1960 United States presidential election in Idaho
The 1960 United States presidential election in Idaho took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. State voters chose four[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Idaho was won by incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (R–California), running with United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., with 53.78 percent of the popular vote, against Senator John F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 46.22 percent of the popular vote.[3][4] As of the 2016 presidential election, this is the last election in which Custer County and Camas County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[5]
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Richard Nixon | 161,597 | 53.78% | |
Democratic | John F. Kennedy | 138,853 | 46.22% | |
Total votes | 300,450 | 100.00% |
Results by county
County | Richard Milhous Nixon Republican |
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Democratic |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Ada | 27,703 | 61.95% | 17,017 | 38.05% | 10,686 | 23.90% | 44,720 |
Adams | 799 | 52.46% | 724 | 47.54% | 75 | 4.92% | 1,523 |
Bannock | 9,157 | 42.11% | 12,586 | 57.89% | -3,429 | -15.77% | 21,743 |
Bear Lake | 1,963 | 55.67% | 1,563 | 44.33% | 400 | 11.34% | 3,526 |
Benewah | 1,274 | 42.05% | 1,756 | 57.95% | -482 | -15.91% | 3,030 |
Bingham | 5,934 | 55.06% | 4,843 | 44.94% | 1,091 | 10.12% | 10,777 |
Blaine | 1,216 | 49.27% | 1,252 | 50.73% | -36 | -1.46% | 2,468 |
Boise | 456 | 51.35% | 432 | 48.65% | 24 | 2.70% | 888 |
Bonner | 3,575 | 46.80% | 4,064 | 53.20% | -489 | -6.40% | 7,639 |
Bonneville | 11,111 | 55.68% | 8,845 | 44.32% | 2,266 | 11.35% | 19,956 |
Boundary | 1,237 | 45.18% | 1,501 | 54.82% | -264 | -9.64% | 2,738 |
Butte | 680 | 40.45% | 1,001 | 59.55% | -321 | -19.10% | 1,681 |
Camas | 284 | 46.86% | 322 | 53.14% | -38 | -6.27% | 606 |
Canyon | 15,865 | 62.10% | 9,681 | 37.90% | 6,184 | 24.21% | 25,546 |
Caribou | 1,544 | 54.42% | 1,293 | 45.58% | 251 | 8.85% | 2,837 |
Cassia | 4,297 | 63.73% | 2,445 | 36.27% | 1,852 | 27.47% | 6,742 |
Clark | 283 | 61.66% | 176 | 38.34% | 107 | 23.31% | 459 |
Clearwater | 1,193 | 33.14% | 2,407 | 66.86% | -1,214 | -33.72% | 3,600 |
Custer | 651 | 43.72% | 838 | 56.28% | -187 | -12.56% | 1,489 |
Elmore | 2,226 | 47.71% | 2,440 | 52.29% | -214 | -4.59% | 4,666 |
Franklin | 2,633 | 66.07% | 1,352 | 33.93% | 1,281 | 32.15% | 3,985 |
Fremont | 2,230 | 54.17% | 1,887 | 45.83% | 343 | 8.33% | 4,117 |
Gem | 2,428 | 55.13% | 1,976 | 44.87% | 452 | 10.26% | 4,404 |
Gooding | 2,523 | 55.72% | 2,005 | 44.28% | 518 | 11.44% | 4,528 |
Idaho | 2,248 | 40.84% | 3,256 | 59.16% | -1,008 | -18.31% | 5,504 |
Jefferson | 2,625 | 52.51% | 2,374 | 47.49% | 251 | 5.02% | 4,999 |
Jerome | 3,031 | 58.49% | 2,151 | 41.51% | 880 | 16.98% | 5,182 |
Kootenai | 6,704 | 46.40% | 7,744 | 53.60% | -1,040 | -7.20% | 14,448 |
Latah | 4,789 | 50.81% | 4,636 | 49.19% | 153 | 1.62% | 9,425 |
Lemhi | 1,355 | 51.36% | 1,283 | 48.64% | 72 | 2.73% | 2,638 |
Lewis | 781 | 35.29% | 1,432 | 64.71% | -651 | -29.42% | 2,213 |
Lincoln | 970 | 55.33% | 783 | 44.67% | 187 | 10.67% | 1,753 |
Madison | 2,374 | 58.59% | 1,678 | 41.41% | 696 | 17.18% | 4,052 |
Minidoka | 3,360 | 57.66% | 2,467 | 42.34% | 893 | 15.33% | 5,827 |
Nez Perce | 5,203 | 39.58% | 7,944 | 60.42% | -2,741 | -20.85% | 13,147 |
Oneida | 1,111 | 58.17% | 799 | 41.83% | 312 | 16.34% | 1,910 |
Owyhee | 1,500 | 57.06% | 1,129 | 42.94% | 371 | 14.11% | 2,629 |
Payette | 3,472 | 61.94% | 2,133 | 38.06% | 1,339 | 23.89% | 5,605 |
Power | 1,065 | 52.59% | 960 | 47.41% | 105 | 5.19% | 2,025 |
Shoshone | 3,432 | 40.70% | 5,001 | 59.30% | -1,569 | -18.61% | 8,433 |
Teton | 714 | 55.65% | 569 | 44.35% | 145 | 11.30% | 1,283 |
Twin Falls | 12,171 | 62.15% | 7,413 | 37.85% | 4,758 | 24.30% | 19,584 |
Valley | 1,179 | 56.28% | 916 | 43.72% | 263 | 12.55% | 2,095 |
Washington | 2,251 | 55.86% | 1,779 | 44.14% | 472 | 11.71% | 4,030 |
Totals | 161,597 | 53.78% | 138,853 | 46.22% | 22,744 | 7.57% | 300,450 |
References
- "United States Presidential election of 1960 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- "1960 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)". Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- "1960 Presidential General Election Results - Idaho". Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1960". Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016