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.
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Kentucky 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]
Results
| 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 |
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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 – 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
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