1960 United States presidential election in Minnesota

The 1960 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 8, 1960 as part of the 1960 United States presidential election.

1960 United States presidential election in Minnesota

November 8, 1960
Turnout79.39%[1]
 
Nominee John F. Kennedy Richard Nixon
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Massachusetts California
Running mate Lyndon B. Johnson Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
Electoral vote 11 0
Popular vote 779,933 757,915
Percentage 50.6% 49.2%

County Results

President before election

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

Elected President

John F. Kennedy
Democratic

Minnesota was won by the Democratic Party candidate U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts won the state over incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon by a margin of 22,018 votes, or 1.42%. Kennedy went on to win the election nationally, but by the closest margin since Woodrow Wilson's re-election in 1916. This was the last presidential election held in Minnesota before the elimination of the 9th congressional district in 1963. It was also the last time Mower County voted for a Republican presidential candidate until Donald Trump in 2016.[2]

Results

1960 United States presidential election in Minnesota[3]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic John F. Kennedy 779,933 50.58% 11
Republican Richard Nixon 757,915 49.16% 0
Socialist Workers Farrell Dobbs 3,077 0.20% 0
Industrial Government Eric Hass 962 0.06% 0
Totals 1,541,887 100.00% 11
Voter turnout 79%

Results by county

County John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic
Richard Milhous Nixon
Republican
Farrell Dobbs[4]
Socialist Workers
Eric Hass[4]
Industrial Government
Margin Total votes cast[5]
# % # % # % # % # %
Aitkin 2,980 48.75% 3,097 50.66% 25 0.41% 11 0.18% -117 -1.91% 6,113
Anoka 20,324 58.89% 14,114 40.90% 55 0.16% 18 0.05% 6,210 17.99% 34,511
Becker 5,257 50.60% 5,090 48.99% 33 0.32% 9 0.09% 167 1.61% 10,389
Beltrami 4,653 50.81% 4,482 48.95% 16 0.17% 6 0.07% 171 1.87% 9,157
Benton 4,175 55.56% 3,324 44.23% 14 0.19% 2 0.03% 851 11.32% 7,515
Big Stone 2,437 56.91% 1,834 42.83% 9 0.21% 2 0.05% 603 14.08% 4,282
Blue Earth 8,052 41.48% 11,328 58.35% 25 0.13% 8 0.04% -3,276 -16.88% 19,413
Brown 5,353 42.99% 7,084 56.89% 13 0.10% 3 0.02% -1,731 -13.90% 12,453
Carlton 7,576 61.98% 4,613 37.74% 30 0.25% 5 0.04% 2,963 24.24% 12,224
Carver 3,982 38.94% 6,231 60.93% 8 0.08% 6 0.06% -2,249 -21.99% 10,227
Cass 3,578 44.78% 4,399 55.05% 12 0.15% 2 0.03% -821 -10.27% 7,991
Chippewa 3,643 48.10% 3,915 51.69% 13 0.17% 3 0.04% -272 -3.59% 7,574
Chisago 2,907 43.04% 3,822 56.59% 18 0.27% 7 0.10% -915 -13.55% 6,754
Clay 7,241 46.58% 8,278 53.26% 19 0.12% 6 0.04% -1,037 -6.67% 15,544
