1960 United States presidential election in Maryland
The 1960 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. Maryland voters chose 9[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Maryland was won by Senator John F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 53.61% 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 46.39% of the popular vote.[3][4]
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John F. Kennedy | 565,808 | 53.61% | |
Republican | Richard Nixon | 489,538 | 46.39% | |
Write-in | 3 | 0.00% | ||
Total votes | 1,055,349 | 100% |
Results by county
County | John Fitzgerald Kennedy Democratic |
Richard Milhous Nixon Republican |
Margin | Total votes cast[5] | |||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Allegany | 13,701 | 40.07% | 20,489 | 59.93% | -6,788 | -19.85% | 34,190 |
Anne Arundel | 26,063 | 46.00% | 30,595 | 54.00% | -4,532 | -8.00% | 56,658 |
Baltimore County | 94,396 | 49.57% | 96,027 | 50.43% | -1,631 | -0.86% | 190,423 |
Baltimore City | 202,752 | 63.87% | 114,705 | 36.13% | 88,047 | 27.74% | 317,457 |
Calvert | 2,535 | 54.07% | 2,153 | 45.93% | 382 | 8.15% | 4,688 |
Caroline | 3,381 | 47.76% | 3,698 | 52.24% | -317 | -4.48% | 7,079 |
Carroll | 5,763 | 33.49% | 11,445 | 66.51% | -5,682 | -33.02% | 17,208 |
Cecil | 6,065 | 45.15% | 7,368 | 54.85% | -1,303 | -9.70% | 13,433 |
Charles | 5,482 | 54.59% | 4,560 | 45.41% | 922 | 9.18% | 10,042 |
Dorchester | 4,964 | 51.76% | 4,626 | 48.24% | 338 | 3.52% | 9,590 |
Frederick | 9,910 | 42.50% | 13,408 | 57.50% | -3,498 | -15.00% | 23,319[lower-alpha 1] |
Garrett | 2,357 | 31.79% | 5,057 | 68.21% | -2,700 | -36.42% | 7,414 |
Harford | 9,293 | 43.46% | 12,090 | 56.54% | -2,797 | -13.08% | 21,383 |
Howard | 5,412 | 43.42% | 7,051 | 56.57% | -1,639 | -13.15% | 12,465[lower-alpha 2] |
Kent | 3,079 | 48.54% | 3,264 | 51.46% | -185 | -2.92% | 6,343 |
Montgomery | 66,025 | 51.54% | 62,079 | 48.46% | 3,946 | 3.08% | 128,104 |
Prince George's | 62,013 | 58.05% | 44,817 | 41.95% | 17,196 | 16.10% | 106,830 |
Queen Anne's | 3,129 | 51.85% | 2,906 | 48.15% | 223 | 3.70% | 6,035 |
Somerset | 3,948 | 49.49% | 4,030 | 50.51% | -82 | -1.03% | 7,978 |
St. Mary's | 5,752 | 65.13% | 3,080 | 34.87% | 2,672 | 30.25% | 8,832 |
Talbot | 3,462 | 40.94% | 4,995 | 59.06% | -1,533 | -18.13% | 8,457 |
Washington | 15,632 | 46.72% | 17,828 | 53.28% | -2,196 | -6.56% | 33,460 |
Wicomico | 7,350 | 45.88% | 8,671 | 54.12% | -1,321 | -8.25% | 16,021 |
Worcester | 3,347 | 45.71% | 3,976 | 54.29% | -629 | -8.59% | 7,323 |
Totals | 565,811 | 53.65% | 488,918 | 46.35% | 76,893 | 7.29% | 1,054,729 |
Notes
- One write-in vote was recorded form this county.
- Two write-in votes were recorded form this county.
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References
- "United States Presidential election of 1960 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved June 8, 2017.
- "1960 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)". Retrieved June 8, 2017.
- "1960 Presidential General Election Results - Maryland". Retrieved June 8, 2017.
- "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1960". Retrieved June 8, 2017.
- Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 211 ISBN 0405077114
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