1960 United States presidential election in Ohio

none June 2025 September 2023 1960 United States presidential election in Ohio Ohio presidential no 1956 United States presidential election in Ohio 1956 1964 United States presidential election in Ohio 1964 November 8, 1960 Richard Nixon official portrait as Vice President (cropped).tiff x200px Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) California Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. 25 2,217,611 53.28% Jfk2 (3x4).jpg 200x200px John F. Kennedy Democratic Party (United States) Massachusetts Lyndon B. Johnson 0 1,944,248 46.72% 1960 United States presidential election in Ohio results map by county.svg 250px Map of election results by county County results Nixon #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) 1960 United States presidential election The 1960 United States presidential election in Ohio on November 8, was part of the 1960 United States presidential election. Voters chose 25 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. Ohio was won by Republican Party candidate, incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon of California, with a 53.28% popular vote majority, defeating Democratic Party candidate and Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy, who received 46.72% of the vote. This was the second of two elections in the 20th century in which Ohio, a historical bellwether state, voted for the losing candidate, the first being 1944 when Republican nominee Thomas E. Dewey carried the state over President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It would not do so again until it backed Donald Trump over Joe Biden in 2020, although it backed the loser of the popular vote in 2000 and 2016.http://www.toledoblade.com/memories/2016/02/15/Monday-Memories-Last-President-who-didn-t-win-Ohio.html Last President who didn't win Ohio 2016-02-15 The Blade 2017-04-12 en-US This anomaly was due to strong anti-Catholic voting (amidst an overall nationwide pro-Democratic swing) in the Appalachia-influenced, heavily Baptist southern and western parts of the state.Phillips, Kevin P.; The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 357-358, 395 9780691163246 This was also the last time until 2008 when Lawrence County voted for a losing candidate. Ottawa County would not vote for the losing candidate again until 2020. Had Kennedy won the state along with Roosevelt in 1944, Ohio would have had the longest streak of any state voting for the winning candidate up until 2020. Primaries Democratic primary 1960 Democratic Party presidential primaries Governor Michael DiSalle won the state's primary as a favorite son pledged to support Kennedy.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 Oliphant Thomas Wilkie Curtis 2017 The road to Camelot: Inside JFK's Five-Year Campaign Simon & Schuster Ohio was one of the largest states to hold a primary, with 64 delegates to the DNC. Its primary, held on May 3, coincided with that of neighboring Indiana. Kennedy had campaigned in Ohio numerous times in the two years prior to announcing his official candidacy. While his internal polling was positive, it also showed that he could still lose if a strong candidate launched a favorite son campaign against him. His campaign team was particularly worried about Frank Lausche launching such a challenge. In November 1959 their polling showed a race between him and Kennedy resulting in a statistical tie. Those polls showed that Kennedy would win the race a race between