1960 United States presidential election in Nebraska

none June 2025 September 2023 1960 United States presidential election in Nebraska Nebraska presidential no 1956 United States presidential election in Nebraska 1956 1964 United States presidential election in Nebraska 1964 November 8, 1960 x200px Richard Nixon official portrait as Vice President (cropped).tiff Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) California Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. 6 380,553 62.07% Jfk2 (3x4).jpg John F. Kennedy Democratic Party (United States) Massachusetts Lyndon B. Johnson 0 232,542 37.93% 1960 United States presidential election in Nebraska results map by county.svg 350px County results Nixon #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% Kennedy #86b6f2 50–60% President Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Party (United States) John F. Kennedy Democratic Party (United States) 1960 United States presidential election The 1960 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. Voters chose sixhttps://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. Nebraska was won by incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (R–California), running with former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., with 62.07% of the popular vote, against Senator John F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 37.93% of the popular vote.http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?f=0&fips=31&year=1960 1960 Presidential General Election Results - Nebraska June 6, 2017https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1960 The American Presidency Project - Election of 1960 June 6, 2017 With 62.07% of the popular vote, Nebraska would prove to be Nixon's strongest state in the 1960 election.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 Primaries Democratic primary 1960 Democratic Party presidential primaries Kennedy won the state's Democratic primary.https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/life-of-john-f-kennedy/fast-facts-john-f-kennedy/results-of-1960-presidential-election-primaries RESULTS OF 1960 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION PRIMARIES John F. Kennedy presidential library January 18, 2019 While an effort by Stuart Symington or Hubert Humphrey could have, on paper, been successful in Nebraska's primary, Kennedy had managed to outmaneuver them, laying early groundwork which gave him a solid lead in the state. Kennedy managed, in early 1958, to secure Bernard Boyle's support.Oliphant Thomas Wilkie Curtis 2017 The road to Camelot: Inside JFK's Five-Year Campaign Simon & Schuster By the time that others such as Humphrey, Symington, and Johnson began to inquire with Boyle about their own prospective candidacies, they learned that they had an arrived a year too late. Kennedy went in to win the primary, unchallenged. With the exception of Kennedy, all candidates were write-ins. 1960 Nebraska Democratic Presidential Primary ResultsPartyCandidateVotesPercentage Democratic John F. Kennedy 80,408 88.7% Democratic Stuart Symington 4,083 4.5% Democratic Hubert Humphrey 3,202 3.5% Democratic Adlai Stevenson 1,368 1.5% Democratic Lyndon B. Johnson 962 1.1% Democratic Others 669 0.7% Totals 90,692 100.00% Republican primary 1960 Republican Party presidential primaries Nixon won the state's Republican primary. All candidates were write-ins. 1960 Nebraska Republican Presidential Primary ResultsPartyCandidateVotesPercentage Republican Richard Nixon 74,356 93.8% Republican Nelson Rockefeller 2,028 2.6% Republican Barry Goldwater 1,068 1.3% Republican Others 1,805 2.3% Totals 79,257 100.00% Results 1960 United States presidential election in Nebraska Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) 380,553 62.07% John F. Kennedy Democratic Party (United States) 232,542 37.93% 613,095 100% Results by county CountyNE US President Race, November 08, 1960 https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=2584 Our CampaignsRichard NixonRepublicanJohn F. KennedyDemocraticMarginTotal votes