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1960 United States presidential election in Kentucky
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Nominee Richard Nixon John F. Kennedy
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California Massachusetts
Running mate Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. Lyndon B. Johnson
Electoral vote 10 0
Popular vote 602,607 521,855
Percentage 53.59% 46.41%
County Results
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The 1960 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. Kentucky voters chose 10[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Kentucky was won by incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (R–California), running with United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., with 53.59 percent of the popular vote, against Senator John F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 46.41 percent of the popular vote.[3][4] Nixon thus became the first Republican to ever carry Kentucky without winning the presidency, and remained the last until John McCain did so in 2008. Kennedy was the first Democrat to win without the state since 1852.

Results

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1960 United States presidential election in Kentucky
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Richard Nixon 602,607 53.59%
Democratic John F. Kennedy 521,855 46.41%
Total votes 1,124,462 100%

Results by county

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County Richard Nixon
Republican 		John F. Kennedy
Democratic 		Margin Total votes cast[5]
# % # % # %
Adair 4,621 67.07% 2,269 32.93% 2,352 34.14% 6,890
Allen 3,410 67.22% 1,663 32.78% 1,747 34.44% 5,073
Anderson 2,033 49.94% 2,038 50.06% -5 -0.12% 4,071
Ballard 1,121 28.99% 2,746 71.01% -1,625 -42.02% 3,867
Barren 5,187 51.19% 4,946 48.81% 241 2.38% 10,133
Bath 1,888 47.75% 2,066 52.25% -178 -4.50% 3,954
Bell 6,805 56.77% 5,181 43.23% 1,624 13.54% 11,986
Boone 4,835 61.99% 2,965 38.01% 1,870 23.98% 7,800
Bourbon 2,379 42.98% 3,156 57.02% -777 -14.04% 5,535
Boyd 11,305 55.42% 9,094 44.58% 2,211 10.84% 20,399
Boyle 3,624 52.28% 3,308 47.72% 316 4.56% 6,932
Bracken 2,002 60.16% 1,326 39.84% 676 20.32% 3,328
Breathitt 1,996 37.64% 3,307 62.36% -1,311 -24.72% 5,303
Breckinridge 3,979 55.92% 3,136 44.08% 843 11.84% 7,115
Bullitt 2,683 52.40% 2,437 47.60% 246 4.80% 5,120
Butler 3,656 78.66% 992 21.34% 2,664 57.32% 4,648
Caldwell 3,442 61.70% 2,137 38.30% 1,305 23.40% 5,579
Calloway 3,356 41.69% 4,693 58.31% -1,337 -16.62% 8,049
Campbell 17,388 54.21% 14,690 45.79% 2,698 8.42% 32,078
Carlisle 978 35.59% 1,770 64.41% -792 -28.82% 2,748
Carroll 1,135 33.78% 2,225 66.22% -1,090 -32.44% 3,360
Carter 4,956 58.76% 3,479 41.24% 1,477 17.52% 8,435
Casey 4,811 77.30% 1,413 22.70% 3,398 54.60% 6,224
Christian 5,251 43.31% 6,874 56.69% -1,623 -13.38% 12,125