him and DiSalle 62 to 38%. In 1959, during his many visits to the state, Kennedy won the backing of Cuyahoga County Democratic Party leader, Ray T. Miller and Cleveland Mayor, Anthony J. Celebrezze. Kennedy felt that he could not compete in both Ohio and Wisconsin due to time limitations preventing him from being able to spend adequate time in both states. Kennedy saw Wisconsin as providing him an opportunity to potentially deliver an early and fatal blow to Hubert Humphrey's campaign. Thus, he chose to compete there instead of in Ohio. Kennedy felt that he needed to secure DiSalle's endorsement ahead of declaring his candidacy in order to demonstrate appeal outside of New England. Thus, in December 1959, Kennedy and DiSalle brokered an agreement in which DiSalle would run as a favorite son committed to Kennedy, and would endorse Kennedy and announce his intention to run as a favorite son to assist his candidacy in a January 6 press announcement, four days after Kennedy's formal announcement of his candidacy. DiSalle won with a wide margin against Albert S. Porter.Our Campaigns – OH US President – D Primary Race – May 3, 1960 Republican primary 1960 Republican Party presidential primaries Nixon carried the state's Republican primary. Results 1960 United States presidential election in Ohiohttp://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1960&fips=39&f=1&off=0&elect=0 1960 Presidential General Election Results - Ohio Leip David 2016 Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential ElectionsPartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Richard Nixon Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. 2,217,611 53.28% 25 Democratic John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson 1,944,248 46.72% 0 Totals 4,161,859 100.00% 25 Voter turnout (registered voters) % Results by county County Richard NixonRepublican John F. KennedyDemocratic Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % Adams 5,996 60.59% 3,900 39.41% 2,096 21.18% 9,896 Allen 28,007 65.54% 14,725 34.46% 13,282 31.08% 42,732 Ashland 13,112 69.70% 5,700 30.30% 7,412 39.40% 18,812 Ashtabula 22,406 53.91% 19,155 46.09% 3,251 7.82% 41,561 Athens 10,747 58.76% 7,542 41.24% 3,205 17.52% 18,289 Auglaize 11,183 64.03% 6,282 35.97% 4,901 28.06% 17,465 Belmont 18,146 43.26% 23,805 56.74% -5,659 -13.48% 41,951 Brown 6,461 55.73% 5,133 44.27% 1,328 11.46% 11,594 Butler 46,518 58.66% 32,778 41.34% 13,740 17.32% 79,296 Carroll 6,095 63.60% 3,488 36.40% 2,607 27.20% 9,583 Champaign 9,141 66.72% 4,560 33.28% 4,581 33.44% 13,701 Clark 30,588 57.67% 22,456 42.33% 8,132 15.34% 53,044 Clermont 18,802 61.60% 11,723 38.40% 7,079 23.20% 30,525 Clinton 8,464 65.30% 4,498 34.70% 3,966 30.60% 12,962 Columbiana 28,414 58.64% 20,037 41.36% 8,377 17.28% 48,451 Coshocton 9,913 64.75% 5,396 35.25% 4,517 29.50% 15,309 Crawford 14,558 67.59% 6,981 32.41% 7,577 35.18% 21,539 Cuyahoga 288,056 40.17% 429,030 59.83% -140,974 -19.66% 717,086 Darke 14,048 64.55% 7,715 35.45% 6,333 29.10% 21,763 Defiance 8,912 63.12% 5,207 36.88% 3,705 26.24% 14,119 Delaware 11,391 68.11% 5,334 31.89% 6,057 36.22% 16,725 Erie 15,092 57.94% 10,954 42.06% 4,138 15.88% 26,046 Fairfield 17,743 66.03% 9,128 33.97% 8,615 32.06% 26,871 Fayette 7,085 64.11% 3,966 35.89% 3,119 28.22% 11,051 Franklin 161,178 59.37% 110,283 40.63% 50,895 18.74% 271,461 Fulton 9,695 74.76% 3,274 25.24% 6,421 49.52% 12,969 Gallia 7,602 68.49% 3,498 31.51% 4,104 36.98% 11,100 Geauga 12,491 59.44% 8,522 40.56% 3,969 18.88% 21,013 Greene 19,642 