See main article: 1960 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1960 United States presidential election in Arkansas |
| Country: | Arkansas |
| Flag Year: | 1924 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1956 United States presidential election in Arkansas |
| Previous Year: | 1956 |
| Next Election: | 1964 United States presidential election in Arkansas |
| Next Year: | 1964 |
| Election Date: | November 8, 1960[1] |
| Image1: | Jfk2 (3x4).jpg |
| Nominee1: | John F. Kennedy |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | Massachusetts |
| Running Mate1: | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Electoral Vote1: | 8 |
| Popular Vote1: | 215,049 |
| Percentage1: | 50.19% |
| Nominee2: | Richard Nixon |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | California |
| Running Mate2: | Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 184,508 |
| Percentage2: | 43.06% |
| Image3: | OrvalFaubusCropped1959.jpg |
| Nominee3: | Orval Faubus |
| Party3: | National States' Rights |
| Colour3: | FF7F00 |
| Home State3: | Arkansas |
| Running Mate3: | John G. Crommelin |
| Electoral Vote3: | 0 |
| Popular Vote3: | 28,952 |
| Percentage3: | 6.76% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | John F. Kennedy |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1960 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. State voters chose eight[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Arkansas was won by Senator John F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 50.19% of the popular vote against incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (R–California), running with former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., with 43.06% of the popular vote. National States' Rights Party candidate Orval Faubus performed best in his home state of Arkansas, earning 6.76% of the vote.[3] [4] Nixon was however the first-ever Republican victor in the five northeastern counties of Clay, Craighead, Fulton, Randolph and Sharp due to powerful "Bible Belt" anti-Catholicism.[5] In 1928 this was muted by the presence of Arkansas Senator Joseph T. Robinson as Al Smith's running mate, and perhaps by perception of Hoover's ineffectiveness at relieving the great 1927 flood.[6] Nixon was also the first Republican victor in Marion County since Ulysses S. Grant in 1868.[5]
, this is the last time Democratic candidates simultaneously won the presidential election and the state's Class 2 senate seat.
| County | John F. Kennedy Democratic | Richard Nixon Republican | Orval Faubus National States' Rights | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 2,789 | 52.44% | 2,043 | 38.42% | 486 | 9.14% | 746 | 14.02% | 5,318 | ||||||||||
| Ashley | 3,118 | 62.04% | 1,288 | 25.63% | 620 | 12.34% | 1,830 | 36.41% | 5,026 | ||||||||||
| Baxter | 1,694 | 43.67% | 2,108 | 54.34% | 77 | 1.99% | -414 | -10.67% | 3,879 | ||||||||||
| Benton | 3,619 | 31.23% | 7,832 | 67.58% | 139 | 1.20% | -4,213 | -36.35% | 11,590 | ||||||||||
| Boone | 2,774 | 44.51% | 3,388 | 54.36% | 71 | 1.14% | -614 | -9.85% | 6,233 | ||||||||||
| Bradley | 2,960 | 70.31% | 873 | 20.74% | 377 | 8.95% | 2,087 | 49.57% | 4,210 | ||||||||||
| Calhoun | 1,151 | 72.03% | 295 | 18.46% | 152 | 9.51% | 856 | 53.57% | 1,598 | ||||||||||