Clearwater 2,466 59.64% 1,651 39.93% 15 0.36% 3 0.07% 815 19.71% 4,135
Cook 650 39.61% 987 60.15% 4 0.24% 0 0.00% -337 -20.54% 1,641
Cottonwood 2,768 35.16% 5,087 64.62% 11 0.14% 6 0.08% -2,319 -29.46% 7,872
Crow Wing 6,835 46.77% 7,727 52.87% 41 0.28% 11 0.08% -892 -6.10% 14,614
Dakota 20,150 57.13% 15,032 42.62% 72 0.20% 19 0.05% 5,118 14.51% 35,273
Dodge 2,170 36.51% 3,769 63.42% 3 0.05% 1 0.02% -1,599 -26.91% 5,943
Douglas 4,871 46.36% 5,594 53.25% 32 0.30% 9 0.09% -723 -6.88% 10,506
Faribault 4,301 38.11% 6,975 61.80% 8 0.07% 3 0.03% -2,674 -23.69% 11,287
Fillmore 3,926 34.31% 7,507 65.60% 7 0.06% 4 0.03% -3,581 -31.29% 11,444
Freeborn 8,018 47.14% 8,970 52.73% 13 0.08% 9 0.05% -952 -5.60% 17,010
Goodhue 5,562 34.60% 10,473 65.16% 26 0.16% 12 0.07% -4,911 -30.55% 16,073
Grant 2,333 50.98% 2,239 48.93% 4 0.09% 0 0.00% 94 2.05% 4,576
Hennepin 188,250 48.50% 198,992 51.26% 645 0.17% 294 0.08% -10,742 -2.77% 388,181
Houston 3,080 39.04% 4,807 60.93% 3 0.04% 0 0.00% -1,727 -21.89% 7,890
Hubbard 2,029 42.39% 2,749 57.43% 8 0.17% 1 0.02% -720 -15.04% 4,787
Isanti 2,599 45.64% 3,067 53.86% 17 0.30% 11 0.19% -468 -8.22% 5,694
Itasca 10,761 61.82% 6,615 38.00% 23 0.13% 9 0.05% 4,146 23.82% 17,408
Jackson 3,898 51.96% 3,591 47.87% 5 0.07% 8 0.11% 307 4.09% 7,502
Kanabec 1,890 45.08% 2,278 54.33% 20 0.48% 5 0.12% -388 -9.25% 4,193
Kandiyohi 6,738 49.66% 6,786 50.02% 35 0.26% 8 0.06% -48 -0.35% 13,567
Kittson 2,218 53.25% 1,937 46.51% 8 0.19% 2 0.05% 281 6.75% 4,165
Koochiching 4,578 59.80% 3,055 39.90% 22 0.29% 1 0.01% 1,523 19.89% 7,656
Lac qui Parle 3,253 50.44% 3,185 49.39% 9 0.14% 2 0.03% 68 1.05% 6,449
Lake 3,888 62.91% 2,276 36.83% 13 0.21% 3 0.05% 1,612 26.08% 6,180
Lake of the Woods 1,053 55.30% 835 43.86% 15 0.79% 1 0.05% 218 11.45% 1,904
Le Sueur 5,234 54.13% 4,426 45.77% 9 0.09% 1 0.01% 808 8.36% 9,670
Lincoln 2,500 53.68% 2,147 46.10% 7 0.15% 3 0.06% 353 7.58% 4,657
Lyon 5,550 53.86% 4,740 46.00% 13 0.13% 2 0.02% 810 7.86% 10,305
Mahnomen 1,864 67.81% 880 32.01% 4 0.15% 1 0.04% 984 35.79% 2,749
Marshall 3,759 55.47% 3,006 44.36% 6 0.09% 6 0.09% 753 11.11% 6,777
Martin 4,194 33.04% 8,479 66.81% 13 0.10% 6 0.05% -4,285 -33.76% 12,692
McLeod 4,276 37.15% 7,214 62.67% 16 0.14% 5 0.04% -2,938 -25.52% 11,511
Meeker 3,678 42.97% 4,857 56.74% 21 0.25% 4 0.05% -1,179 -13.77% 8,560
Mille Lacs 2,886 42.25% 3,913 57.29% 22 0.32% 9 0.13% -1,027 -15.04% 6,830
Morrison 7,337 62.37% 4,403 37.43% 17 0.14% 7 0.06% 2,934 24.94% 11,764
Mower 9,961 47.28% 11,040 52.40% 57 0.27% 10 0.05% -1,079 -5.12% 21,068
Murray 3,009 47.19% 3,357 52.64% 6 0.09% 5 0.08% -348 -5.46% 6,377
Nicollet 3,961 42.80% 5,283 57.08% 4 0.04% 7 0.08% -1,322 -14.28% 9,255
Nobles 4,947 46.70% 5,636 53.20% 9 0.08% 2 0.02% -689 -6.50% 10,594
Norman 2,932 52.49% 2,642 47.30% 5 0.09% 7 0.13% 290 5.19% 5,586
Olmsted 10,918 40.34% 16,080 59.41% 59 0.22% 8 0.03% -5,162 -19.07% 27,065
