1960 United States presidential election in Indiana

none June 2025 September 2023 1960 United States presidential election in Indiana Indiana presidential no 1956 United States presidential election in Indiana 1956 1964 United States presidential election in Indiana 1964 November 8, 1960 73.9%Madison 1986 330 3.2 pp 200x200px Richard Nixon official portrait as Vice President (cropped).tiff Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) California Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. 13 1,175,120 55.03% Jfk2 (3x4).jpg John F. Kennedy Democratic Party (United States) Massachusetts Lyndon B. Johnson 0 952,358 44.60% 1960 United States presidential election in Indiana results map by county.svg 180px County results Nixon #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% Kennedy #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% President Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Party (United States) John F. Kennedy Democratic Party (United States) A presidential election was held in Indiana on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. The Republican ticket of the vice president of the United States Richard Nixon and the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. defeated the Democratic ticket of the junior U.S. senator from Massachusetts John F. Kennedy and the senior U.S. senator from Texas Lyndon B. Johnson. Kennedy defeated Nixon in the national election with 303 electoral votes.Petersen 1963 113 Primary elections Republican Party 1960 Republican Party presidential primaries Nixon faced only token opposition from Frank R. Beckwith, an African American lawyer from Indianapolis. Although certain to carry the state's 32 delegates, the low stakes caused Nixon's supporters to worry that a small turnout could damage the candidate's public image in the days leading up to the primary.Nixon Backers Worry in Indiana https://www.nytimes.com/1960/05/01/archives/nixons-backers-worry-in-indiana-fear-a-small-primary-vote-compared.html New York Times May 1, 1960 Indiana Republican primary, May 3, 1960McGillivray Scammon 1994 915 Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) 408,408 95.40 Frank R. Beckwith Republican Party (United States) 19,677 4.60 428,085 100.00 Democratic Party 1960 Democratic Party presidential primaries Kennedy campaign director Larry O'Brien visited Indiana in April 1959. He found that the field was relatively clear in the state, with only whispers of a possible favorite son candidacy by freshman U.S. senator Vance Hartke. While O'Brien determined that "there was no great groundswell for Kennedy" in Indiana, he found no evidence of a serious effort by Kennedy's rivals to contest the state. The absence of the other candidates allowed Kennedy to establish an early, commanding lead in the race for the state's 34 delegates.Oliphant Wilkie 2017 157–58 Despite running effectively unopposed, Kennedy's Catholicism was a significant liability in the primary.Oliphant Wilkie 2017 157–58 Kennedy faced two paper candidates—retired pipefitter John H. Latham of Rockville, Indiana, and perennial candidate Lar Daly—who together polled nearly 19 percent of the primary vote. Significant voter rolloff, when combined with the votes for Latham and Daly, suggested that as many as one in four Democratic primary voters did not vote for Kennedy.Nixon Backers Worry in Indiana https://www.nytimes.com/1960/05/01/archives/nixons-backers-worry-in-indiana-fear-a-small-primary-vote-compared.html New York Times May 1, 1960 Survey Shows 30,000 Failed of Full Vote https://newspapers.library.in.gov/?a=d&d=DCDD19600506 Decatur Daily Democrat May 6, 1960 Indiana Democratic primary, May 3, 1960McGillivray Scammon 1994 915 John F. Kennedy Democratic Party (United States) 353,832 81.01 John H. Latham Democratic Party (United States) 42,084 9.64 Lar Daly Democratic Party (United States) 40,853 9.35 