| Carroll | 1,301 | 32.81% | 2,615 | 65.95% | 49 | 1.24% | -1,314 | -33.14% | 3,965 | ||||||||||
| Chicot | 1,803 | 59.10% | 979 | 32.09% | 269 | 8.82% | 824 | 27.01% | 3,051 | ||||||||||
| Clark | 3,295 | 64.82% | 1,357 | 26.70% | 431 | 8.48% | 1,938 | 38.12% | 5,083 | ||||||||||
| Clay | 1,908 | 41.77% | 2,543 | 55.67% | 117 | 2.56% | -635 | -13.90% | 4,568 | ||||||||||
| Cleburne | 1,144 | 50.13% | 1,026 | 44.96% | 112 | 4.91% | 118 | 5.17% | 2,282 | ||||||||||
| Cleveland | 1,216 | 70.90% | 290 | 16.91% | 209 | 12.19% | 926 | 53.99% | 1,715 | ||||||||||
| Columbia | 2,427 | 43.30% | 2,372 | 42.32% | 806 | 14.38% | 55 | 0.98% | 5,605 | ||||||||||
| Conway | 2,900 | 60.47% | 1,685 | 35.13% | 211 | 4.40% | 1,215 | 25.34% | 4,796 | ||||||||||
| Craighead | 4,898 | 45.61% | 5,258 | 48.97% | 582 | 5.42% | -360 | -3.36% | 10,738 | ||||||||||
| Crawford | 2,430 | 41.14% | 3,373 | 57.10% | 104 | 1.76% | -943 | -15.96% | 5,907 | ||||||||||
| Crittenden | 2,679 | 52.24% | 2,234 | 43.56% | 215 | 4.19% | 445 | 8.68% | 5,128 | ||||||||||
| Cross | 2,088 | 57.76% | 1,287 | 35.60% | 240 | 6.64% | 801 | 22.16% | 3,615 | ||||||||||
| Dallas | 1,639 | 62.68% | 659 | 25.20% | 317 | 12.12% | 980 | 37.48% | 2,615 | ||||||||||
| Desha | 2,502 | 63.57% | 1,063 | 27.01% | 371 | 9.43% | 1,439 | 36.56% | 3,936 | ||||||||||
| Drew | 2,107 | 62.49% | 889 | 26.36% | 376 | 11.15% | 1,218 | 36.13% | 3,372 | ||||||||||
| Faulkner | 3,820 | 57.80% | 2,426 | 36.71% | 363 | 5.49% | 1,394 | 21.09% | 6,609 | ||||||||||
| Franklin | 2,025 | 53.99% | 1,631 | 43.48% | 95 | 2.53% | 394 | 10.51% | 3,751 | ||||||||||
| Fulton | 703 | 38.02% | 1,127 | 60.95% | 19 | 1.03% | -424 | -22.93% | 1,849 | ||||||||||
| Garland | 6,333 | 45.42% | 7,204 | 51.66% | 407 | 2.92% | -871 | -6.24% | 13,944 | ||||||||||
| Grant | 1,394 | 61.44% | 563 | 24.81% | 312 | 13.75% | 831 | 36.63% | 2,269 | ||||||||||
| Greene | 2,774 | 49.81% | 2,658 | 47.73% | 137 | 2.46% | 116 | 2.08% | 5,569 | ||||||||||
| Hempstead | 2,596 | 54.55% | 1,948 | 40.93% | 215 | 4.52% | 648 | 13.62% | 4,759 | ||||||||||
| Hot Spring | 3,454 | 59.00% | 1,732 | 29.59% | 668 | 11.41% | 1,722 | 29.41% | 5,854 | ||||||||||
| Howard | 1,366 | 49.95% | 1,225 | 44.79% | 144 | 5.27% | 141 | 5.16% | 2,735 | ||||||||||
| Independence | 2,487 | 47.02% | 2,639 | 49.90% | 163 | 3.08% | -152 | -2.88% | 5,289 | ||||||||||
| Izard | 1,340 | 59.61% | 808 | 35.94% | 100 | 4.45% | 532 | 23.67% | 2,248 | ||||||||||
| Jackson | 2,860 | 55.44% | 1,986 | 38.50% | 313 | 6.07% | 874 | 16.94% | 5,159 | ||||||||||
| Jefferson | 8,442 | 55.41% | 4,839 | 31.76% | 1,954 | 12.83% | 3,603 | 23.65% | 15,235 | ||||||||||
| Johnson | 1,938 | 55.01% | 1,490 | 42.29% | 95 | 2.70% | 448 | 12.72% | 3,523 | ||||||||||
| Lafayette | 1,286 | 55.31% | 713 | 30.67% | 326 | 14.02% | 573 | 24.64% | 2,325 | ||||||||||
| Lawrence | 2,074 | 51.02% | 1,800 | 44.28% | 191 | 4.70% | 274 | 6.74% | 4,065 | ||||||||||
| Lee | 1,409 | 52.17% | 1,034 | 38.28% | 258 | 9.55% | 375 | 13.89% | 2,701 | ||||||||||
| Lincoln | 1,780 | 67.27% | 626 | 23.66% | 240 | 9.07% | 1,154 | 43.61% | 2,646 | ||||||||||
| Little River | 1,514 | 65.17% | 692 | 29.79% | 117 | 5.04% | 822 | 35.38% | 2,323 | ||||||||||
