1960 United States presidential election in Kansas
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The 1960 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Kansas was won by incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (R–California), running with United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., with 60.45 percent of the popular vote, against Senator John F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 39.10 percent of the popular vote.[3][4]
Kennedy carried only heavily Catholic Ellis County and urbanized Wyandotte County, the home of Kansas City, Kansas, which has become the Democrats' most reliable county in Kansas during presidential elections.
With 60.45 percent of the popular vote, Kansas would prove to be Nixon's second strongest state in the 1960 election after neighbouring Nebraska.[5]
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Richard Nixon | 561,474 | 60.45% | |
| Democratic | John F. Kennedy | 363,213 | 39.10% | |
| Prohibition | Rutherford Decker | 4,138 | 0.45% | |
| Total votes | 928,825 | 100% | ||
Results by county
[edit]| County | Richard Nixon Republican |
John F. Kennedy Democratic |
Rutherford Decker Prohibition |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Allen | 4,947 | 65.89% | 2,540 | 33.83% | 21 | 0.28% | 2,407 | 32.06% | 7,508 |
| Anderson | 2,665 | 62.35% | 1,589 | 37.18% | 20 | 0.47% | 1,076 | 25.17% | 4,274 |
| Atchison | 4,793 | 52.33% | 4,336 | 47.34% | 31 | 0.34% | 457 | 4.99% | 9,160 |
| Barber | 2,703 | 66.48% | 1,347 | 33.13% | 16 | 0.39% | 1,356 | 33.35% | 4,066 |
| Barton | 7,599 | 55.61% | 6,036 | 44.17% | 30 | 0.22% | 1,563 | 11.44% | 13,665 |
| Bourbon | 5,062 | 63.03% | 2,928 | 36.46% | 41 | 0.51% | 2,134 | 26.57% | 8,031 |
| Brown | 4,707 | 72.25% | 1,773 | 27.21% | 35 | 0.54% | 2,934 | 45.04% | 6,515 |
| Butler | 10,059 | 58.37% | 7,112 | 41.27% | 61 | 0.35% | 2,947 | 17.10% | 17,232 |
| Chase | 1,276 | 64.06% | 708 | 35.54% | 8 | 0.40% | 568 | 28.52% | 1,992 |
| Chautauqua | 2,160 | 70.54% | 885 | 28.90% | 17 | 0.56% | 1,275 | 41.64% | 3,062 |
| Cherokee | 5,753 | 56.45% | 4,366 | 42.84% | 73 | 0.72% | 1,387 | 13.61% | 10,192 |
| Cheyenne | 1,622 | 71.42% | 636 | 28.01% | 13 | 0.57% | 986 | 43.41% | 2,271 |
| Clark | 1,286 | 70.27% | 538 | 29.40% | 6 | 0.33% | 748 | 40.87% | 1,830 |
| Clay | 3,937 | 75.33% | 1,246 | 23.84% | 43 | 0.82% | 2,691 | 51.49% | 5,226 |
| Cloud | 4,045 | 60.58% | 2,607 | 39.04% | 25 | 0.37% | 1,438 | 21.54% | 6,677 |
| Coffey | 2,925 | 69.69% | 1,263 | 30.09% | 9 | 0.21% | 1,662 | 39.60% | 4,197 |
| Comanche | 1,187 | 71.85% | 460 | 27.85% | 5 | 0.30% | 727 | 44.00% | 1,652 |
