1960 United States presidential election in South Carolina
The 1960 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. South Carolina voters chose 8[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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County Results
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South Carolina was won by Senator John F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Texas Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 51.24% 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. of Massachusetts, with 48.76% of the popular vote.[3][4] Nixon tended to win counties with high levels of African Americans, while Kennedy got more votes in northern counties.
This was the second to last time South Carolina has voted Democratic. Had Gerald Ford won the state in 1976, the Palmetto State would have the nation's longest Republican streak.
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John F. Kennedy | 198,129 | 51.24% | |
Republican | Richard Nixon | 188,558 | 48.76% | |
Write-in | 1 | 0.00% | ||
Total votes | 386,688 | 100% |
Results by county
County | John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic |
Richard Milhous Nixon
Republican |
Total votes cast | ||
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# | % | # | % | ||
Abbeville | 3,064 | 78.38% | 845 | 21.62% | 3,909 |
Aiken | 6,674 | 38.38% | 10,715 | 61.62% | 17,389 |
Allendale | 583 | 39.63% | 888 | 60.37% | 1,471 |
Anderson | 13,901 | 78.33% | 3,845 | 21.67% | 17,746 |
Bamberg | 908 | 35.47% | 1,652 | 64.53% | 2,560 |
Barnwell | 1,331 | 41.95% | 1,842 | 58.05% | 3,173 |
Beaufort | 1,800 | 47.11% | 2,021 | 52.89% | 3,821 |
Berkeley | 2,542 | 51.21% | 2,422 | 48.79% | 4,964 |
Calhoun | 536 | 38.62% | 852 | 61.38% | 1,388 |
Charleston | 12,010 | 36.14% | 21,223 | 63.86% | 33,233 |
Cherokee | 5,391 | 77.50% | 1,565 | 22.50% | 6,956 |
Chester | 4,262 | 71.97% | 1,660 | 28.03% | 5,922 |
Chesterfield | 4,450 | 76.43% | 1,372 | 23.57% | 5,822 |
Clarendon | 1,134 | 43.97% | 1,445 | 56.03% | 2,579 |
Colleton | 1,962 | 43.77% | 2,521 | 56.23% | 4,483 |
Darlington | 4,668 | 57.19% | 3,494 | 42.81% | 8,162 |
Dillon | 2,652 | 64.83% | 1,439 | 35.17% | 4,091 |
Dorchester | 2,357 | 40.07% | 3,525 | 59.93% | 5,882 |
Edgefield | 846 | 36.88% | 1,448 | 63.12% | 2,294 |
Fairfield | 1,633 | 51.32% | 1,549 | 48.68% | 3,182 |
Florence | 6,090 | 51.15% | 5,815 | 48.85% | 11,905[lower-alpha 1] |
Georgetown | 2,811 | 51.88% | 2,607 | 48.12% | 5,418 |
Greenville | 13,976 | 38.15% | 22,657 | 61.85% | 36,633 |
Greenwood | 5,283 | 64.03% | 2,968 | 35.97% | 8,251 |
Hampton | 790 | 37.41% | 1,322 | 62.59% | 2,112 |
Horry | 6,006 | 61.45% | 3,768 | 38.55% | 9,774 |
Jasper | 721 | 48.07% | 779 | 51.93% | 1,500 |
Kershaw | 3,178 | 47.84% | 3,465 | 52.16% | 6,643 |
Lancaster | 5,561 | 65.66% | 2,909 | 34.34% | 8,470 |
Laurens | 4,547 | 57.95% | 3,299 | 42.05% | 7,846 |
Lee | 1,487 | 53.41% | 1,297 | 46.59% | 2,784 |
Lexington | 4,159 | 38.98% | 6,511 | 61.02% | 10,670 |
McCormick | 680 | 66.21% | 347 | 33.79% | 1,027 |
Marion | 2,397 | 59.29% | 1,646 | 40.71% | 4,043 |
Marlboro | 2,586 | 66.70% | 1,291 | 33.30% | 3,877 |
Newberry | 3,143 | 52.52% | 2,841 | 47.48% | 5,984 |
Oconee | 4,328 | 69.65% | 1,886 | 30.35% | 6,214 |
Orangeburg | 3,890 | 42.64% | 5,233 | 57.36% | 9,123 |
Pickens | 2,546 | 37.74% | 4,201 | 62.26% | 6,747 |
Richland | 11,694 | 36.06% | 20,736 | 63.94% | 32,430 |
Saluda | 1,353 | 51.62% | 1,268 | 48.38% | 2,621 |
Spartanburg | 20,134 | 64.79% | 10,940 | 35.21% | 31,074 |
Sumter | 2,616 | 36.09% | 4,633 | 63.91% | 7,249 |
Union | 5,229 | 72.53% | 1,980 | 27.47% | 7,209 |
Williamsburg | 1,513 | 39.43% | 2,324 | 60.57% | 3,837 |
York | 8,707 | 61.23% | 5,512 | 38.77% | 14,219 |
Totals | 198,129 | 51.24% | 188,558 | 48.76% | 386,687 |
Notes
- There was one write-in vote from Florence County
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 - South Carolina". Retrieved June 8, 2017.
- "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1960". Retrieved June 8, 2017.