436,769 100.00 General election Results 1960 United States presidential election in IndianaHendricks 1960 5 Richard NixonHenry Cabot Lodge Jr. Republican Party (United States) 1,175,120 55.03 4.87 John F. KennedyLyndon B. Johnson Democratic Party (United States) 952,358 44.60 4.90 Rutherford DeckerE. Harold Munn Prohibition Party (United States) 6,746 0.32 0.01 Eric HassGeorgia Cozzini Socialist Labor Party of America 1,136 0.05 0.02 2,135,360 100.00 Results by county + 1960 United States presidential election in Indiana by countyHendricks 1960 5 County Richard NixonRepublican John F. KennedyDemocratic Others Margin Total Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Adams 6,972 61.11% 4,338 38.02% 99 0.87% 2,634 23.09% 11,409 Allen 60,103 60.33% 39,235 39.39% 280 0.28% 20,868 20.94% 99,618 Bartholomew 13,606 59.09% 9,290 40.35% 130 0.56% 4,316 18.74% 23,026 Benton 3,626 60.11% 2,399 39.77% 7 0.12% 1,227 20.34% 6,032 Blackford 3,738 53.33% 3,228 46.06% 43 0.61% 510 7.27% 7,009 Boone 8,979 62.28% 5,377 37.30% 60 0.42% 3,602 24.98% 14,416 Brown 1,679 51.76% 1,533 47.26% 32 0.99% 146 4.50% 3,244 Carroll 5,411 61.88% 3,299 37.73% 34 0.39% 2,112 24.15% 8,744 Cass 11,392 58.19% 8,091 41.33% 94 0.48% 3,301 16.86% 19,577 Clark 12,803 46.89% 14,431 52.85% 70 0.26% -1,628 -5.96% 27,304 Clay 7,434 57.92% 5,342 41.62% 58 0.45% 2,092 16.30% 12,834 Clinton 9,620 59.32% 6,533 40.28% 64 0.39% 3,087 19.04% 16,217 Crawford 2,915 55.47% 2,305 43.86% 35 0.67% 610 11.61% 5,255 Daviess 8,285 60.20% 5,433 39.48% 45 0.33% 2,852 20.72% 13,763 Dearborn 7,619 54.99% 6,216 44.87% 19 0.14% 1,403 10.12% 13,854 Decatur 6,240 60.17% 4,080 39.34% 50 0.48% 2,160 20.83% 10,370 DeKalb 8,957 62.66% 5,277 36.92% 61 0.43% 3,680 25.74% 14,295 Delaware 26,167 52.75% 23,266 46.90% 177 0.36% 2,901 5.85% 49,610 Dubois 5,117 38.32% 8,214 61.51% 22 0.16% -3,097 -23.19% 13,353 Elkhart 28,056 62.77% 16,264 36.39% 373 0.83% 11,792 26.38% 44,693 Fayette 6,729 55.97% 5,246 43.63% 48 0.40% 1,483 12.34% 12,023 Floyd 11,629 48.38% 12,346 51.36% 62 0.26% -717 -2.98% 24,037 Fountain 6,123 58.71% 4,277 41.01% 29 0.28% 1,846 17.70% 10,429 Franklin 4,108 53.73% 3,523 46.08% 14 0.18% 585 7.65% 7,645 Fulton 6,038 66.11% 3,047 33.36% 48 0.53% 2,991 32.75% 9,133 Gibson 8,838 53.89% 7,479 45.61% 82 0.50% 1,359 8.28% 16,399 Grant 19,021 57.92% 13,642 41.54% 178 0.54% 5,379 16.38% 32,841 Greene 8,810 57.81% 6,325 41.51% 104 0.68% 2,485 16.30% 15,239 Hamilton 13,409 70.63% 5,511 29.03% 64 0.34% 7,898 41.60% 18,984 Hancock 7,543 60.21% 4,930 39.35% 55 0.44% 2,613 20.86% 12,528 Harrison 5,374 53.80% 4,566 45.71% 49 0.49% 808 8.09% 9,989 Hendricks 12,490 65.51% 6,481 33.99% 95 0.50% 6,009 31.52% 19,066 Henry 13,752 58.44% 9,629 40.92% 149 0.63% 4,123 17.52% 23,530 Howard 17,938 56.94% 13,415 42.58% 149 0.47% 4,523 14.36% 31,502 Huntington 10,658 59.44% 7,163 39.95% 109 0.61% 3,495 19.49% 17,930 Jackson 8,213 55.27% 6,582 44.29% 66 0.44% 1,631 10.98% 14,861 Jasper 5,364 64.32% 2,959 35.48% 16 0.19% 2,405 28.84% 8,339 Jay 6,519 56.73% 4,899 42.63% 74 0.64% 1,620 14.10% 11,492 Jefferson 6,333 55.11% 5,119 44.54% 40 0.35% 1,214 10.57% 11,492 Jennings 4,478 56.63% 3,403 43.03% 27 0.34% 1,075 13.60% 7,908 Johnson 12,426 62.38% 7,400 37.15% 93 0.47% 5,026 25.23% 19,919 Knox 11,490 53.40% 9,918 46.10% 108 0.50% 1,572 7.30% 21,516 Kosciusko 13,539 69.11% 5,839 29.80% 213 1.09% 7,700 39.31% 19,591 LaGrange 4,433 69.03% 1,965 30.60% 24 0.37% 2,468 38.43% 6,422 Lake 78,278 37.04% 132,554 62.72% 526 0.25% -54,276 -25.68% 211,358 LaPorte 22,738 52.71% 20,317 47.10% 85 0.20% 2,421 5.61% 43,140 Lawrence 11,119 61.15% 6,977 38.37% 86 0.47% 4,142 22.78% 18,182 Madison 31,098 52.31% 28,154 47.36% 193 0.32% 2,944 4.95% 59,445 Marion 166,202 57.67% 121,336 42.10% 668 0.23% 44,866 15.57% 288,206 Marshall 10,460 62.47% 6,210 37.09% 74 0.44% 4,250 25.38% 16,744 Martin 2,756 51.55% 2,585 48.35% 5 0.09% 171 3.20% 5,346 Miami 