1960 United States presidential election in Indiana explained

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Election Name:	1960 United States presidential election in Indiana
Country:	Indiana
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1956 United States presidential election in Indiana
Previous Year:	1956
Next Election:	1964 United States presidential election in Indiana
Next Year:	1964
Election Date:	November 8, 1960^[1]
Image1:	Richard Nixon official portrait as Vice President (cropped).tiff
Nominee1:	Richard Nixon
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State1:	California
Running Mate1:	Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
Electoral Vote1:	13
Popular Vote1:	1,175,120
Percentage1:	55.03%
Nominee2:	John F. Kennedy
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	Massachusetts
Running Mate2:	Lyndon B. Johnson
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	952,358
Percentage2:	44.60%
Map Size:	300px
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 Indiana took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. State voters chose 13^[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Indiana was won by incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (R–California), running with former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., with 55.03% of the popular vote, against Senator John F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 44.60% of the popular vote.^{[3] [4]}

Primaries

Democratic primary

See also: 1960 Democratic Party presidential primaries.

Indiana's Democratic primary had 34 delegates at stake.^[5]

Larry O'Brien's first campaign trip for the Kennedy campaign was a five-day trip to Indiana in April 1959.^[5] He determined that, "there was no great groundswell for Kennedy" in the state. However he found no signs of an active Symington effort in state. O'Brien found that the field was relatively clear in the state, with only whispers of a possible favorite son candidate running to lead a unified and uncommitted delegation to the convention, with Vance Hartke being a favorite speculative individual to fill such a role.^[5]

Stuart Symington ultimately made a decision to abandon plans of actively competing in primaries. This opened up Indiana to other candidates. Symington, a Missourian, would have had a distinct advantage winning the vote of winning votes in another Midwestern state with a similar electorate to his own state.^[5]

1960 Indiana Democratic Presidential Primary Results^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	John F. Kennedy	353,832	81.0%
	Democratic	Others	82,937	19.0%
Totals				100.00%

Republican primary

See also: 1960 Republican Party presidential primaries. Nixon ran unopposed in the Republican primary.

1960 Indiana Republican Presidential Primary Results
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Richard Nixon	408,408	95.4%
	Republican	Others	19677	4.6%
Totals				100.00%

