1960 United States presidential election in Montana

none June 2025 September 2023 1960 United States presidential election 1960 United States presidential election in Montana Montana 1905 presidential no 1956 United States presidential election in Montana 1956 1964 United States presidential election in Montana 1964 1960 11 08 x200px Richard Nixon official portrait as Vice President (cropped).tiff Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) California Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. 4 141,841 51.10% Jfk2 (3x4).jpg John F. Kennedy Democratic Party (United States) Massachusetts Lyndon B. Johnson 0 134,891 48.60% 350px 350px County results Nixon #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% Kennedy #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% President Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Party (United States) John F. Kennedy Democratic Party (United States) The 1960 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Montana narrowly voted for the Republican nominee, Vice President Richard Nixon, over the Democratic nominee, Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy. Nixon won Montana by a slim margin of 2.50%. Kennedy thus became the first Democrat to win the White House without carrying Montana since Grover Cleveland in 1892, as well as the first ever Democrat to do so without carrying Carter, Liberty, Phillips, Richland, or Sanders Counties, the first to do so without carrying Fergus or Jefferson Counties since Cleveland in 1892, and the first to do so without carrying Custer, Missoula or Musselshell Counties since Woodrow Wilson in 1912. This is the first time since 1900 in which Montana would vote for the losing candidate in a presidential election, and only the second time a losing Republican carried the state. This would happen again in 1976, 1996, 2008, 2012, and 2020. Results 1960 United States presidential election in Montanahttps://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1960&fips=30&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 David Leip Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas 1960 Presidential General Election Results – Montana 2018-03-18PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Richard Nixon 141,841 51.10% 4 Democratic John F. Kennedy 134,891 48.60% 0 Prohibition Rutherford Decker 456 0.16% 0 Militant Workers Farrell Dobbs 391 0.14% 0 Totals 277,579 100.00% 4 Results by county County Richard NixonRepublican John F. KennedyDemocratic Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Beaverhead 1,731 56.88% 1,307 42.95% 5 0.16% 424 13.93% 3,043 Big Horn 1,724 53.47% 1,497 46.43% 3 0.09% 227 7.04% 3,224 Blaine 1,290 44.85% 1,569 54.55% 17 0.59% -279 -9.70% 2,876 Broadwater 680 51.87% 631 48.13% 0 0.00% 49 3.74% 1,311 Carbon 2,050 51.75% 1,903 48.04% 8 0.20% 147 3.71% 3,961 Carter 688 64.00% 383 35.63% 4 0.37% 305 28.37% 1,075 Cascade 11,928 45.72% 14,117 54.11% 45 0.17% -2,189 -8.39% 26,090 Chouteau 1,672 49.34% 1,708 50.40% 9 0.27% -36 -1.06% 3,389 Custer 2,943 55.00% 2,393 44.72% 15 0.28% 550 10.28% 5,351 