See main article: 1960 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1960 United States presidential election in Kentucky |
| Country: | Kentucky |
| Flag Image: | Flag of Kentucky (1918-1963).svg |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1956 United States presidential election in Kentucky |
| Previous Year: | 1956 |
| Next Election: | 1964 United States presidential election in Kentucky |
| 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: | 10 |
| Popular Vote1: | 602,607 |
| Percentage1: | 53.59% |
| Nominee2: | John F. Kennedy |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | Massachusetts |
| Running Mate2: | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 521,855 |
| Percentage2: | 46.41% |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | John F. Kennedy |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Map Size: | 380px |
The 1960 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. Kentucky voters chose 10[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Kentucky was won by incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (R–California), running with United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., with 53.59 percent of the popular vote, against Senator John F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 46.41 percent of the popular vote.[3] [4] Nixon thus became the first Republican to ever carry Kentucky without winning the presidency, and remained the last until John McCain did so in 2008. Kennedy was the first Democrat to win without the state since 1852.
| County | Richard Nixon Republican | John F. Kennedy Democratic | Margin | Total votes cast[5] | |||||||||||
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| data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | % | data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | % | data-sort-type="number" | data-sort-type="number" | % | |||||||
| Adair | 4,621 | 67.07% | 2,269 | 32.93% | 2,352 | 34.14% | 6,890 | ||||||||
| Allen | 3,410 | 67.22% | 1,663 | 32.78% | 1,747 | 34.44% | 5,073 | ||||||||
| Anderson | 2,033 | 49.94% | 2,038 | 50.06% | -5 | -0.12% | 4,071 | ||||||||
| Ballard | 1,121 | 28.99% | 2,746 | 71.01% | -1,625 | -42.02% | 3,867 | ||||||||
| Barren | 5,187 | 51.19% | 4,946 | 48.81% | 241 | 2.38% | 10,133 | ||||||||
| Bath | 1,888 | 47.75% | 2,066 | 52.25% | -178 | -4.50% | 3,954 | ||||||||
| Bell | 6,805 | 56.77% | 5,181 | 43.23% | 1,624 | 13.54% | 11,986 | ||||||||
| Boone | 4,835 | 61.99% | 2,965 | 38.01% | 1,870 | 23.98% | 7,800 | ||||||||
| Bourbon | 2,379 | 42.98% | 3,156 | 57.02% | -777 | -14.04% | 5,535 | ||||||||
| Boyd | 11,305 | 55.42% | 9,094 | 44.58% | 2,211 | 10.84% | 20,399 | ||||||||
| Boyle | 3,624 | 52.28% | 3,308 | 47.72% | 316 | 4.56% | 6,932 | ||||||||
| Bracken | 2,002 | 60.16% | 1,326 | 39.84% | 676 | 20.32% | 3,328 | ||||||||