Results

Results by county

County	Richard Nixon Republican		John F. Kennedy Democratic		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%
	Adams		6,972		61.11%		4,338		38.02%		99		0.87%		2,634		23.09%		11,409
	Allen		60,103		60.33%		39,235		39.39%		280		0.28%		20,868		20.94%		99,618
	Bartholomew		13,606		59.09%		9,290		40.35%		130		0.56%		4,316		18.74%		23,026
	Benton		3,626		60.11%		2,399		39.77%		7		0.12%		1,227		20.34%		6,032
	Blackford		3,738		53.33%		3,228		46.06%		43		0.61%		510		7.27%		7,009
	Boone		8,979		62.28%		5,377		37.30%		60		0.42%		3,602		24.98%		14,416
	Brown		1,679		51.76%		1,533		47.26%		32		0.99%		146		4.50%		3,244
	Carroll		5,411		61.88%		3,299		37.73%		34		0.39%		2,112		24.15%		8,744
	Cass		11,392		58.19%		8,091		41.33%		94		0.48%		3,301		16.86%		19,577
	Clark		12,803		46.89%		14,431		52.85%		70		0.26%		-1,628		-5.96%		27,304
	Clay		7,434		57.92%		5,342		41.62%		58		0.45%		2,092		16.30%		12,834
	Clinton		9,620		59.32%		6,533		40.28%		64		0.39%		3,087		19.04%		16,217
	Crawford		2,915		55.47%		2,305		43.86%		35		0.67%		610		11.61%		5,255
	Daviess		8,285		60.20%		5,433		39.48%		45		0.33%		2,852		20.72%		13,763
	Dearborn		7,619		54.99%		6,216		44.87%		19		0.14%		1,403		10.12%		13,854
	Decatur		6,240		60.17%		4,080		39.34%		50		0.48%		2,160		20.83%		10,370
	DeKalb		8,957		62.66%		5,277		36.92%		61		0.43%		3,680		25.74%		14,295
	Delaware		26,167		52.75%		23,266		46.90%		177		0.36%		2,901		5.85%		49,610
	Dubois		5,117		38.32%		8,214		61.51%		22		0.16%		-3,097		-23.19%		13,353
	Elkhart		28,056		62.77%		16,264		36.39%		373		0.83%		11,792		26.38%		44,693
	Fayette		6,729		55.97%		5,246		43.63%		48		0.40%		1,483		12.34%		12,023
	Floyd		11,629		48.38%		12,346		51.36%		62		0.26%		-717		-2.98%		24,037
	Fountain		6,123		58.71%		4,277		41.01%		29		0.28%		1,846		17.70%		10,429
	Franklin		4,108		53.73%		3,523		46.08%		14		0.18%		585		7.65%		7,645
	Fulton		6,038		66.11%		3,047		33.36%		48		0.53%		2,991		32.75%		9,133
	Gibson		8,838		53.89%		7,479		45.61%		82		0.50%		1,359		8.28%		16,399
	Grant		19,021		57.92%		13,642		41.54%		178		0.54%		5,379		16.38%		32,841
	Greene		8,810		57.81%		6,325		41.51%		104		0.68%		2,485		16.30%		15,239
	Hamilton		13,409		70.63%		5,511		29.03%		64		0.34%		7,898		41.60%		18,984
	Hancock		7,543		60.21%		4,930		39.35%		55		0.44%		2,613		20.86%		12,528
	Harrison		5,374		53.80%		4,566		45.71%		49		0.49%		808		8.09%		9,989
	Hendricks		12,490		65.51%		6,481		33.99%		95		0.50%		6,009		31.52%		19,066
	Henry		13,752		58.44%		9,629		40.92%		149		0.63%		4,123		17.52%		23,530
	Howard		17,938		56.94%		13,415		42.58%		149		0.47%		4,523		14.36%		31,502
	Huntington		10,658		59.44%		7,163		39.95%		109		0.61%		3,495		19.49%		17,930
	Jackson		8,213		55.27%		6,582		44.29%		66		0.44%		1,631		10.98%		14,861
	Jasper		5,364		64.32%		2,959		35.48%		16		0.19%		2,405		28.84%		8,339
	Jay		6,519		56.73%		4,899		42.63%		74		0.64%		1,620		14.10%		11,492
	Jefferson		6,333		55.11%		5,119		44.54%		40		0.35%		1,214		10.57%		11,492
	Jennings		4,478		56.63%		3,403		43.03%		27		0.34%		1,075		13.60%		7,908
	Johnson		12,426		62.38%		7,400		37.15%		93		0.47%		5,026		25.23%		19,919
	Knox		11,490		53.40%		9,918		46.10%		108		0.50%		1,572		7.30%		21,516
	Kosciusko		13,539		69.11%		5,839		29.80%		213		1.09%		7,700		39.31%		19,591
	LaGrange		4,433		69.03%		1,965		30.60%		24		0.37%		2,468		38.43%		6,422
	Lake		78,278		37.04%		132,554		62.72%		526		0.25%		-54,276		-25.68%		211,358
	LaPorte		22,738		52.71%		20,317		47.10%		85		0.20%		2,421		5.61%		43,140
	Lawrence		11,119		61.15%		6,977		38.37%		86		0.47%		4,142		22.78%		18,182
	Madison		31,098		52.31%		28,154		47.36%		193		0.32%		2,944		4.95%		59,445
	Marion		166,202		57.67%		121,336		42.10%		668		0.23%		44,866		15.57%		288,206
	Marshall		10,460		62.47%		6,210		37.09%		74		0.44%		4,250		25.38%		16,744