Clark 3,317 52.31% 3,024 47.69% 293 4.62% 6,341
Clay 4,922 78.09% 1,381 21.91% 3,541 56.18% 6,303
Clinton 3,524 84.11% 666 15.89% 2,858 68.22% 4,190
Crittenden 2,770 67.74% 1,319 32.26% 1,451 35.48% 4,089
Cumberland 2,697 76.25% 840 23.75% 1,857 52.50% 3,537
Daviess 13,385 57.62% 9,846 42.38% 3,539 15.24% 23,231
Edmonson 2,884 72.83% 1,076 27.17% 1,808 45.66% 3,960
Elliott 789 31.27% 1,734 68.73% -945 -37.46% 2,523
Estill 3,238 64.85% 1,755 35.15% 1,483 29.70% 4,993
Fayette 25,169 60.43% 16,478 39.57% 8,691 20.86% 41,647
Fleming 2,777 55.62% 2,216 44.38% 561 11.24% 4,993
Floyd 5,010 33.66% 9,876 66.34% -4,866 -32.68% 14,886
Franklin 4,742 40.21% 7,052 59.79% -2,310 -19.58% 11,794
Fulton 1,567 36.65% 2,708 63.35% -1,141 -26.70% 4,275
Gallatin 756 42.38% 1,028 57.62% -272 -15.24% 1,784
Garrard 2,759 60.78% 1,780 39.22% 979 21.56% 4,539
Grant 2,163 53.25% 1,899 46.75% 264 6.50% 4,062
Graves 4,854 38.70% 7,689 61.30% -2,835 -22.60% 12,543
Grayson 4,807 67.12% 2,355 32.88% 2,452 34.24% 7,162
Green 3,606 69.53% 1,580 30.47% 2,026 39.06% 5,186
Greenup 6,101 53.77% 5,245 46.23% 856 7.54% 11,346
Hancock 1,488 59.38% 1,018 40.62% 470 18.76% 2,506
Hardin 6,191 54.63% 5,141 45.37% 1,050 9.26% 11,332
Harlan 7,485 44.83% 9,211 55.17% -1,726 -10.34% 16,696
Harrison 2,306 39.85% 3,481 60.15% -1,175 -20.30% 5,787
Hart 3,610 53.57% 3,129 46.43% 481 7.14% 6,739
Henderson 5,302 48.79% 5,565 51.21% -263 -2.42% 10,867
Henry 1,714 36.60% 2,969 63.40% -1,255 -26.80% 4,683
Hickman 968 30.79% 2,176 69.21% -1,208 -38.42% 3,144
Hopkins 5,574 46.41% 6,436 53.59% -862 -7.18% 12,010
Jackson 3,923 90.35% 419 9.65% 3,504 80.70% 4,342
Jefferson 118,575 50.30% 117,180 49.70% 1,395 0.60% 235,755
Jessamine 2,787 57.95% 2,022 42.05% 765 15.90% 4,809
Johnson 5,317 66.97% 2,622 33.03% 2,695 33.94% 7,939
Kenton 21,857 52.89% 19,466 47.11% 2,391 5.78% 41,323
Knott 1,412 26.30% 3,957 73.70% -2,545 -47.40% 5,369
Knox 5,814 66.29% 2,956 33.71% 2,858 32.58% 8,770
LaRue 2,668 60.90% 1,713 39.10% 955 21.80% 4,381
Laurel 7,485 76.42% 2,309 23.58% 5,176 52.84% 9,794
Lawrence 3,030 54.69% 2,510 45.31% 520 9.38% 5,540
Lee 2,012 67.74% 958 32.26% 1,054 35.48% 2,970
Leslie 3,894 83.05% 795 16.95% 3,099 66.10% 4,689
Letcher 4,408 50.87% 4,258 49.13% 150 1.74% 8,666
Lewis 3,816 69.41% 1,682 30.59% 2,134 38.82% 5,498
Lincoln 3,747 61.15% 2,381 38.85% 1,366 22.30% 6,128
Livingston 1,639 51.92% 1,518 48.08% 121 3.84% 3,157
Logan 4,117 46.59% 4,719 53.41% -602 -6.82% 8,836
Lyon 1,024 42.61% 1,379 57.39% -355 -14.78% 2,403
Madison 6,692 54.35% 5,621 45.65% 1,071 8.70% 12,313
Magoffin 2,736 52.54% 2,471 47.46% 265 5.08% 5,207
Marion 2,203 33.92% 4,292 66.08% -2,089 -32.16% 6,495
Marshall 3,388 49.30% 3,484 50.70% -96 -1.40% 6,872
Martin 2,809 71.57% 1,116 28.43% 1,693 43.14% 3,925
Mason 4,334 57.89% 3,153 42.11% 1,181 15.78% 7,487
McCracken 9,689 43.59% 12,539 56.41% -2,850 -12.82% 22,228
McCreary 3,671 79.89% 924 20.11% 2,747 59.78% 4,595