| Breathitt | 1,996 | 37.64% | 3,307 | 62.36% | -1,311 | -24.72% | 5,303 | ||||||||
| Breckinridge | 3,979 | 55.92% | 3,136 | 44.08% | 843 | 11.84% | 7,115 | ||||||||
| Bullitt | 2,683 | 52.40% | 2,437 | 47.60% | 246 | 4.80% | 5,120 | ||||||||
| Butler | 3,656 | 78.66% | 992 | 21.34% | 2,664 | 57.32% | 4,648 | ||||||||
| Caldwell | 3,442 | 61.70% | 2,137 | 38.30% | 1,305 | 23.40% | 5,579 | ||||||||
| Calloway | 3,356 | 41.69% | 4,693 | 58.31% | -1,337 | -16.62% | 8,049 | ||||||||
| Campbell | 17,388 | 54.21% | 14,690 | 45.79% | 2,698 | 8.42% | 32,078 | ||||||||
| Carlisle | 978 | 35.59% | 1,770 | 64.41% | -792 | -28.82% | 2,748 | ||||||||
| Carroll | 1,135 | 33.78% | 2,225 | 66.22% | -1,090 | -32.44% | 3,360 | ||||||||
| Carter | 4,956 | 58.76% | 3,479 | 41.24% | 1,477 | 17.52% | 8,435 | ||||||||
| Casey | 4,811 | 77.30% | 1,413 | 22.70% | 3,398 | 54.60% | 6,224 | ||||||||
| Christian | 5,251 | 43.31% | 6,874 | 56.69% | -1,623 | -13.38% | 12,125 | ||||||||
| Clark | 3,317 | 52.31% | 3,024 | 47.69% | 293 | 4.62% | 6,341 | ||||||||
| Clay | 4,922 | 78.09% | 1,381 | 21.91% | 3,541 | 56.18% | 6,303 | ||||||||
| Clinton | 3,524 | 84.11% | 666 | 15.89% | 2,858 | 68.22% | 4,190 | ||||||||
| Crittenden | 2,770 | 67.74% | 1,319 | 32.26% | 1,451 | 35.48% | 4,089 | ||||||||
| Cumberland | 2,697 | 76.25% | 840 | 23.75% | 1,857 | 52.50% | 3,537 | ||||||||
| Daviess | 13,385 | 57.62% | 9,846 | 42.38% | 3,539 | 15.24% | 23,231 | ||||||||
| Edmonson | 2,884 | 72.83% | 1,076 | 27.17% | 1,808 | 45.66% | 3,960 | ||||||||
| Elliott | 789 | 31.27% | 1,734 | 68.73% | -945 | -37.46% | 2,523 | ||||||||
| Estill | 3,238 | 64.85% | 1,755 | 35.15% | 1,483 | 29.70% | 4,993 | ||||||||
| Fayette | 25,169 | 60.43% | 16,478 | 39.57% | 8,691 | 20.86% | 41,647 | ||||||||
| Fleming | 2,777 | 55.62% | 2,216 | 44.38% | 561 | 11.24% | 4,993 | ||||||||
| Floyd | 5,010 | 33.66% | 9,876 | 66.34% | -4,866 | -32.68% | 14,886 | ||||||||
| Franklin | 4,742 | 40.21% | 7,052 | 59.79% | -2,310 | -19.58% | 11,794 | ||||||||
| Fulton | 1,567 | 36.65% | 2,708 | 63.35% | -1,141 | -26.70% | 4,275 | ||||||||
| Gallatin | 756 | 42.38% | 1,028 | 57.62% | -272 | -15.24% | 1,784 | ||||||||
| Garrard | 2,759 | 60.78% | 1,780 | 39.22% | 979 | 21.56% | 4,539 | ||||||||
| Grant | 2,163 | 53.25% | 1,899 | 46.75% | 264 | 6.50% | 4,062 | ||||||||
| Graves | 4,854 | 38.70% | 7,689 | 61.30% | -2,835 | -22.60% | 12,543 | ||||||||
| Grayson | 4,807 | 67.12% | 2,355 | 32.88% | 2,452 | 34.24% | 7,162 | ||||||||
| Green | 3,606 | 69.53% | 1,580 | 30.47% | 2,026 | 39.06% | 5,186 | ||||||||
| Greenup | 6,101 | 53.77% | 5,245 | 46.23% | 856 | 7.54% | 11,346 | ||||||||
| Hancock | 1,488 | 59.38% | 1,018 | 40.62% | 470 | 18.76% | 2,506 | ||||||||
| Hardin | 6,191 | 54.63% | 5,141 | 45.37% | 1,050 | 9.26% | 11,332 | ||||||||
| Harlan | 7,485 | 44.83% | 9,211 | 55.17% | -1,726 | -10.34% | 16,696 | ||||||||
