1,846 39.50% 2,827 60.50% -981 -20.99% 4,673
Trigg 1,500 38.35% 2,411 61.65% -911 -23.29% 3,911
Trimble 743 31.89% 1,587 68.11% -844 -36.22% 2,330
Union 1,789 34.10% 3,457 65.90% -1,668 -31.80% 5,246
Warren 9,074 54.89% 7,457 45.11% 1,617 9.78% 16,531
Washington 2,632 52.40% 2,391 47.60% 241 4.80% 5,023
Wayne 3,973 66.92% 1,964 33.08% 2,009 33.84% 5,937
Webster 2,498 44.00% 3,179 56.00% -681 -12.00% 5,677
Whitley 7,553 71.84% 2,961 28.16% 4,592 43.68% 10,514
Wolfe 1,259 44.76% 1,554 55.24% -295 -10.49% 2,813
Woodford 2,227 53.32% 1,950 46.68% 277 6.63% 4,177
Totals 602,607 53.59% 521,855 46.41% 80,752 7.18% 1,124,462

References

  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1960 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  2. ^ "1960 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)". Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  3. ^ "1960 Presidential General Election Results – Kentucky". Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  4. ^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1960". Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  5. ^ Our Campaigns; KY US Presidential Race, November 08, 1960

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Main article 1960 United States presidential election 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 1960 United States presidential election in Kentucky 1956 November 8 1960 1 1964 Nominee Richard Nixon John F KennedyParty Republican DemocraticHome state California MassachusettsRunning mate Henry Cabot Lodge Jr Lyndon B JohnsonElectoral vote 10 0Popular vote 602 607 521 855Percentage 53 6 46 4 County Results Nixon 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 90 100 Kennedy 50 60 60 70 70 80 President before electionDwight D EisenhowerRepublican Elected President John F KennedyDemocraticKentucky was won by incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon R California 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 D Massachusetts 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 Results Edit1960 United States presidential election in Kentucky Party Candidate Votes Republican Richard Nixon 602 607 53 59 Democratic John F Kennedy 521 855 46 41 Total votes 1 124 462 100 Results by county Edit County Richard Milhous NixonRepublican John Fitzgerald KennedyDemocratic Margin Total votes cast 5 Adair 4 621 67 07 2 269 32 93 2 352 34 14 6 890Allen 3 410 67 22 1 663 32 78 1 747 34 44 5 073Anderson 2 033 49 94 2 038 50 06 5 0 12 4 071Ballard 1 121 28 99 2 746 71 01 1 625 42 02 3 867Barren 5 187 51 19 4 946 48 81 241 2 38 10 133Bath 1 888 47 75 2 066 52 25 178 4 50 3 954Bell 6 805 56 77 5 181 43 23 1 624 13 55 11 986Boone 4 835 61 99 2 965 38 01 1 870 23 97 7 800Bourbon 2 379 42 98 3 156 57 02 777 14 04 5 535Boyd 11 305 55 42 9 094 44 58 2 211 10 84 20 399Boyle 3 624 52 28 3 308 47 72 316 4 56 6 932Bracken 2 002 60 16 1 326 39 84 