| Logan | 2,636 | 55.33% | 2,014 | 42.28% | 114 | 2.39% | 622 | 13.05% | 4,764 | ||||||||||
| Lonoke | 2,991 | 55.93% | 1,560 | 29.17% | 797 | 14.90% | 1,431 | 26.76% | 5,348 | ||||||||||
| Madison | 1,702 | 40.51% | 2,445 | 58.20% | 54 | 1.29% | -743 | -17.69% | 4,201 | ||||||||||
| Marion | 968 | 48.21% | 1,016 | 50.60% | 24 | 1.20% | -48 | -2.39% | 2,008 | ||||||||||
| Miller | 4,550 | 56.06% | 3,113 | 38.35% | 454 | 5.59% | 1,437 | 17.71% | 8,117 | ||||||||||
| Mississippi | 5,138 | 48.54% | 4,983 | 47.08% | 464 | 4.38% | 155 | 1.46% | 10,585 | ||||||||||
| Monroe | 1,856 | 60.50% | 833 | 27.15% | 379 | 12.35% | 1,023 | 33.35% | 3,068 | ||||||||||
| Montgomery | 788 | 46.99% | 836 | 49.85% | 53 | 3.16% | -48 | -2.86% | 1,677 | ||||||||||
| Nevada | 1,605 | 58.34% | 937 | 34.06% | 209 | 7.60% | 668 | 24.28% | 2,751 | ||||||||||
| Newton | 844 | 31.41% | 1,814 | 67.51% | 29 | 1.08% | -970 | -36.10% | 2,687 | ||||||||||
| Ouachita | 5,169 | 63.10% | 2,439 | 29.77% | 584 | 7.13% | 2,730 | 33.33% | 8,192 | ||||||||||
| Perry | 789 | 56.97% | 501 | 36.17% | 95 | 6.86% | 288 | 20.80% | 1,385 | ||||||||||
| Phillips | 4,105 | 61.48% | 2,168 | 32.47% | 404 | 6.05% | 1,937 | 29.01% | 6,677 | ||||||||||
| Pike | 997 | 47.43% | 1,013 | 48.19% | 92 | 4.38% | -16 | -0.76% | 2,102 | ||||||||||
| Poinsett | 2,817 | 51.75% | 2,430 | 44.64% | 197 | 3.62% | 387 | 7.11% | 5,444 | ||||||||||
| Polk | 1,635 | 45.02% | 1,882 | 51.82% | 115 | 3.17% | -247 | -6.80% | 3,632 | ||||||||||
| Pope | 2,760 | 49.38% | 2,573 | 46.04% | 256 | 4.58% | 187 | 3.34% | 5,589 | ||||||||||
| Prairie | 1,680 | 63.73% | 734 | 27.85% | 222 | 8.42% | 946 | 35.88% | 2,636 | ||||||||||
| Pulaski | 26,034 | 46.67% | 22,146 | 39.70% | 7,608 | 13.64% | 3,888 | 6.97% | 55,788 | ||||||||||
| Randolph | 1,556 | 47.47% | 1,620 | 49.42% | 102 | 3.11% | -64 | -1.95% | 3,278 | ||||||||||
| St. Francis | 2,432 | 53.83% | 1,786 | 39.53% | 300 | 6.64% | 646 | 14.30% | 4,518 | ||||||||||
| Saline | 3,898 | 57.40% | 2,195 | 32.32% | 698 | 10.28% | 1,703 | 25.08% | 6,791 | ||||||||||
| Scott | 1,116 | 49.29% | 1,137 | 50.22% | 11 | 0.49% | -21 | -0.93% | 2,264 | ||||||||||
| Searcy | 1,022 | 30.50% | 2,297 | 68.55% | 32 | 0.95% | -1,275 | -38.05% | 3,351 | ||||||||||
| Sebastian | 8,726 | 42.16% | 11,744 | 56.75% | 226 | 1.09% | -3,018 | -14.59% | 20,696 | ||||||||||
| Sevier | 1,580 | 55.73% | 1,141 | 40.25% | 114 | 4.02% | 439 | 15.48% | 2,835 | ||||||||||
| Sharp | 807 | 45.18% | 911 | 51.01% | 68 | 3.81% | -104 | -5.83% | 1,786 | ||||||||||
| Stone | 897 | 46.17% | 959 | 49.36% | 87 | 4.48% | -62 | -3.19% | 1,943 | ||||||||||
| Union | 6,500 | 47.92% | 5,631 | 41.51% | 1,434 | 10.57% | 869 | 6.41% | 13,565 | ||||||||||
| Van Buren | 1,158 | 51.08% | 1,009 | 44.51% | 100 | 4.41% | 149 | 6.57% | 2,267 | ||||||||||
| Washington | 5,391 | 34.38% | 10,088 | 64.34% | 200 | 1.28% | -4,697 | -29.96% | 15,679 | ||||||||||
| White | 5,244 | 53.33% | 3,985 | 40.52% | 605 | 6.15% | 1,259 | 12.81% | 9,834 | ||||||||||
| Woodruff | 1,613 | 63.63% | 667 | 26.31% | 255 | 10.06% | 946 | 37.32% | 2,535 | ||||||||||
| Yell | 2,008 | 58.49% | 1,303 | 37.96% | 122 | 3.55% | 705 | 20.53% | 3,433 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 215,049 | 50.19% | 184,508 | 43.06% | 28,952 | 6.76% | 30,541 | 7.13% | 428,509 | ||||||||||