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1960 United States presidential election in Kansas Kansas 1927 presidential no 1956 United States presidential election in Kansas 1956 1964 United States presidential election in Kansas 1964 November 8, 1960https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1960 United States Presidential election of 1960 — Encyclopædia Britannica June 6, 2017 x200px Richard Nixon official portrait as Vice President (cropped).tiff Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) California Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. 8 561,474 60.45% Jfk2 (3x4).jpg John F. Kennedy Democratic Party (United States) Massachusetts Lyndon B. Johnson 0 363,213 39.10% 1960 United States presidential election in Kansas results map by county.svg 310px County results
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#4389e3 60–70% President Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Party (United States) John F. Kennedy Democratic Party (United States)
The 1960 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. Voters chose eighthttps://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/votes/1953_1957.html#1960 1960 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65) June 6, 2017 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Kansas was won by incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (R–California), running with United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., with 60.45 percent of the popular vote, against Senator John F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 39.10 percent of the popular vote.http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?f=0&fips=20&year=1960 1960 Presidential General Election Results – Kansas June 6, 2017http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1960 The American Presidency Project ± Election of 1960 June 6, 2017
Kennedy carried only heavily Catholic Ellis County and urbanized Wyandotte County, the home of Kansas City, Kansas, which has become the Democrats' most reliable county in Kansas during presidential elections.
With 60.45 percent of the popular vote, Kansas would prove to be Nixon's second strongest state in the 1960 election after neighbouring Nebraska.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/stats.php?year=1960&f=0&off=0&elect=0 1960 Presidential Election Statistics Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2018-03-05
Results
1960 United States presidential election in Kansas
Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) 561,474 60.45%
John F. Kennedy Democratic Party (United States) 363,213 39.10%
Rutherford Decker Prohibition Party (United States) 4,138 0.45%
928,825 100%
Results by county
