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  2. 1960 United States presidential election - Wikipedia

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    Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 8, 1960. The Democratic ticket of Senator John F. Kennedy and his running mate, Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson, narrowly defeated the Republican ticket of incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon and his running mate, U.N. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.

  3. List of United States presidential elections by popular vote ...

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    The table below is a list of United States presidential elections by popular vote margin. It is sorted to display elections by their presidential term/year of election, name, margin by percentage in popular vote, popular vote, margin in popular vote by number, and the runner up in the Electoral College.

  4. 1960 United States elections - Wikipedia

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    Kennedy's popular vote margin of victory was the closest in any presidential election in the 20th century, with Kennedy garnering 0.17% more of the popular vote than his opponent. [2] [3] Nixon, the first sitting vice president to win either party's nomination since John C. Breckinridge in 1860, easily won his party's nomination.

  5. 1960 United States presidential election in New Jersey

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    Kennedy and Johnson defeated the Republican nominees, Vice President Richard Nixon of California and his running mate Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. of Massachusetts. Kennedy carried New Jersey with 49.96% of the vote to Nixon's 49.16%, a margin of 0.80%. [1] Kennedy managed to narrowly win the state despite winning only seven counties to ...

  6. 1960 United States presidential election in West Virginia

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    West Virginia was won by Senator John F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 52.73 percent of the popular vote against incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (R–California), running with United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., with 47.27 percent of the popular vote. [3] [4]

  7. 1962 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts

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    In the November special election, Kennedy defeated Lodge with 55 percent of the vote. [1] Lodge's father had lost the same seat to then-Representative John F. Kennedy in 1952. [6] Political science professor Murray Levin stated that Kennedy's youth and political inexperience made him an innocent outsider, while his wealth made him incorruptible ...

  8. 1960 United States presidential election in Alabama - Wikipedia

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    The 1960 United States presidential election in Alabama was held on November 8, 1960 as part of that year's national presidential election.Eleven Democratic electors were elected, of whom six voted for Senator Harry F. Byrd of Virginia and five for Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts.

  9. 1960 United States presidential election in Texas - Wikipedia

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    The Democratic Party candidate John F. Kennedy, narrowly won the state of Texas with 50.52 percent of the vote to the Republican candidate Vice President Richard Nixon's 48.52%, a margin of two percent, giving him the state's 24 electoral votes.