1960 United States presidential election in Kansas explained

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Election Name:	1960 United States presidential election in Kansas
Country:	Kansas
Flag Year:	1927
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1956 United States presidential election in Kansas
Previous Year:	1956
Next Election:	1964 United States presidential election in Kansas
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:	8
Popular Vote1:	561,474
Percentage1:	60.45%
Nominee2:	John F. Kennedy
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	Massachusetts
Running Mate2:	Lyndon B. Johnson
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	363,213
Percentage2:	39.10%
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 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

Results by county

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

See also

• United States presidential elections in Kansas

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 – Kansas. June 6, 2017.
4. Web site: The American Presidency Project ± Election of 1960. June 6, 2017.
5. Web site: 1960 Presidential Election Statistics. Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. 2018-03-05.