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The 1960 presidential vote by demographic subgroup Demographic subgroup Kennedy Nixon Total vote 50.1 49.9 Gender Men 52 48 Women 49 51 Age 18–29 years old 54 46 30–49 years old 54 46 50 and older 46 54 Race White: 49 51 Black: 68 32 Religion Protestants 38 62 Catholics 78 22 Party Democrats: 84 16 Republicans: 5 95 Independents: 43 57 ...
The 1960 United States elections were held on November 8, and elected the members of the 87th United States Congress. Democratic Senator John F. Kennedy narrowly defeated Republican incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon in the presidential election, and although Republicans made gains in both chambers of Congress, the Democratic Party easily maintained control of Congress.
Kennedy’s landslide victory in 1960 finally solidified the transformation of Massachusetts into a Democratic stronghold in the modern era. For the first time in American presidential history, in 1960, a Democrat broke 60% of the vote in Massachusetts, and thus Kennedy's 60.22%. Religion was a major dividing factor in shaping the vote in 1960.
Previously, electors cast two votes for president, and the winner and runner up became president and vice-president respectively. The appointment of electors is a matter for each state's legislature to determine; in 1872 and in every presidential election since 1880, all states have used a popular vote to do so.
The following is a table of United States presidential election results by state. They are indirect elections in which voters in each state cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College who pledge to vote for a specific political party's nominee for president. Bold italic text indicates the winner of the election
1960. Richard Nixon (R) – 52%. John F. Kennedy (D) – 47%. Eric Hass (Socialist Labor) – Less than 1%. ... racking up the second-most local votes for any presidential candidate in history. He ...
The 1960 United States presidential election in Texas was held on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. 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 ...
Unlike in the 1960 election, Honolulu voting Republican in 1980 was not sufficient to single-handedly carry the state, while all three other counties voted for Jimmy Carter. [3] As of 2024, Hawaii's first presidential election remains the closest in the state's history.