8,844 58.45% 6,191 40.92% 96 0.63% 2,653 17.53% 15,131 Monroe 14,513 65.42% 7,535 33.97% 136 0.61% 6,978 31.45% 22,184 Montgomery 10,957 66.36% 5,477 33.17% 77 0.47% 5,480 33.19% 16,511 Morgan 9,416 63.36% 5,375 36.17% 69 0.46% 4,041 27.19% 14,860 Newton 3,517 65.12% 1,870 34.62% 14 0.26% 1,647 30.50% 5,401 Noble 8,069 60.27% 5,264 39.32% 54 0.40% 2,805 20.95% 13,387 Ohio 1,314 56.25% 1,015 43.45% 7 0.30% 299 12.80% 2,336 Orange 5,589 59.19% 3,818 40.44% 35 0.37% 1,771 18.75% 9,442 Owen 3,700 60.38% 2,379 38.82% 49 0.80% 1,321 21.56% 6,128 Parke 4,662 57.94% 3,361 41.77% 23 0.29% 1,301 16.17% 8,046 Perry 4,372 46.97% 4,920 52.86% 16 0.17% -548 -5.89% 9,308 Pike 4,606 59.69% 3,046 39.48% 64 0.83% 1,560 20.21% 7,716 Porter 15,666 59.18% 10,733 40.54% 75 0.28% 4,933 18.64% 26,474 Posey 5,369 54.47% 4,457 45.22% 31 0.31% 912 9.25% 9,857 Pulaski 3,905 57.67% 2,746 40.56% 120 1.77% 1,159 17.11% 6,771 Putnam 6,583 57.63% 4,798 42.00% 42 0.37% 1,785 15.63% 11,423 Randolph 9,528 64.92% 5,035 34.31% 114 0.78% 4,493 30.61% 14,677 Ripley 6,053 55.95% 4,730 43.72% 35 0.32% 1,323 12.23% 10,818 Rush 6,215 63.54% 3,516 35.94% 51 0.52% 2,699 27.60% 9,782 St. Joseph 53,621 45.64% 63,553 54.09% 325 0.28% -9,932 -8.45% 117,499 Scott 3,213 50.99% 3,064 48.63% 24 0.38% 149 2.36% 6,301 Shelby 9,421 56.75% 7,111 42.83% 70 0.42% 2,310 13.92% 16,602 Spencer 5,050 53.88% 4,303 45.91% 20 0.21% 747 7.97% 9,373 Starke 4,592 53.28% 3,995 46.35% 32 0.37% 597 6.93% 8,619 Steuben 5,464 67.63% 2,588 32.03% 27 0.33% 2,876 35.60% 8,079 Sullivan 6,012 49.85% 5,975 49.54% 73 0.61% 37 0.31% 12,060 Switzerland 1,929 49.40% 1,955 50.06% 21 0.54% -26 -0.66% 3,905 Tippecanoe 24,572 63.55% 14,041 36.31% 55 0.14% 10,531 27.24% 38,668 Tipton 4,924 59.88% 3,299 40.12% 0 0.00% 1,625 19.76% 8,223 Union 2,087 63.73% 1,180 36.03% 8 0.24% 907 27.70% 3,275 Vanderburgh 41,068 52.90% 36,330 46.80% 237 0.31% 4,738 6.10% 77,635 Vermillion 4,798 46.92% 5,391 52.71% 38 0.37% -593 -5.79% 10,227 Vigo 24,940 49.70% 25,105 50.03% 133 0.27% -165 -0.33% 50,178 Wabash 10,420 68.12% 4,788 31.30% 89 0.58% 5,632 36.82% 15,297 Warren 2,870 64.29% 1,574 35.26% 20 0.45% 1,296 29.03% 4,464 Warrick 6,482 56.10% 5,042 43.64% 30 0.26% 1,440 12.46% 11,554 Washington 5,057 56.74% 3,821 42.87% 35 0.39% 1,236 13.87% 8,913 Wayne 19,764 60.66% 12,721 39.05% 95 0.29% 7,043 21.61% 32,580 Wells 6,034 58.91% 4,128 40.30% 80 0.78% 1,906 18.61% 10,242 White 6,678 62.93% 3,914 36.88% 20 0.19% 2,764 26.05% 10,612 Whitley 6,621 60.50% 4,266 38.98% 56 0.51% 2,355 21.52% 10,943 TOTAL 1,175,120 55.03% 952,358 44.60% 7,882 0.37% 222,762 10.43% 2,135,360 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic 10em Clark Dubois Floyd Lake Perry Saint Joseph Vigo Vermillion Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Sullivan See also United States presidential elections in Indiana References Bibliography Hendricks Charles O. Annual Election Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Indiana: 1960 General Election Statistics 1960 Indiana Secretary of State Indianapolis https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c061414560&seq=217 Madison James H. The Indiana Way: A State History 1986 Indiana University Press Bloomington https://archive.org/details/indianawaystate00madi McGillivray Alice V. Scammon Richard M. America at the Polls, 1960–1992: Kennedy to Clinton; A Handbook of American Presidential Election Statistics 1994 Congressional Quarterly Washington, D.C. https://archive.org/details/americaatpollsha1960unse Oliphant Thomas Wilkie Curtis The Road to Camelot: Inside JFK's Five-Year Campaign 2017 Simon and Schuster New York https://archive.org/details/roadtocamelotins0000oiph Petersen Svend A Statistical History of the American Presidential Elections 1963 Frederick Ungar Publishing Company New York 62-21786 https://archive.org/details/statisticalhisto00pete Indiana 1960 Category:1960 Indiana elections