| Cowley | 10,276 | 61.98% | 6,205 | 37.42% | 99 | 0.60% | 4,071 | 24.56% | 16,580 |
| Crawford | 9,383 | 52.78% | 8,325 | 46.83% | 69 | 0.39% | 1,058 | 5.95% | 17,777 |
| Decatur | 1,846 | 63.83% | 1,038 | 35.89% | 8 | 0.28% | 808 | 27.94% | 2,892 |
| Dickinson | 6,956 | 69.18% | 3,054 | 30.37% | 45 | 0.45% | 3,902 | 38.81% | 10,055 |
| Doniphan | 2,882 | 67.38% | 1,383 | 32.34% | 12 | 0.28% | 1,499 | 35.04% | 4,277 |
| Douglas | 11,337 | 66.43% | 5,690 | 33.34% | 38 | 0.22% | 5,647 | 33.09% | 17,065 |
| Edwards | 1,588 | 61.46% | 986 | 38.16% | 10 | 0.39% | 602 | 23.30% | 2,584 |
| Elk | 1,830 | 68.46% | 823 | 30.79% | 20 | 0.75% | 1,007 | 37.67% | 2,673 |
| Ellis | 3,156 | 35.16% | 5,815 | 64.78% | 6 | 0.07% | -2,659 | -29.62% | 8,977 |
| Ellsworth | 2,189 | 59.37% | 1,488 | 40.36% | 10 | 0.27% | 701 | 19.01% | 3,687 |
| Finney | 3,720 | 59.62% | 2,490 | 39.90% | 30 | 0.48% | 1,230 | 19.72% | 6,240 |
| Ford | 5,200 | 57.67% | 3,792 | 42.05% | 25 | 0.28% | 1,408 | 15.62% | 9,017 |
| Franklin | 6,158 | 68.20% | 2,824 | 31.28% | 47 | 0.52% | 3,334 | 36.92% | 9,029 |
| Geary | 3,789 | 61.28% | 2,365 | 38.25% | 29 | 0.47% | 1,424 | 23.03% | 6,183 |
| Gove | 1,065 | 55.85% | 828 | 43.42% | 14 | 0.73% | 237 | 12.43% | 1,907 |
| Graham | 1,572 | 62.96% | 918 | 36.76% | 7 | 0.28% | 654 | 26.20% | 2,497 |
| Grant | 1,235 | 63.59% | 702 | 36.15% | 5 | 0.26% | 533 | 27.44% | 1,942 |
| Gray | 1,150 | 60.56% | 744 | 39.18% | 5 | 0.26% | 406 | 21.38% | 1,899 |
| Greeley | 645 | 70.57% | 262 | 28.67% | 7 | 0.77% | 383 | 41.90% | 914 |
| Greenwood | 3,758 | 67.46% | 1,804 | 32.38% | 9 | 0.16% | 1,954 | 35.08% | 5,571 |
| Hamilton | 885 | 59.76% | 591 | 39.91% | 5 | 0.34% | 294 | 19.85% | 1,481 |
| Harper | 3,158 | 68.33% | 1,439 | 31.13% | 25 | 0.54% | 1,719 | 37.20% | 4,622 |
| Harvey | 7,798 | 68.38% | 3,537 | 31.02% | 69 | 0.61% | 4,261 | 37.36% | 11,404 |
| Haskell | 853 | 64.23% | 471 | 35.47% | 4 | 0.30% | 382 | 28.76% | 1,328 |
| Hodgeman | 926 | 61.45% | 570 | 37.82% | 11 | 0.73% | 356 | 23.63% | 1,507 |
| Jackson | 3,279 | 67.46% | 1,567 | 32.24% | 15 | 0.31% | 1,712 | 35.22% | 4,861 |
| Jefferson | 3,353 | 65.73% | 1,739 | 34.09% | 9 | 0.18% | 1,614 | 31.64% | 5,101 |
| Jewell | 2,914 | 72.25% | 1,095 | 27.15% | 24 | 0.60% | 1,819 | 45.10% | 4,033 |
| Johnson | 43,026 | 66.16% | 21,914 | 33.70% | 93 | 0.14% | 21,112 | 32.46% | 65,033 |
| Kearny | 846 | 62.11% | 513 | 37.67% | 3 | 0.22% | 333 | 24.44% | 1,362 |
| Kingman | 2,904 | 62.29% | 1,735 | 37.22% | 23 | 0.49% | 1,169 | 25.07% | 4,662 |
| Kiowa | 1,662 | 74.56% | 555 | 24.90% | 12 | 0.54% | 1,107 | 49.66% | 2,229 |