Daniels 763 44.26% 960 55.68% 1 0.06% -197 -11.42% 1,724 Dawson 2,460 53.69% 2,108 46.01% 14 0.31% 352 7.68% 4,582 Deer Lodge 2,188 29.79% 5,149 70.11% 7 0.10% -2,961 -40.32% 7,344 Fallon 918 60.55% 597 39.38% 1 0.07% 321 21.17% 1,516 Fergus 3,294 52.24% 2,999 47.56% 13 0.21% 295 4.68% 6,306 Flathead 7,554 52.95% 6,689 46.88% 24 0.17% 865 6.07% 14,267 Gallatin 6,870 64.49% 3,761 35.31% 21 0.20% 3,109 29.18% 10,652 Garfield 515 58.52% 363 41.25% 2 0.23% 152 17.27% 880 Glacier 1,775 43.95% 2,260 55.95% 4 0.10% -485 -12.00% 4,039 Golden Valley 362 56.65% 277 43.35% 0 0.00% 85 13.30% 639 Granite 722 54.57% 592 44.75% 9 0.68% 130 9.82% 1,323 Hill 3,163 45.73% 3,741 54.09% 12 0.17% -578 -8.36% 6,916 Jefferson 817 51.38% 769 48.36% 4 0.25% 48 3.02% 1,590 Judith Basin 721 46.10% 842 53.84% 1 0.06% -121 -7.74% 1,564 Lake 3,240 56.75% 2,462 43.12% 7 0.12% 778 13.63% 5,709 Lewis and Clark 7,260 54.65% 6,008 45.22% 17 0.13% 1,252 9.43% 13,285 Liberty 597 54.27% 501 45.55% 2 0.18% 96 8.72% 1,100 Lincoln 1,902 41.84% 2,623 57.70% 21 0.46% -721 -15.86% 4,546 McCone 743 49.04% 764 50.43% 8 0.53% -21 -1.39% 1,515 Madison 1,456 58.97% 1,010 40.91% 3 0.12% 446 18.06% 2,469 Meagher 613 58.49% 431 41.13% 4 0.38% 182 17.36% 1,048 Mineral 549 44.27% 686 55.32% 5 0.40% -137 -11.05% 1,240 Missoula 10,396 53.76% 8,876 45.90% 65 0.34% 1,520 7.86% 19,337 Musselshell 1,107 50.09% 1,100 49.77% 3 0.14% 7 0.32% 2,210 Park 3,329 59.44% 2,249 40.15% 23 0.41% 1,080 19.29% 5,601 Petroleum 255 53.57% 221 46.43% 0 0.00% 34 7.14% 476 Phillips 1,457 49.81% 1,455 49.74% 13 0.44% 2 0.07% 2,925 Pondera 1,452 46.76% 1,653 53.24% 0 0.00% -201 -6.48% 3,105 Powder River 665 60.18% 438 39.64% 2 0.18% 227 20.54% 1,105 Powell 1,497 49.49% 1,522 50.31% 6 0.20% -25 -0.82% 3,025 Prairie 649 65.75% 338 34.25% 0 0.00% 311 31.50% 987 Ravalli 3,121 56.46% 2,381 43.07% 26 0.47% 740 13.39% 5,528 Richland 2,395 56.10% 1,863 43.64% 11 0.26% 532 12.46% 4,269 Roosevelt 1,876 45.40% 2,227 53.90% 29 0.70% -351 -8.50% 4,132 Rosebud 1,386 57.77% 1,002 41.77% 11 0.46% 384 16.00% 2,399 Sanders 1,497 50.17% 1,469 49.23% 18 0.60% 28 0.94% 2,984 Sheridan 1,196 43.43% 1,549 56.25% 9 0.33% -353 -12.82% 2,754 Silver Bow 7,290 34.40% 13,754 64.91% 146 0.69% -6,464 -30.51% 21,190 Stillwater 1,455 58.41% 1,036 41.59% 0 0.00% 419 16.82% 2,491 Sweet Grass 1,096 67.78% 521 32.22% 0 0.00% 575 35.56% 1,617 Teton 1,623 49.54% 1,648 50.31% 5 0.15% -25 -0.77% 3,276 Toole 1,577 47.10% 1,767 52.78% 4 0.12% -190 -5.68% 3,348 Treasure 300 52.63% 270 47.37% 0 0.00% 30 5.26% 570 Valley 2,387 44.65% 2,953 55.24% 6 0.11% -566 -10.59% 5,346 Wheatland 793 52.24% 724 47.69% 1 0.07% 69 4.55% 1,518 Wibaux 387 48.01% 419 51.99% 0 0.00% -32 -3.98% 806 Yellowstone 19,467 60.82% 12,356 38.61% 183 0.57% 7,111 22.21% 32,006Totals141,84151.10%134,89148.60%8470.31%6,9502.50%277,579 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic 20em Blaine Cascade Daniels Glacier Hill Lincoln Mineral Pondera Powell Silver Bow Teton Toole Wibaux See also United States presidential elections in Montana References expanded Montana 1960 Category:1960 Montana elections