1960 United States presidential election in Arizona

none June 2025 September 2023 1960 United States presidential election 1960 United States presidential election in Arizona Arizona presidential no 1956 United States presidential election in Arizona 1956 1964 United States presidential election in Arizona 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. 4 221,241 55.52% Jfk2 (3x4).jpg John F. Kennedy Democratic Party (United States) Massachusetts Lyndon B. Johnson 0 176,781 44.36% 1960 United States presidential election in Arizona results map by county.svg 250px County results Nixon #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% Kennedy #86b6f2 50–60% #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 Arizona took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. State voters chose fourhttps://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. Arizona was won by incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (R–California), running with United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., with 55.5% of the popular vote, against Senator John F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 44.4% of the popular vote.http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?f=0&fips=4&year=1960 1960 Presidential General Election Results – Arizona June 6, 2017http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1960 The American Presidency Project – Election of 1960 June 6, 2017 This was the first time since achieving statehood in 1912 that Arizona backed the losing candidate in a presidential election, a sign that the state was trending Republican. It would vote Republican in every election thereafter except 1996 and 2020. Kennedy became the first ever Democrat to win the White House without carrying Arizona since it became a state, as well as the first to do so without carrying Apache, Cochise, Coconino, Graham, Maricopa, Mohave, Navajo, or Yavapai Counties, and the first since Woodrow Wilson in 1916 to do so without carrying Pima County. As well as this, Arizona is the only state in the union that backed the Republican candidate in the 1960, 1964, and 1968 elections. Primaries Democratic state convention 1960 Democratic Party presidential primaries While Arizona did not hold a formal primary to select delegates to represent the state at the Democratic National Convention, it did hold a state convention in April where delegates were selected.Oliphant Thomas Wilkie Curtis 2017 The road to Camelot: Inside JFK's Five-Year Campaign Simon & Schuster Since Arizona traditionally operated under the "unit role" at conventions (under which the entire delegation voted for one candidate as a unified bloc), a candidate who could secure a simple majority of their delegation's support would be able to receive the votes of all 17 delegates. By early 1959, Kennedy's campaign saw strong potential in the state, and recognized a need to organize their efforts there. Arizona was added to the list of states which they began to prioritize as targets for Kennedy to compete in during the primaries. As the primary season unfolded, Kennedy increasingly recognized the state convention as an opportunity to secure delegates in advance of the convention. This arose as an opportunity for Kennedy due to Lyndon B. Johnson's steadfast refusal to launch an active candidacy during the primaries. Rather than seeking support as a declared candidate, Johnson was relying on a covert, ultimately ineffective, effort to deliver him the support of Arizona's delegation. Johnson was counting on 81 year old senator Carl Hayden and former senator Ernest McFarland to deliver him the state's delegation. Both would ultimately prove to have long since expended their political capital in the state. Kennedy operative Ted Sorensen found, early on, that the state party chairman, Tucson mayor Don Hummel, was willing to help the Kennedy campaign. Kennedy's campaign's primary base for their Arizona operations was in Pima County, where Hummel lent his grassroots prowess to them. The primary actor in shoring up Kennedy's support in the state, however, was congressman Stewart Udall. Both Udall and his prover, former county prosecutor Mo Udall, proved themselves to be committed supporters of Kennedy's campaign. A few days prior to the state convention, Sam Rayburn (a Johnson ally) summoned Stewart Udall to the Speaker's Platform in the House Chamber of the United States Capitol. He inquired as to whether Udall was going to be an active figure in the state convention, which Udall confirmed that he would be. Rayburn responded sternly, "Well, I have a candidate for the nomination, my colleague from Texas. I don't want you to hurt him." Udall attempted to placate Rayburn by saying, "Mr. Speaker, I am not trying to hurt anybody. I committed myself several months ago to John Kennedy, and I am going to do everything I can to help him. I am not trying to hurt your man. As a matter of fact, if Kennedy can't get the support, your man is obviously the man who will. If I can't put Kennedy over, I'm not going against him." After a string of hostile caucuses to select delegates, the state convention ultimately produced a delegation that favored Kennedy (with two-thirds of the delegates being Kennedy supporters). Results 1960 United States presidential election in Arizonahttps://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/nodes/view/102655 Official Canvass General Election - November 8, 1960 Arizona Secretary of State 2024-07-30 Richard Nixon Republican Party (United States) 221,241 55.52% John F. Kennedy Democratic Party (United States) 176,781 44.36% Eric Hass Socialist Labor Party of America 469 0.12% 44,460 11.16% 398,491 100.00% Results by county CountyRichard NixonRepublicanJohn F. KennedyDemocraticEric HassSocialist LaborMarginTotal votes cast#%#%#%#% Apache 1,568 51.75% 1,459 48.15% 3 0.10% 109 3.60% 3,030 Cochise 7,572 50.46% 7,419 49.44% 16 0.10% 153 1.02% 15,007 Coconino 4,870 54.45% 4,065 45.45% 9 0.10% 805 9.00% 8,944 Gila 3,806 41.99% 5,251 57.93% 8 0.08% -1,445 -15.94% 9,065 Graham 2,491 54.35% 2,091 45.63% 1 0.02% 400 8.72% 4,583 Greenlee 1,313 29.94% 3,069 69.97% 4 0.09% -1,756 -40.03% 4,386 Maricopa 127,090 59.37% 86,834 40.57% 135 0.06% 40,256 18.80% 214,059 Mohave 1,641 55.59% 1,303 44.14% 8 0.27% 338 11.45% 2,952 Navajo 4,090 57.19% 3,052 42.68% 9 0.13% 1,038 14.51% 7,151 Pima 46,734 52.43% 42,171 47.31% 239 0.26% 4,563 5.12% 89,144 Pinal 6,441 47.07% 7,232 52.85% 11 0.08% -791 -5.78% 13,684 Santa Cruz 1,265 40.35% 1,868 59.59% 2 0.06% -603 -19.24% 3,135 Yavapai 6,813 61.12% 4,325 38.80% 9 0.08% 2,488 22.32% 11,147Yuma 5,547 45.45% 6,642 54.42% 15 0.13% -1,095 -8.97% 12,204Totals221,24155.52%176,78144.36%4690.12%44,46011.16%398,491 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Gila Pinal Santa Cruz Electors Electors were chosen by their party's voters in primary elections held on September 13, 1960.https://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/nodes/view/102656 Official Canvass Primary Election - September 13, 1960 Arizona Secretary of State 2024-07-30 John F. Kennedy & Lyndon B. JohnsonDemocratic Party Richard Nixon & Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.Republican Party Eric Hass & Georgia CozziniSocialist Labor Party text-align:center Thomas J. Croaff Jr. Daniel Edward Garvey Ernest W. McFarland Rawghlie C. Stanford text-align:center Elizabeth Ann Parkman Barnett E. Marks Margaret A. Rockwell E. I. Whiting text-align:center George Horvath Wrignol E. Quillen William M. Reynolds Pauline Reynolds References Arizona 1960 Category:1960 Arizona elections