County Richard NixonRepublican John F. KennedyDemocratic Rutherford DeckerProhibition Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Allen 4,947 65.89% 2,540 33.83% 21 0.28% 2,407 32.06% 7,508 Anderson 2,665 62.35% 1,589 37.18% 20 0.47% 1,076 25.17% 4,274 Atchison 4,793 52.33% 4,336 47.34% 31 0.34% 457 4.99% 9,160 Barber 2,703 66.48% 1,347 33.13% 16 0.39% 1,356 33.35% 4,066 Barton 7,599 55.61% 6,036 44.17% 30 0.22% 1,563 11.44% 13,665 Bourbon 5,062 63.03% 2,928 36.46% 41 0.51% 2,134 26.57% 8,031 Brown 4,707 72.25% 1,773 27.21% 35 0.54% 2,934 45.04% 6,515 Butler 10,059 58.37% 7,112 41.27% 61 0.35% 2,947 17.10% 17,232 Chase 1,276 64.06% 708 35.54% 8 0.40% 568 28.52% 1,992 Chautauqua 2,160 70.54% 885 28.90% 17 0.56% 1,275 41.64% 3,062 Cherokee 5,753 56.45% 4,366 42.84% 73 0.72% 1,387 13.61% 10,192 Cheyenne 1,622 71.42% 636 28.01% 13 0.57% 986 43.41% 2,271 Clark 1,286 70.27% 538 29.40% 6 0.33% 748 40.87% 1,830 Clay 3,937 75.33% 1,246 23.84% 43 0.82% 2,691 51.49% 5,226 Cloud 4,045 60.58% 2,607 39.04% 25 0.37% 1,438 21.54% 6,677 Coffey 2,925 69.69% 1,263 30.09% 9 0.21% 1,662 39.60% 4,197 Comanche 1,187 71.85% 460 27.85% 5 0.30% 727 44.00% 1,652 Cowley 10,276 61.98% 6,205 37.42% 99 0.60% 4,071 24.56% 16,580 Crawford 9,383 52.78% 8,325 46.83% 69 0.39% 1,058 5.95% 17,777 Decatur 1,846 63.83% 1,038 35.89% 8 0.28% 808 27.94% 2,892 Dickinson 6,956 69.18% 3,054 30.37% 45 0.45% 3,902 38.81% 10,055 Doniphan 2,882 67.38% 1,383 32.34% 12 0.28% 1,499 35.04% 4,277 Douglas 11,337 66.43% 5,690 33.34% 38 0.22% 5,647 33.09% 17,065 Edwards 1,588 61.46% 986 38.16% 10 0.39% 602 23.30% 2,584 Elk 1,830 68.46% 823 30.79% 20 0.75% 1,007 37.67% 2,673 Ellis 3,156 35.16% 5,815 64.78% 6 0.07% -2,659 -29.62% 8,977 Ellsworth 2,189 59.37% 1,488 40.36% 10 0.27% 701 19.01% 3,687 Finney 3,720 59.62% 2,490 39.90% 30 0.48% 1,230 19.72% 6,240 Ford 5,200 57.67% 3,792 42.05% 25 0.28% 1,408 15.62% 9,017 Franklin 6,158 68.20% 2,824 31.28% 47 0.52% 3,334 36.92% 9,029 Geary 3,789 61.28% 2,365 38.25% 29 0.47% 1,424 23.03% 6,183 Gove 1,065 55.85% 828 43.42% 14 0.73% 237 12.43% 1,907 Graham 1,572 62.96% 918 36.76% 7 0.28% 654 26.20% 2,497 Grant 1,235 63.59% 702 36.15% 5 0.26% 533 27.44% 1,942 Gray 1,150 60.56% 744 39.18% 5 0.26% 406 21.38% 1,899 Greeley 645 70.57% 262 28.67% 7 0.77% 383 41.90% 914 Greenwood 3,758 67.46% 1,804 32.38% 9 0.16% 1,954 35.08% 5,571 Hamilton 885 59.76% 591 39.91% 5 0.34% 294 19.85% 1,481 Harper 3,158 68.33% 1,439 31.13% 25 0.54% 1,719 37.20% 4,622 Harvey 7,798 68.38% 3,537 31.02% 69 0.61% 4,261 37.36% 11,404 Haskell 853 64.23% 471 35.47% 4 0.30% 382 28.76% 1,328 Hodgeman 926 61.45% 570 37.82% 11 0.73% 356 23.63% 1,507 Jackson 3,279 67.46% 1,567 32.24% 15 0.31% 1,712 35.22% 4,861 Jefferson 3,353 65.73% 1,739 34.09% 9 0.18% 1,614 31.64% 5,101 Jewell 2,914 72.25% 1,095 27.15% 24 0.60% 1,819 45.10% 4,033 Johnson 43,026 66.16% 21,914 33.70% 93 0.14% 21,112 32.46% 65,033 Kearny 846 62.11% 513 37.67% 3 0.22% 333 24.44% 1,362 Kingman 2,904 62.29% 1,735 37.22% 23 0.49% 1,169 25.07% 4,662 Kiowa 1,662 74.56% 555 24.90% 12 0.54% 1,107 49.66% 2,229 Labette 7,491 58.49% 5,248 40.98% 68 0.53% 2,243 17.51% 12,807 Lane 902 65.41% 462 33.50% 15 1.09% 440 31.91% 1,379 Leavenworth 7,870 53.06% 6,926 46.70% 36 0.24% 944 6.36% 14,832 Lincoln 2,052 71.15% 822 28.50% 10 0.35% 1,230 42.65% 2,884 Linn 2,824 70.18% 1,176 29.22% 24 0.60% 1,648 40.96% 4,024 Logan 1,243 65.22% 651 34.16% 12 0.63% 592 31.06% 1,906 Lyon 7,470 60.90% 4,755 38.77% 41 0.33% 2,715 22.13% 12,266 McPherson 7,920 73.61% 2,774 25.78% 65 0.60% 5,146 47.83% 10,759 