| Labette | 7,491 | 58.49% | 5,248 | 40.98% | 68 | 0.53% | 2,243 | 17.51% | 12,807 |
| Lane | 902 | 65.41% | 462 | 33.50% | 15 | 1.09% | 440 | 31.91% | 1,379 |
| Leavenworth | 7,870 | 53.06% | 6,926 | 46.70% | 36 | 0.24% | 944 | 6.36% | 14,832 |
| Lincoln | 2,052 | 71.15% | 822 | 28.50% | 10 | 0.35% | 1,230 | 42.65% | 2,884 |
| Linn | 2,824 | 70.18% | 1,176 | 29.22% | 24 | 0.60% | 1,648 | 40.96% | 4,024 |
| Logan | 1,243 | 65.22% | 651 | 34.16% | 12 | 0.63% | 592 | 31.06% | 1,906 |
| Lyon | 7,470 | 60.90% | 4,755 | 38.77% | 41 | 0.33% | 2,715 | 22.13% | 12,266 |
| McPherson | 7,920 | 73.61% | 2,774 | 25.78% | 65 | 0.60% | 5,146 | 47.83% | 10,759 |
| Marion | 5,250 | 73.20% | 1,904 | 26.55% | 18 | 0.25% | 3,346 | 46.65% | 7,172 |
| Marshall | 4,932 | 62.50% | 2,931 | 37.14% | 28 | 0.35% | 2,001 | 25.36% | 7,891 |
| Meade | 1,826 | 70.47% | 754 | 29.10% | 11 | 0.42% | 1,072 | 41.37% | 2,591 |
| Miami | 4,857 | 57.85% | 3,505 | 41.75% | 34 | 0.40% | 1,352 | 16.10% | 8,396 |
| Mitchell | 2,779 | 61.80% | 1,692 | 37.63% | 26 | 0.58% | 1,087 | 24.17% | 4,497 |
| Montgomery | 12,536 | 60.74% | 7,938 | 38.46% | 164 | 0.79% | 4,598 | 22.28% | 20,638 |
| Morris | 2,413 | 67.40% | 1,148 | 32.07% | 19 | 0.53% | 1,265 | 35.33% | 3,580 |
| Morton | 918 | 60.67% | 586 | 38.73% | 9 | 0.59% | 332 | 21.94% | 1,513 |
| Nemaha | 3,360 | 53.61% | 2,884 | 46.02% | 23 | 0.37% | 476 | 7.59% | 6,267 |
| Neosho | 5,877 | 62.71% | 3,451 | 36.83% | 43 | 0.46% | 2,426 | 25.88% | 9,371 |
| Ness | 1,683 | 63.39% | 960 | 36.16% | 12 | 0.45% | 723 | 27.23% | 2,655 |
| Norton | 2,781 | 68.01% | 1,300 | 31.79% | 8 | 0.20% | 1,481 | 36.22% | 4,089 |
| Osage | 3,880 | 64.02% | 2,150 | 35.47% | 31 | 0.51% | 1,730 | 28.55% | 6,061 |
| Osborne | 2,731 | 69.97% | 1,152 | 29.52% | 20 | 0.51% | 1,579 | 40.45% | 3,903 |
| Ottawa | 2,190 | 66.81% | 1,072 | 32.70% | 16 | 0.49% | 1,118 | 34.11% | 3,278 |
| Pawnee | 2,618 | 58.32% | 1,853 | 41.28% | 18 | 0.40% | 765 | 17.04% | 4,489 |
| Phillips | 3,123 | 75.34% | 1,004 | 24.22% | 18 | 0.43% | 2,119 | 51.12% | 4,145 |
| Pottawatomie | 3,666 | 63.16% | 2,125 | 36.61% | 13 | 0.22% | 1,541 | 26.55% | 5,804 |
| Pratt | 3,501 | 63.59% | 1,968 | 35.74% | 37 | 0.67% | 1,533 | 27.85% | 5,506 |
| Rawlins | 1,560 | 61.73% | 951 | 37.63% | 16 | 0.63% | 609 | 24.10% | 2,527 |
| Reno | 14,655 | 60.21% | 9,557 | 39.27% | 127 | 0.52% | 5,098 | 20.94% | 24,339 |
| Republic | 3,358 | 65.62% | 1,724 | 33.69% | 35 | 0.68% | 1,634 | 31.93% | 5,117 |
| Rice | 4,329 | 64.81% | 2,328 | 34.85% | 23 | 0.34% | 2,001 | 29.96% | 6,680 |