58.12% 14,155 41.88% 5,487 16.24% 33,797 Guernsey 10,396 61.41% 6,532 38.59% 3,864 22.82% 16,928 Hamilton 211,068 54.50% 176,215 45.50% 34,853 9.00% 387,283 Hancock 17,059 71.76% 6,712 28.24% 10,347 43.52% 23,771 Hardin 9,042 64.41% 4,996 35.59% 4,046 28.82% 14,038 Harrison 5,191 58.77% 3,641 41.23% 1,550 17.54% 8,832 Henry 8,251 70.73% 3,415 29.27% 4,836 41.46% 11,666 Highland 8,948 62.26% 5,423 37.74% 3,525 24.52% 14,371 Hocking 5,262 56.47% 4,057 43.53% 1,205 12.94% 9,319 Holmes 4,432 69.41% 1,953 30.59% 2,479 38.82% 6,385 Huron 12,261 61.94% 7,534 38.06% 4,727 23.88% 19,795 Jackson 7,973 58.96% 5,549 41.04% 2,424 17.92% 13,522 Jefferson 21,186 44.01% 26,955 55.99% -5,769 -11.98% 48,141 Knox 12,711 65.94% 6,565 34.06% 6,146 31.88% 19,276 Lake 32,038 48.94% 33,425 51.06% -1,387 -2.12% 65,463 Lawrence 13,159 60.32% 8,656 39.68% 4,503 20.64% 21,815 Licking 23,653 63.95% 13,335 36.05% 10,318 27.90% 36,988 Logan 11,311 68.18% 5,279 31.82% 6,032 36.36% 16,590 Lorain 39,361 47.51% 43,487 52.49% -4,126 -4.98% 82,848 Lucas 94,679 47.94% 102,825 52.06% -8,146 -4.12% 197,504 Madison 7,256 66.37% 3,677 33.63% 3,579 32.74% 10,933 Mahoning 51,927 38.73% 82,143 61.27% -30,216 -22.54% 134,070 Marion 15,210 61.31% 9,598 38.69% 5,612 22.62% 24,808 Medina 16,123 62.21% 9,796 37.79% 6,327 24.42% 25,919 Meigs 6,976 66.77% 3,472 33.23% 3,504 33.54% 10,448 Mercer 7,735 50.02% 7,730 49.98% 5 0.04% 15,465 Miami 22,151 65.30% 11,770 34.70% 10,381 30.60% 33,921 Monroe 4,106 56.63% 3,144 43.37% 962 13.26% 7,250 Montgomery 109,602 52.71% 98,325 47.29% 11,277 5.42% 207,927 Morgan 4,424 70.82% 1,823 29.18% 2,601 41.64% 6,247 Morrow 6,357 69.91% 2,736 30.09% 3,621 39.82% 9,093 Muskingum 21,518 61.88% 13,254 38.12% 8,264 23.76% 34,772 Noble 3,951 65.99% 2,036 34.01% 1,915 31.98% 5,987 Ottawa 9,260 58.34% 6,612 41.66% 2,648 16.68% 15,872 Paulding 4,961 63.72% 2,825 36.28% 2,136 27.44% 7,786 Perry 7,658 59.60% 5,191 40.40% 2,467 19.20% 12,849 Pickaway 7,821 61.63% 4,870 38.37% 2,951 23.26% 12,691 Pike 3,684 45.92% 4,339 54.08% -655 -8.16% 8,023 Portage 19,634 51.45% 18,528 48.55% 1,106 2.90% 38,162 Preble 8,802 61.69% 5,467 38.31% 3,335 23.38% 14,269 Putnam 6,834 53.09% 6,039 46.91% 795 6.18% 12,873 Richland 27,317 58.17% 19,645 41.83% 7,672 16.34% 46,962 Ross 14,075 60.90% 9,036 39.10% 5,039 21.80% 23,111 Sandusky 14,566 64.06% 8,171 35.94% 6,395 28.12% 22,737 Scioto 21,771 56.67% 16,647 43.33% 5,124 13.34% 38,418 Seneca 15,772 61.20% 10,001 38.80% 5,771 22.40% 25,773 Shelby 8,766 56.08% 6,866 43.92% 1,900 12.16% 15,632 Stark 82,881 55.22% 67,205 44.78% 15,676 10.44% 150,086 Summit 109,066 49.59% 110,852 50.41% -1,786 -0.82% 219,918 Trumbull 40,724 46.46% 46,928 53.54% -6,204 -7.08% 87,652 Tuscarawas 20,637 56.20% 16,083 43.80% 4,554 12.40% 36,720 Union 7,838 71.55% 3,116 28.45% 4,722 43.10% 10,954 Van Wert 9,666 65.68% 5,050 34.32% 4,616 31.36% 14,716 Vinton 3,043 59.97% 2,031 40.03% 1,012 19.94% 5,074 Warren 14,505 64.61% 7,945 35.39% 6,560 29.22% 22,450 Washington 14,197 64.38% 7,856 35.62% 6,341 28.76% 22,053 Wayne 21,273 69.10% 9,511 30.90% 11,762 38.20% 30,784 Williams 10,319 71.84% 4,044 28.16% 6,275 43.68% 14,363 Wood 18,952 64.17% 10,581 35.83% 8,371 28.34% 29,533 Wyandot 6,786 65.81% 3,526 34.19% 3,260 31.62% 10,312Totals2,217,61153.28%1,944,24846.72%273,3636.56%4,161,859 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Belmont Cuyahoga Jefferson Lorain Mahoning Lucas Lake Summit Trumbull See also United States presidential elections in Ohio References Ohio 1960 Category:1960 Ohio elections