Otter Tail 8,054 36.87% 13,747 62.94% 30 0.14% 12 0.05% -5,693 -26.06% 21,843
Pennington 3,204 55.63% 2,537 44.05% 11 0.19% 7 0.12% 667 11.58% 5,759
Pine 4,211 54.78% 3,450 44.88% 18 0.23% 8 0.10% 761 9.90% 7,687
Pipestone 2,443 39.85% 3,677 59.97% 8 0.13% 3 0.05% -1,234 -20.13% 6,131
Polk 9,346 55.27% 7,528 44.52% 26 0.15% 9 0.05% 1,818 10.75% 16,909
Pope 2,883 48.39% 3,062 51.39% 9 0.15% 4 0.07% -179 -3.00% 5,958
Ramsey 108,464 58.15% 77,408 41.50% 557 0.30% 98 0.05% 31,056 16.65% 186,527
Red Lake 1,865 73.17% 679 26.64% 2 0.08% 3 0.12% 1,186 46.53% 2,549
Redwood 3,839 39.39% 5,893 60.47% 8 0.08% 6 0.06% -2,054 -21.08% 9,746
Renville 4,958 45.67% 5,885 54.20% 11 0.10% 3 0.03% -927 -8.54% 10,857
Rice 6,752 44.92% 8,248 54.87% 22 0.15% 9 0.06% -1,496 -9.95% 15,031
Rock 1,823 34.42% 3,469 65.49% 2 0.04% 3 0.06% -1,646 -31.07% 5,297
Roseau 3,198 58.34% 2,274 41.48% 8 0.15% 2 0.04% 924 16.86% 5,482
Saint Louis 69,270 63.23% 39,620 36.17% 557 0.51% 98 0.09% 29,650 27.07% 109,545
Scott 6,061 62.21% 3,671 37.68% 7 0.07% 4 0.04% 2,390 24.53% 9,743
Sherburne 2,568 47.41% 2,837 52.37% 10 0.18% 2 0.04% -269 -4.97% 5,417
Sibley 2,541 33.69% 4,987 66.12% 12 0.16% 2 0.03% -2,446 -32.43% 7,542
Stearns 19,026 58.40% 13,522 41.50% 22 0.07% 11 0.03% 5,504 16.89% 32,581
Steele 4,491 39.74% 6,795 60.13% 14 0.12% 1 0.01% -2,304 -20.39% 11,301
Stevens 2,405 46.92% 2,710 52.87% 6 0.12% 5 0.10% -305 -5.95% 5,126
Swift 4,062 58.63% 2,848 41.11% 15 0.22% 3 0.04% 1,214 17.52% 6,928
Todd 5,051 48.88% 5,255 50.85% 21 0.20% 7 0.07% -204 -1.97% 10,334
Traverse 2,122 59.11% 1,463 40.75% 4 0.11% 1 0.03% 659 18.36% 3,590
Wabasha 3,628 44.26% 4,566 55.70% 3 0.04% 0 0.00% -938 -11.44% 8,197
Wadena 2,240 42.03% 3,082 57.83% 6 0.11% 1 0.02% -842 -15.80% 5,329
Waseca 2,793 36.58% 4,838 63.36% 3 0.04% 2 0.03% -2,045 -26.78% 7,636
Washington 11,870 51.31% 11,202 48.42% 46 0.20% 15 0.06% 668 2.89% 23,133
Watonwan 2,412 36.57% 4,173 63.28% 10 0.15% 0 0.00% -1,761 -26.70% 6,595
Wilkin 2,319 49.69% 2,340 50.14% 7 0.15% 1 0.02% -21 -0.45% 4,667
Winona 8,484 47.72% 9,271 52.14% 14 0.08% 11 0.06% -787 -4.43% 17,780
Wright 6,452 47.24% 7,180 52.57% 19 0.14% 7 0.05% -728 -5.33% 13,658
Yellow Medicine 3,649 48.82% 3,800 50.84% 22 0.29% 4 0.05% -151 -2.02% 7,475
Totals779,93350.58%757,91549.16%3,0770.20%9620.06%22,0181.43%1,541,887

References

  1. "Office of the State Of Minnesota Secretary of State". www.sos.state.mn.us. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
  2. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  3. "1960 Presidential Election Results – Minnesota". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
  4. Our Campaigns; MN US President Race, November 08, 1960
  5. Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 240-241 ISBN 0405077114
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