Marion 5,250 73.20% 1,904 26.55% 18 0.25% 3,346 46.65% 7,172 Marshall 4,932 62.50% 2,931 37.14% 28 0.35% 2,001 25.36% 7,891 Meade 1,826 70.47% 754 29.10% 11 0.42% 1,072 41.37% 2,591 Miami 4,857 57.85% 3,505 41.75% 34 0.40% 1,352 16.10% 8,396 Mitchell 2,779 61.80% 1,692 37.63% 26 0.58% 1,087 24.17% 4,497 Montgomery 12,536 60.74% 7,938 38.46% 164 0.79% 4,598 22.28% 20,638 Morris 2,413 67.40% 1,148 32.07% 19 0.53% 1,265 35.33% 3,580 Morton 918 60.67% 586 38.73% 9 0.59% 332 21.94% 1,513 Nemaha 3,360 53.61% 2,884 46.02% 23 0.37% 476 7.59% 6,267 Neosho 5,877 62.71% 3,451 36.83% 43 0.46% 2,426 25.88% 9,371 Ness 1,683 63.39% 960 36.16% 12 0.45% 723 27.23% 2,655 Norton 2,781 68.01% 1,300 31.79% 8 0.20% 1,481 36.22% 4,089 Osage 3,880 64.02% 2,150 35.47% 31 0.51% 1,730 28.55% 6,061 Osborne 2,731 69.97% 1,152 29.52% 20 0.51% 1,579 40.45% 3,903 Ottawa 2,190 66.81% 1,072 32.70% 16 0.49% 1,118 34.11% 3,278 Pawnee 2,618 58.32% 1,853 41.28% 18 0.40% 765 17.04% 4,489 Phillips 3,123 75.34% 1,004 24.22% 18 0.43% 2,119 51.12% 4,145 Pottawatomie 3,666 63.16% 2,125 36.61% 13 0.22% 1,541 26.55% 5,804 Pratt 3,501 63.59% 1,968 35.74% 37 0.67% 1,533 27.85% 5,506 Rawlins 1,560 61.73% 951 37.63% 16 0.63% 609 24.10% 2,527 Reno 14,655 60.21% 9,557 39.27% 127 0.52% 5,098 20.94% 24,339 Republic 3,358 65.62% 1,724 33.69% 35 0.68% 1,634 31.93% 5,117 Rice 4,329 64.81% 2,328 34.85% 23 0.34% 2,001 29.96% 6,680 Riley 9,068 71.97% 3,482 27.63% 50 0.40% 5,586 44.34% 12,600 Rooks 2,840 63.25% 1,639 36.50% 11 0.24% 1,201 26.75% 4,490 Rush 1,668 53.86% 1,418 45.79% 11 0.36% 250 8.07% 3,097 Russell 3,607 65.57% 1,870 33.99% 24 0.44% 1,737 31.58% 5,501 Saline 11,023 62.74% 6,495 36.97% 50 0.28% 4,528 25.77% 17,568 Scott 1,514 71.28% 598 28.15% 12 0.56% 916 43.13% 2,124 Sedgwick 73,501 55.23% 58,887 44.25% 696 0.52% 14,614 10.98% 133,084 Seward 3,974 70.44% 1,654 29.32% 14 0.25% 2,320 41.12% 5,642 Shawnee 33,803 60.63% 21,799 39.10% 147 0.26% 12,004 21.53% 55,749 Sheridan 1,047 51.93% 954 47.32% 15 0.74% 93 4.61% 2,016 Sherman 2,030 65.08% 1,074 34.43% 15 0.48% 956 30.65% 3,119 Smith 3,013 71.88% 1,157 27.60% 22 0.52% 1,856 44.28% 4,192 Stafford 2,531 65.54% 1,305 33.79% 26 0.67% 1,226 31.75% 3,862 Stanton 627 65.72% 323 33.86% 4 0.42% 304 31.86% 954 Stevens 1,405 68.74% 630 30.82% 9 0.44% 775 37.92% 2,044 Sumner 7,219 61.51% 4,462 38.02% 55 0.47% 2,757 23.49% 11,736 Thomas 2,081 61.50% 1,285 37.97% 18 0.53% 796 23.53% 3,384 Trego 1,426 61.76% 875 37.90% 8 0.35% 551 23.86% 2,309 Wabaunsee 2,351 70.58% 969 29.09% 11 0.33% 1,382 41.49% 3,331 Wallace 727 68.20% 339 31.80% 0 0.00% 388 36.40% 1,066 Washington 3,707 68.09% 1,706 31.34% 31 0.57% 2,001 36.75% 5,444 Wichita 702 55.63% 554 43.90% 6 0.48% 148 11.73% 1,262 Wilson 4,333 67.77% 2,034 31.81% 27 0.42% 2,299 35.96% 6,394 Woodson 1,853 67.36% 888 32.28% 10 0.36% 965 35.08% 2,751 Wyandotte 34,764 45.27% 41,433 53.95% 604 0.79% -6,669 -8.68% 76,801Totals561,47460.45%363,21339.10%4,1380.45%198,26121.35%928,825
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Ellis
See also
United States presidential elections in Kansas
References
Kansas
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