| Harrison | 2,306 | 39.85% | 3,481 | 60.15% | -1,175 | -20.30% | 5,787 | ||||||||
| Hart | 3,610 | 53.57% | 3,129 | 46.43% | 481 | 7.14% | 6,739 | ||||||||
| Henderson | 5,302 | 48.79% | 5,565 | 51.21% | -263 | -2.42% | 10,867 | ||||||||
| Henry | 1,714 | 36.60% | 2,969 | 63.40% | -1,255 | -26.80% | 4,683 | ||||||||
| Hickman | 968 | 30.79% | 2,176 | 69.21% | -1,208 | -38.42% | 3,144 | ||||||||
| Hopkins | 5,574 | 46.41% | 6,436 | 53.59% | -862 | -7.18% | 12,010 | ||||||||
| Jackson | 3,923 | 90.35% | 419 | 9.65% | 3,504 | 80.70% | 4,342 | ||||||||
| Jefferson | 118,575 | 50.30% | 117,180 | 49.70% | 1,395 | 0.60% | 235,755 | ||||||||
| Jessamine | 2,787 | 57.95% | 2,022 | 42.05% | 765 | 15.90% | 4,809 | ||||||||
| Johnson | 5,317 | 66.97% | 2,622 | 33.03% | 2,695 | 33.94% | 7,939 | ||||||||
| Kenton | 21,857 | 52.89% | 19,466 | 47.11% | 2,391 | 5.78% | 41,323 | ||||||||
| Knott | 1,412 | 26.30% | 3,957 | 73.70% | -2,545 | -47.40% | 5,369 | ||||||||
| Knox | 5,814 | 66.29% | 2,956 | 33.71% | 2,858 | 32.58% | 8,770 | ||||||||
| LaRue | 2,668 | 60.90% | 1,713 | 39.10% | 955 | 21.80% | 4,381 | ||||||||
| Laurel | 7,485 | 76.42% | 2,309 | 23.58% | 5,176 | 52.84% | 9,794 | ||||||||
| Lawrence | 3,030 | 54.69% | 2,510 | 45.31% | 520 | 9.38% | 5,540 | ||||||||
| Lee | 2,012 | 67.74% | 958 | 32.26% | 1,054 | 35.48% | 2,970 | ||||||||
| Leslie | 3,894 | 83.05% | 795 | 16.95% | 3,099 | 66.10% | 4,689 | ||||||||
| Letcher | 4,408 | 50.87% | 4,258 | 49.13% | 150 | 1.74% | 8,666 | ||||||||
| Lewis | 3,816 | 69.41% | 1,682 | 30.59% | 2,134 | 38.82% | 5,498 | ||||||||
| Lincoln | 3,747 | 61.15% | 2,381 | 38.85% | 1,366 | 22.30% | 6,128 | ||||||||
| Livingston | 1,639 | 51.92% | 1,518 | 48.08% | 121 | 3.84% | 3,157 | ||||||||
| Logan | 4,117 | 46.59% | 4,719 | 53.41% | -602 | -6.82% | 8,836 | ||||||||
| Lyon | 1,024 | 42.61% | 1,379 | 57.39% | -355 | -14.78% | 2,403 | ||||||||
| Madison | 6,692 | 54.35% | 5,621 | 45.65% | 1,071 | 8.70% | 12,313 | ||||||||
| Magoffin | 2,736 | 52.54% | 2,471 | 47.46% | 265 | 5.08% | 5,207 | ||||||||
| Marion | 2,203 | 33.92% | 4,292 | 66.08% | -2,089 | -32.16% | 6,495 | ||||||||
| Marshall | 3,388 | 49.30% | 3,484 | 50.70% | -96 | -1.40% | 6,872 | ||||||||
| Martin | 2,809 | 71.57% | 1,116 | 28.43% | 1,693 | 43.14% | 3,925 | ||||||||
| Mason | 4,334 | 57.89% | 3,153 | 42.11% | 1,181 | 15.78% | 7,487 | ||||||||
| McCracken | 9,689 | 43.59% | 12,539 | 56.41% | -2,850 | -12.82% | 22,228 | ||||||||
| McCreary | 3,671 | 79.89% | 924 | 20.11% | 2,747 | 59.78% | 4,595 | ||||||||
| McLean | 2,269 | 56.94% | 1,716 | 43.06% | 553 | 13.88% | 3,985 | ||||||||
| Meade | 1,826 | 43.36% | 2,385 | 56.64% | -559 | -13.28% | 4,211 | ||||||||
| Menifee | 817 | 45.24% | 989 | 54.76% | -172 | -9.52% | 1,806 | ||||||||
| Mercer | 3,569 | 56.81% | 2,713 | 43.19% | 856 | 13.62% | 6,282 | ||||||||
| Metcalfe | 2,146 | 58.02% | 1,553 | 41.98% | 593 | 16.04% | 3,699 | ||||||||