McLean 2,269 56.94% 1,716 43.06% 553 13.88% 3,985
Meade 1,826 43.36% 2,385 56.64% -559 -13.28% 4,211
Menifee 817 45.24% 989 54.76% -172 -9.52% 1,806
Mercer 3,569 56.81% 2,713 43.19% 856 13.62% 6,282
Metcalfe 2,146 58.02% 1,553 41.98% 593 16.04% 3,699
Monroe 4,337 81.72% 970 18.28% 3,367 63.44% 5,307
Montgomery 2,451 48.25% 2,629 51.75% -178 -3.50% 5,080
Morgan 1,718 37.12% 2,910 62.88% -1,192 -25.76% 4,628
Muhlenberg 5,968 57.41% 4,427 42.59% 1,541 14.82% 10,395
Nelson 3,021 39.06% 4,713 60.94% -1,692 -21.88% 7,734
Nicholas 1,058 42.10% 1,455 57.90% -397 -15.80% 2,513
Ohio 5,230 68.37% 2,420 31.63% 2,810 36.74% 7,650
Oldham 2,221 53.12% 1,960 46.88% 261 6.24% 4,181
Owen 1,212 33.13% 2,446 66.87% -1,234 -33.74% 3,658
Owsley 2,169 86.24% 346 13.76% 1,823 72.48% 2,515
Pendleton 2,387 61.46% 1,497 38.54% 890 22.92% 3,884
Perry 5,754 53.65% 4,971 46.35% 783 7.30% 10,725
Pike 9,956 43.30% 13,039 56.70% -3,083 -13.40% 22,995
Powell 1,508 57.34% 1,122 42.66% 386 14.68% 2,630
Pulaski 11,899 79.35% 3,097 20.65% 8,802 58.70% 14,996
Robertson 594 47.67% 652 52.33% -58 -4.66% 1,246
Rockcastle 3,982 77.73% 1,141 22.27% 2,841 55.46% 5,123
Rowan 2,558 51.47% 2,412 48.53% 146 2.94% 4,970
Russell 3,636 74.72% 1,230 25.28% 2,406 49.44% 4,866
Scott 2,200 45.85% 2,598 54.15% -398 -8.30% 4,798
Shelby 2,934 43.43% 3,822 56.57% -888 -13.14% 6,756
Simpson 1,927 42.18% 2,642 57.82% -715 -15.64% 4,569
Spencer 1,134 51.97% 1,048 48.03% 86 3.94% 2,182
Taylor 4,669 68.11% 2,186 31.89% 2,483 36.22% 6,855
Todd 1,846 39.50% 2,827 60.50% -981 -21.00% 4,673
Trigg 1,500 38.35% 2,411 61.65% -911 -23.30% 3,911
Trimble 743 31.89% 1,587 68.11% -844 -36.22% 2,330
Union 1,789 34.10% 3,457 65.90% -1,668 -31.80% 5,246
Warren 9,074 54.89% 7,457 45.11% 1,617 9.78% 16,531
Washington 2,632 52.40% 2,391 47.60% 241 4.80% 5,023
Wayne 3,973 66.92% 1,964 33.08% 2,009 33.84% 5,937
Webster 2,498 44.00% 3,179 56.00% -681 -12.00% 5,677
Whitley 7,553 71.84% 2,961 28.16% 4,592 43.68% 10,514
Wolfe 1,259 44.76% 1,554 55.24% -295 -10.48% 2,813
Woodford 2,227 53.32% 1,950 46.68% 277 6.64% 4,177
Totals 602,607 53.59% 521,855 46.41% 80,752 7.18% 1,124,462

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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References

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  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1960 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  2. ^ "1960 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)". Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  3. ^ "1960 Presidential General Election Results – Kentucky". Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  4. ^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1960". Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  5. ^ Our Campaigns; KY US Presidential Race, November 08, 1960
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