676 20 31 3 328Breathitt 1 996 37 64 3 307 62 36 1 311 24 72 5 303Breckinridge 3 979 55 92 3 136 44 08 843 11 85 7 115Bullitt 2 683 52 40 2 437 47 60 246 4 80 5 120Butler 3 656 78 66 992 21 34 2 664 57 31 4 648Caldwell 3 442 61 70 2 137 38 30 1 305 23 39 5 579Calloway 3 356 41 69 4 693 58 31 1 337 16 61 8 049Campbell 17 388 54 21 14 690 45 79 2 698 8 41 32 078Carlisle 978 35 59 1 770 64 41 792 28 82 2 748Carroll 1 135 33 78 2 225 66 22 1 090 32 44 3 360Carter 4 956 58 76 3 479 41 24 1 477 17 51 8 435Casey 4 811 77 30 1 413 22 70 3 398 54 60 6 224Christian 5 251 43 31 6 874 56 69 1 623 13 39 12 125Clark 3 317 52 31 3 024 47 69 293 4 62 6 341Clay 4 922 78 09 1 381 21 91 3 541 56 18 6 303Clinton 3 524 84 11 666 15 89 2 858 68 21 4 190Crittenden 2 770 67 74 1 319 32 26 1 451 35 49 4 089Cumberland 2 697 76 25 840 23 75 1 857 52 50 3 537Daviess 13 385 57 62 9 846 42 38 3 539 15 23 23 231Edmonson 2 884 72 83 1 076 27 17 1 808 45 66 3 960Elliott 789 31 27 1 734 68 73 945 37 46 2 523Estill 3 238 64 85 1 755 35 15 1 483 29 70 4 993Fayette 25 169 60 43 16 478 39 57 8 691 20 87 41 647Fleming 2 777 55 62 2 216 44 38 561 11 24 4 993Floyd 5 010 33 66 9 876 66 34 4 866 32 69 14 886Franklin 4 742 40 21 7 052 59 79 2 310 19 59 11 794Fulton 1 567 36 65 2 708 63 35 1 141 26 69 4 275Gallatin 756 42 38 1 028 57 62 272 15 25 1 784Garrard 2 759 60 78 1 780 39 22 979 21 57 4 539Grant 2 163 53 25 1 899 46 75 264 6 50 4 062Graves 4 854 38 70 7 689 61 30 2 835 22 60 12 543Grayson 4 807 67 12 2 355 32 88 2 452 34 24 7 162Green 3 606 69 53 1 580 30 47 2 026 39 07 5 186Greenup 6 101 53 77 5 245 46 23 856 7 54 11 346Hancock 1 488 59 38 1 018 40 62 470 18 75 2 506Hardin 6 191 54 63 5 141 45 37 1 050 9 27 11 332Harlan 7 485 44 83 9 211 55 17 1 726 10 34 16 696Harrison 2 306 39 85 3 481 60 15 1 175 20 30 5 787Hart 3 610 53 57 3 129 46 43 481 7 14 6 739Henderson 5 302 48 79 5 565 51 21 263 2 42 10 867Henry 1 714 36 60 2 969 63 40 1 255 26 80 4 683Hickman 968 30 79 2 176 69 21 1 208 38 42 3 144Hopkins 5 574 46 41 6 436 53 59 862 7 18 12 010Jackson 3 923 90 35 419 9 65 3 504 80 70 4 342Jefferson 118 575 50 30 117 180 49 70 1 395 0 59 235 755Jessamine 2 787 57 95 2 022 42 05 765 15 91 4 809Johnson 5 317 66 97 2 622 33 03 2 695 33 95 7 939Kenton 21 857 52 89 19 466 47 11 2 391 5 79 41 323Knott 1 412 26 30 3 957 73 70 2 545 47 40 5 369Knox 5 814 66 29 2 956 33 71 2 858 32 59 8 770Larue 2 668 60 90 1 713 39 10 955 21 80 4 381Laurel 7 485 76 42 2 309 23 58 5 176 52 85 9 794Lawrence 3 030 54 69 2 510 45 31 520 9 39 5 540Lee 2 012 67 74 958 32 26 1 054 35 49 2 970Leslie 3 894 83 05 795 16 95 3 099 66 09 4 689Letcher 4 408 50 87 4 258 49 13 150 1 73 8 666Lewis 3 816 69 41 1 682 30 59 2 134 38 81 5 498Lincoln 3 747 61 15 2 381 38 85 1 366 22 29 6 128Livingston 1 639 51 92 1 518 48 08 121 3 83 3 157Logan 4 117 46 59 4 719 53 41 602 6 81 8 836Lyon 1 024 42 61 1 379 57 39 355 14 77 2 403Madison 6 692 54 