cast#%#%#%Adams7,93264.51%4,36435.49%3,56829.02%12,296Antelope3,61771.10%1,47028.90%2,14742.20%5,087Arthur28380.63%6819.37%21561.26%351Banner42466.77%21133.23%21333.54%635Blaine42078.80%11321.20%30757.60%533Boone2,80964.49%1,54735.51%1,26228.98%4,356Box Butte3,15762.60%1,88637.40%1,27125.20%5,043Boyd1,39364.46%76835.54%62528.92%2,161Brown1,73577.15%51422.85%1,22154.30%2,249Buffalo7,59566.12%3,89133.88%3,70432.24%11,486Burt3,61372.56%1,36627.44%2,24745.12%4,979Butler2,25345.11%2,74254.89%-489-9.78%4,995Cass4,50661.68%2,79938.32%1,70723.36%7,305Cedar3,06051.01%2,93948.99%1212.02%5,999Chase1,48269.28%65730.72%82538.56%2,139Cherry2,69572.08%1,04427.92%1,65144.16%3,739Cheyenne2,81452.17%2,58047.83%2344.34%5,394Clay3,00569.30%1,33130.70%1,67438.60%4,336Colfax2,50455.91%1,97544.09%52911.82%4,479Cuming3,89467.45%1,87932.55%2,01534.90%5,773Custer5,71670.87%2,35029.13%3,36641.74%8,066Dakota2,97756.13%2,32743.87%65012.26%5,304Dawes3,10670.83%1,27929.17%1,82741.66%4,385Dawson6,48073.07%2,38826.93%4,09246.14%8,868Deuel1,27676.22%39823.78%87852.44%1,674Dixon2,71366.22%1,38433.78%1,32932.44%4,097Dodge9,63867.21%4,70232.79%4,93634.42%14,340Douglas72,00552.92%64,06047.08%7,9455.84%136,065Dundy1,24571.92%48628.08%75943.84%1,731Fillmore2,84261.09%1,81038.91%1,03222.18%4,652Franklin1,79864.19%1,00335.81%79528.38%2,801Frontier1,61573.51%58226.49%1,03347.02%2,197Furnas2,85472.34%1,09127.66%1,76344.68%3,945Gage7,75466.76%3,86133.24%3,89333.52%11,615Garden1,37676.36%42623.64%95052.72%1,802Garfield1,04777.44%30522.56%74254.88%1,352Gosper85471.58%33928.42%51543.16%1,193Grant41076.35%12723.65%28352.70%537Greeley96043.18%1,26356.82%-303-13.64%2,223Hall9,76363.98%5,49636.02%4,26727.96%15,259Hamilton3,24972.65%1,22327.35%2,02645.30%4,472Harlan1,76666.42%89333.58%87332.84%2,659Hayes69971.33%28128.67%41842.66%980Hitchcock1,63470.67%67829.33%95641.34%2,312Holt4,15062.99%2,43837.01%1,71225.98%6,588Hooker44386.19%7113.81%37272.38%514Howard1,67652.47%1,51847.53%1584.94%3,194Jefferson4,04768.11%1,89531.89%2,15236.22%5,942Johnson2,09864.57%1,15135.43%94729.14%3,249Kearney2,06562.05%1,26337.95%80224.10%3,328Keith2,68068.88%1,21131.12%1,46937.76%3,891Keya Paha64672.83%24127.17%40545.66%887Kimball2,15267.93%1,01632.07%1,13635.86%3,168Knox3,84764.45%2,12235.55%1,72528.90%5,969Lancaster37,72562.57%22,56437.43%15,16125.14%60,289Lincoln7,68561.49%4,81238.51%2,87322.98%12,497Logan39170.58%16329.42%22841.16%554Loup44577.53%12922.47%31655.06%574Madison8,35073.25%3,05026.75%5,30046.50%11,400McPherson30381.89%6718.11%23663.78%370Merrick2,74468.98%1,23431.02%1,51037.96%3,978Morrill2,02062.75%1,19937.25%82125.50%3,219Nance1,69962.67%1,01237.33%68725.34%2,711Nemaha3,03168.76%1,37731.24%1,65437.52%4,408Nuckolls2,44160.86%1,57039.14%87121.72%4,011Otoe5,05766.54%2,54333.46%2,51433.08%7,600Pawnee1,72863.13%1,00936.87%71926.26%2,737Perkins1,30165.12%69734.88%60430.24%1,998Phelps3,79575.19%1,25224.81%2,54350.38%5,047Pierce2,96372.80%1,10727.20%1,85645.60%4,070Platte6,12958.28%4,38741.72%1,74216.56%10,516Polk2,39766.94%1,18433.06%1,21333.88%3,581Red Willow3,89066.93%1,92233.07%1,96833.86%5,812Richardson4,48162.66%2,67037.34%1,81125.32%7,151Rock1,08481.08%25318.92%83162.16%1,337Saline2,88144.99%3,52355.01%-642-10.02%6,404Sarpy4,67255.30%3,77744.70%89510.60%8,449Saunders4,70256.94%3,55643.06%1,14613.88%8,258Scotts Bluff8,72860.72%5,64639.28%3,08221.44%14,374Seward3,58863.14%2,09536.86%1,49326.28%5,683Sheridan2,87071.50%1,14428.50%1,72643.00%4,014Sherman1,13144.21%1,42755.79%-296-11.58%2,558Sioux74564.22%41535.78%33028.44%1,160Stanton1,68066.22%85733.78%82332.44%2,537Thayer3,20267.38%1,55032.62%1,65234.76%4,752Thomas42074.87%14125.13%27949.74%561Thurston1,75757.19%1,31542.81%44214.38%3,072Valley2,04562.10%1,24837.90%79724.20%3,293Washington3,77269.01%1,69430.99%2,07838.02%5,466Wayne3,27476.16%1,02523.84%2,24952.32%4,299Webster2,02664.75%1,10335.25%92329.50%3,129Wheeler42463.95%23936.05%18527.90%663York5,20574.69%1,76425.31%3,44149.38%6,969Totals380,55362.07%232,54237.93%148,01124.14%613,095 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Butler Greeley Sherman See also United States presidential elections in Nebraska References Nebraska 1960 Category:1960 Nebraska elections