| Monroe | 4,337 | 81.72% | 970 | 18.28% | 3,367 | 63.44% | 5,307 | ||||||||
| Montgomery | 2,451 | 48.25% | 2,629 | 51.75% | -178 | -3.50% | 5,080 | ||||||||
| Morgan | 1,718 | 37.12% | 2,910 | 62.88% | -1,192 | -25.76% | 4,628 | ||||||||
| Muhlenberg | 5,968 | 57.41% | 4,427 | 42.59% | 1,541 | 14.82% | 10,395 | ||||||||
| Nelson | 3,021 | 39.06% | 4,713 | 60.94% | -1,692 | -21.88% | 7,734 | ||||||||
| Nicholas | 1,058 | 42.10% | 1,455 | 57.90% | -397 | -15.80% | 2,513 | ||||||||
| Ohio | 5,230 | 68.37% | 2,420 | 31.63% | 2,810 | 36.74% | 7,650 | ||||||||
| Oldham | 2,221 | 53.12% | 1,960 | 46.88% | 261 | 6.24% | 4,181 | ||||||||
| Owen | 1,212 | 33.13% | 2,446 | 66.87% | -1,234 | -33.74% | 3,658 | ||||||||
| Owsley | 2,169 | 86.24% | 346 | 13.76% | 1,823 | 72.48% | 2,515 | ||||||||
| Pendleton | 2,387 | 61.46% | 1,497 | 38.54% | 890 | 22.92% | 3,884 | ||||||||
| Perry | 5,754 | 53.65% | 4,971 | 46.35% | 783 | 7.30% | 10,725 | ||||||||
| Pike | 9,956 | 43.30% | 13,039 | 56.70% | -3,083 | -13.40% | 22,995 | ||||||||
| Powell | 1,508 | 57.34% | 1,122 | 42.66% | 386 | 14.68% | 2,630 | ||||||||
| Pulaski | 11,899 | 79.35% | 3,097 | 20.65% | 8,802 | 58.70% | 14,996 | ||||||||
| Robertson | 594 | 47.67% | 652 | 52.33% | -58 | -4.66% | 1,246 | ||||||||
| Rockcastle | 3,982 | 77.73% | 1,141 | 22.27% | 2,841 | 55.46% | 5,123 | ||||||||
| Rowan | 2,558 | 51.47% | 2,412 | 48.53% | 146 | 2.94% | 4,970 | ||||||||
| Russell | 3,636 | 74.72% | 1,230 | 25.28% | 2,406 | 49.44% | 4,866 | ||||||||
| Scott | 2,200 | 45.85% | 2,598 | 54.15% | -398 | -8.30% | 4,798 | ||||||||
| Shelby | 2,934 | 43.43% | 3,822 | 56.57% | -888 | -13.14% | 6,756 | ||||||||
| Simpson | 1,927 | 42.18% | 2,642 | 57.82% | -715 | -15.64% | 4,569 | ||||||||
| Spencer | 1,134 | 51.97% | 1,048 | 48.03% | 86 | 3.94% | 2,182 | ||||||||
| Taylor | 4,669 | 68.11% | 2,186 | 31.89% | 2,483 | 36.22% | 6,855 | ||||||||
| Todd | 1,846 | 39.50% | 2,827 | 60.50% | -981 | -21.00% | 4,673 | ||||||||
| Trigg | 1,500 | 38.35% | 2,411 | 61.65% | -911 | -23.30% | 3,911 | ||||||||
| Trimble | 743 | 31.89% | 1,587 | 68.11% | -844 | -36.22% | 2,330 | ||||||||
| Union | 1,789 | 34.10% | 3,457 | 65.90% | -1,668 | -31.80% | 5,246 | ||||||||
| Warren | 9,074 | 54.89% | 7,457 | 45.11% | 1,617 | 9.78% | 16,531 | ||||||||
| Washington | 2,632 | 52.40% | 2,391 | 47.60% | 241 | 4.80% | 5,023 | ||||||||
| Wayne | 3,973 | 66.92% | 1,964 | 33.08% | 2,009 | 33.84% | 5,937 | ||||||||
| Webster | 2,498 | 44.00% | 3,179 | 56.00% | -681 | -12.00% | 5,677 | ||||||||
| Whitley | 7,553 | 71.84% | 2,961 | 28.16% | 4,592 | 43.68% | 10,514 | ||||||||
| Wolfe | 1,259 | 44.76% | 1,554 | 55.24% | -295 | -10.48% | 2,813 | ||||||||
| Woodford | 2,227 | 53.32% | 1,950 | 46.68% | 277 | 6.64% | 4,177 | ||||||||
| Totals | 602,607 | 53.59% | 521,855 | 46.41% | 80,752 | 7.18% | 1,124,462 | ||||||||