35 5 621 45 65 1 071 8 70 12 313Magoffin 2 736 52 54 2 471 47 46 265 5 09 5 207Marion 2 203 33 92 4 292 66 08 2 089 32 16 6 495Marshall 3 388 49 30 3 484 50 70 96 1 40 6 872Martin 2 809 71 57 1 116 28 43 1 693 43 13 3 925Mason 4 334 57 89 3 153 42 11 1 181 15 77 7 487McCracken 9 689 43 59 12 539 56 41 2 850 12 82 22 228McCreary 3 671 79 89 924 20 11 2 747 59 78 4 595McLean 2 269 56 94 1 716 43 06 553 13 88 3 985Meade 1 826 43 36 2 385 56 64 559 13 27 4 211Menifee 817 45 24 989 54 76 172 9 52 1 806Mercer 3 569 56 81 2 713 43 19 856 13 63 6 282Metcalfe 2 146 58 02 1 553 41 98 593 16 03 3 699Monroe 4 337 81 72 970 18 28 3 367 63 44 5 307Montgomery 2 451 48 25 2 629 51 75 178 3 50 5 080Morgan 1 718 37 12 2 910 62 88 1 192 25 76 4 628Muhlenberg 5 968 57 41 4 427 42 59 1 541 14 82 10 395Nelson 3 021 39 06 4 713 60 94 1 692 21 88 7 734Nicholas 1 058 42 10 1 455 57 90 397 15 80 2 513Ohio 5 230 68 37 2 420 31 63 2 810 36 73 7 650Oldham 2 221 53 12 1 960 46 88 261 6 24 4 181Owen 1 212 33 13 2 446 66 87 1 234 33 73 3 658Owsley 2 169 86 24 346 13 76 1 823 72 49 2 515Pendleton 2 387 61 46 1 497 38 54 890 22 91 3 884Perry 5 754 53 65 4 971 46 35 783 7 30 10 725Pike 9 956 43 30 13 039 56 70 3 083 13 41 22 995Powell 1 508 57 34 1 122 42 66 386 14 68 2 630Pulaski 11 899 79 35 3 097 20 65 8 802 58 70 14 996Robertson 594 47 67 652 52 33 58 4 65 1 246Rockcastle 3 982 77 73 1 141 22 27 2 841 55 46 5 123Rowan 2 558 51 47 2 412 48 53 146 2 94 4 970Russell 3 636 74 72 1 230 25 28 2 406 49 45 4 866Scott 2 200 45 85 2 598 54 15 398 8 30 4 798Shelby 2 934 43 43 3 822 56 57 888 13 14 6 756Simpson 1 927 42 18 2 642 57 82 715 15 65 4 569Spencer 1 134 51 97 1 048 48 03 86 3 94 2 182Taylor 4 669 68 11 2 186 31 89 2 483 36 22 6 855Todd 1 846 39 50 2 827 60 50 981 20 99 4 673Trigg 1 500 38 35 2 411 61 65 911 23 29 3 911Trimble 743 31 89 1 587 68 11 844 36 22 2 330Union 1 789 34 10 3 457 65 90 1 668 31 80 5 246Warren 9 074 54 89 7 457 45 11 1 617 9 78 16 531Washington 2 632 52 40 2 391 47 60 241 4 80 5 023Wayne 3 973 66 92 1 964 33 08 2 009 33 84 5 937Webster 2 498 44 00 3 179 56 00 681 12 00 5 677Whitley 7 553 71 84 2 961 28 16 4 592 43 68 10 514Wolfe 1 259 44 76 1 554 55 24 295 10 49 2 813Woodford 2 227 53 32 1 950 46 68 277 6 63 4 177Totals 602 607 53 59 521 855 46 41 80 752 7 18 1 124 462References Edit United States Presidential election of 1960 Encyclopaedia Britannica Retrieved June 6 2017 1960 Election for the Forty Fourth Term 1961 65 Retrieved June 6 2017 1960 Presidential General Election Results Kentucky Retrieved June 6 2017 The American Presidency Project Election of 1960 Retrieved June 6 2017 Our Campaigns KY US Presidential Race November 08 1960 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1960 United States presidential election in Kentucky amp oldid 1088934756, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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