	Martin		2,756		51.55%		2,585		48.35%		5		0.09%		171		3.20%		5,346
	Miami		8,844		58.45%		6,191		40.92%		96		0.63%		2,653		17.53%		15,131
	Monroe		14,513		65.42%		7,535		33.97%		136		0.61%		6,978		31.45%		22,184
	Montgomery		10,957		66.36%		5,477		33.17%		77		0.47%		5,480		33.19%		16,511
	Morgan		9,416		63.36%		5,375		36.17%		69		0.46%		4,041		27.19%		14,860
	Newton		3,517		65.12%		1,870		34.62%		14		0.26%		1,647		30.50%		5,401
	Noble		8,069		60.27%		5,264		39.32%		54		0.40%		2,805		20.95%		13,387
	Ohio		1,314		56.25%		1,015		43.45%		7		0.30%		299		12.80%		2,336
	Orange		5,589		59.19%		3,818		40.44%		35		0.37%		1,771		18.75%		9,442
	Owen		3,700		60.38%		2,379		38.82%		49		0.80%		1,321		21.56%		6,128
	Parke		4,662		57.94%		3,361		41.77%		23		0.29%		1,301		16.17%		8,046
	Perry		4,372		46.97%		4,920		52.86%		16		0.17%		-548		-5.89%		9,308
	Pike		4,606		59.69%		3,046		39.48%		64		0.83%		1,560		20.21%		7,716
	Porter		15,666		59.18%		10,733		40.54%		75		0.28%		4,933		18.64%		26,474
	Posey		5,369		54.47%		4,457		45.22%		31		0.31%		912		9.25%		9,857
	Pulaski		3,905		57.67%		2,746		40.56%		120		1.77%		1,159		17.11%		6,771
	Putnam		6,583		57.63%		4,798		42.00%		42		0.37%		1,785		15.63%		11,423
	Randolph		9,528		64.92%		5,035		34.31%		114		0.78%		4,493		30.61%		14,677
	Ripley		6,053		55.95%		4,730		43.72%		35		0.32%		1,323		12.23%		10,818
	Rush		6,215		63.54%		3,516		35.94%		51		0.52%		2,699		27.60%		9,782
	St. Joseph		53,621		45.64%		63,553		54.09%		325		0.28%		-9,932		-8.45%		117,499
	Scott		3,213		50.99%		3,064		48.63%		24		0.38%		149		2.36%		6,301
	Shelby		9,421		56.75%		7,111		42.83%		70		0.42%		2,310		13.92%		16,602
	Spencer		5,050		53.88%		4,303		45.91%		20		0.21%		747		7.97%		9,373
	Starke		4,592		53.28%		3,995		46.35%		32		0.37%		597		6.93%		8,619
	Steuben		5,464		67.63%		2,588		32.03%		27		0.33%		2,876		35.60%		8,079
	Sullivan		6,012		49.85%		5,975		49.54%		73		0.61%		37		0.31%		12,060
	Switzerland		1,929		49.40%		1,955		50.06%		21		0.54%		-26		-0.66%		3,905
	Tippecanoe		24,572		63.55%		14,041		36.31%		55		0.14%		10,531		27.24%		38,668
	Tipton		4,924		59.88%		3,299		40.12%		0		0.00%		1,625		19.76%		8,223
	Union		2,087		63.73%		1,180		36.03%		8		0.24%		907		27.70%		3,275
	Vanderburgh		41,068		52.90%		36,330		46.80%		237		0.31%		4,738		6.10%		77,635
	Vermillion		4,798		46.92%		5,391		52.71%		38		0.37%		-593		-5.79%		10,227
	Vigo		24,940		49.70%		25,105		50.03%		133		0.27%		-165		-0.33%		50,178
	Wabash		10,420		68.12%		4,788		31.30%		89		0.58%		5,632		36.82%		15,297
	Warren		2,870		64.29%		1,574		35.26%		20		0.45%		1,296		29.03%		4,464
	Warrick		6,482		56.10%		5,042		43.64%		30		0.26%		1,440		12.46%		11,554
	Washington		5,057		56.74%		3,821		42.87%		35		0.39%		1,236		13.87%		8,913
	Wayne		19,764		60.66%		12,721		39.05%		95		0.29%		7,043		21.61%		32,580
	Wells		6,034		58.91%		4,128		40.30%		80		0.78%		1,906		18.61%		10,242
	White		6,678		62.93%		3,914		36.88%		20		0.19%		2,764		26.05%		10,612
	Whitley		6,621		60.50%		4,266		38.98%		56		0.51%		2,355		21.52%		10,943
Totals	1,175,120	55.03%	952,358	44.60%	7,882	0.37%	222,762	10.43%	2,135,360

See also

• United States presidential elections in Indiana

Notes and References

1. Web site: United States Presidential election of 1960 - Encyclopædia Britannica. June 6, 2017.
2. Web site: 1960 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65). June 6, 2017.
3. Web site: 1960 Presidential General Election Results - Indiana. June 6, 2017.
4. Web site: The American Presidency Project - Election of 1960. June 6, 2017.
5. Book: Oliphant . Thomas . Wilkie . Curtis . 2017 . The road to Camelot: Inside JFK's Five-Year Campaign . Simon & Schuster .
6. Web site: RESULTS OF 1960 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION PRIMARIES . . John F. Kennedy presidential library . January 18, 2019 .