| Election Name: | 1960 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary |
| Country: | New Hampshire |
| Flag Year: | 1931 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1956 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary |
| Previous Year: | 1956 |
| Next Election: | 1964 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary |
| Next Year: | 1964 |
| Candidate1: | John F. Kennedy |
| Colour1: | 81B5FF |
| Home State1: | Massachusetts |
| Popular Vote1: | 43,372 |
| Percentage1: | 85.3% |
| Candidate2: | Paul C. Fisher |
| Colour2: | 37c837 |
| Home State2: | Kansas |
| Popular Vote2: | 6,853 |
| Percentage2: | 13.5% |
See main article: 1960 Democratic Party presidential primaries.
The 1960 New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary was held on March 8, 1960, in New Hampshire as one of the Democratic Party's statewide nomination contests ahead of the 1960 United States presidential election.
U.S. Senator from Massachusetts John F. Kennedy, facing no formidable opposition in New Hampshire, won the primary in a landslide over Paul C. Fisher, a scientist best known for inventing the Zero Gravity Pen.[1] [2] [3] Kennedy would go on to win the Democratic party's nomination, as well as the presidency in the general election.
| John F. Kennedy | 43,372 | 85.3% | |
| Paul C. Fisher | 6,853 | 13.5% | |
| 183 | 0.4% | ||
| Adlai Stevenson II | 168 | 0.3% | |
| Richard Nixon (Republican) | 164 | 0.3% | |
| Other write-ins | 159 | 0.3% | |
| Total | 50,899 | 100% | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Source:[4] | |||