| Riley | 9,068 | 71.97% | 3,482 | 27.63% | 50 | 0.40% | 5,586 | 44.34% | 12,600 |
| Rooks | 2,840 | 63.25% | 1,639 | 36.50% | 11 | 0.24% | 1,201 | 26.75% | 4,490 |
| Rush | 1,668 | 53.86% | 1,418 | 45.79% | 11 | 0.36% | 250 | 8.07% | 3,097 |
| Russell | 3,607 | 65.57% | 1,870 | 33.99% | 24 | 0.44% | 1,737 | 31.58% | 5,501 |
| Saline | 11,023 | 62.74% | 6,495 | 36.97% | 50 | 0.28% | 4,528 | 25.77% | 17,568 |
| Scott | 1,514 | 71.28% | 598 | 28.15% | 12 | 0.56% | 916 | 43.13% | 2,124 |
| Sedgwick | 73,501 | 55.23% | 58,887 | 44.25% | 696 | 0.52% | 14,614 | 10.98% | 133,084 |
| Seward | 3,974 | 70.44% | 1,654 | 29.32% | 14 | 0.25% | 2,320 | 41.12% | 5,642 |
| Shawnee | 33,803 | 60.63% | 21,799 | 39.10% | 147 | 0.26% | 12,004 | 21.53% | 55,749 |
| Sheridan | 1,047 | 51.93% | 954 | 47.32% | 15 | 0.74% | 93 | 4.61% | 2,016 |
| Sherman | 2,030 | 65.08% | 1,074 | 34.43% | 15 | 0.48% | 956 | 30.65% | 3,119 |
| Smith | 3,013 | 71.88% | 1,157 | 27.60% | 22 | 0.52% | 1,856 | 44.28% | 4,192 |
| Stafford | 2,531 | 65.54% | 1,305 | 33.79% | 26 | 0.67% | 1,226 | 31.75% | 3,862 |
| Stanton | 627 | 65.72% | 323 | 33.86% | 4 | 0.42% | 304 | 31.86% | 954 |
| Stevens | 1,405 | 68.74% | 630 | 30.82% | 9 | 0.44% | 775 | 37.92% | 2,044 |
| Sumner | 7,219 | 61.51% | 4,462 | 38.02% | 55 | 0.47% | 2,757 | 23.49% | 11,736 |
| Thomas | 2,081 | 61.50% | 1,285 | 37.97% | 18 | 0.53% | 796 | 23.53% | 3,384 |
| Trego | 1,426 | 61.76% | 875 | 37.90% | 8 | 0.35% | 551 | 23.86% | 2,309 |
| Wabaunsee | 2,351 | 70.58% | 969 | 29.09% | 11 | 0.33% | 1,382 | 41.49% | 3,331 |
| Wallace | 727 | 68.20% | 339 | 31.80% | 0 | 0.00% | 388 | 36.40% | 1,066 |
| Washington | 3,707 | 68.09% | 1,706 | 31.34% | 31 | 0.57% | 2,001 | 36.75% | 5,444 |
| Wichita | 702 | 55.63% | 554 | 43.90% | 6 | 0.48% | 148 | 11.73% | 1,262 |
| Wilson | 4,333 | 67.77% | 2,034 | 31.81% | 27 | 0.42% | 2,299 | 35.96% | 6,394 |
| Woodson | 1,853 | 67.36% | 888 | 32.28% | 10 | 0.36% | 965 | 35.08% | 2,751 |
| Wyandotte | 34,764 | 45.27% | 41,433 | 53.95% | 604 | 0.79% | -6,669 | -8.68% | 76,801 |
| Totals | 561,474 | 60.45% | 363,213 | 39.10% | 4,138 | 0.45% | 198,261 | 21.35% | 928,825 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1960 — Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- ^ "1960 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)". Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- ^ "1960 Presidential General Election Results – Kansas". Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project ± Election of 1960". Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- ^ "1960 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
