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From March 8 to June 7, 1960, voters and members of the Democratic Party elected delegates to the 1960 Democratic National Convention through a series of caucuses, conventions, and primaries, partly for the purpose of nominating a candidate for President of the United States in the 1960 election.
The 1960 West Virginia Democratic primary election on May 20 was seen as a turning point in the Democratic primaries. John F Kennedy had shown that he could win a primary election against the liberal Senator Hubert Humphrey in the Wisconsin primary. Although Kennedy defeated Humphrey in Wisconsin, his reliance on heavily Catholic areas left ...
Nixon faced little opposition in the Republican race to succeed popular incumbent Eisenhower. Kennedy, a junior senator from Massachusetts, established himself as the Democratic frontrunner with his strong performance in the 1960 Democratic primaries, including key victories in Wisconsin and West Virginia over Senator Hubert Humphrey.
Pages in category "1960 United States Democratic presidential primaries by state" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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With 81 delegates to the 1960 Democratic National Convention, Pennsylvania was among the largest states to hold a primary. [9] Pennsylvania's nonbinding Democratic primary did not list candidate's names. However, write-in presidential preference votes were allowed. Delegates were elected directly. [9]
In the 1960 Democratic primaries, Wisconsin voted for Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy, [10] due to strong support from Catholics who had recently supported Republican candidates, [11] whilst Vice President Nixon was uncontested in the Republican primary. [10] The Democratic primary was covered in the documentary Primary.
Humphrey was challenged by Wayne Morse of Oregon, who saw the D.C. primary as a warm-up for the Oregon primary to be held later that month. [ 1 ] District of Columbia Democratic Presidential Primary Results – 1960 [ 2 ]