1960 United States presidential election in Florida
The 1960 United States presidential election in Florida was held on November 8, 1960. All contemporary fifty states took part, and Florida voters selected 10 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Vote
Republican candidate Richard Nixon won against John F. Kennedy by 76,776 votes and by 3.02%.[1] As of the 2020 Presidential Election, this is the last election in which Escambia County, Clay County, Okaloosa County, and Santa Rosa County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[2] This was also the first time since 1924 that Florida voted for the loser of the presidential election. It would not do so again until 1992 and 2020.[3]
Results
| 1960 United States presidential election in Florida[1] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Republican | Richard Nixon of California | Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. of Massachusetts | 795,476 | 51.51% | 10 | 100.00% | ||
| Democratic | John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts | Lyndon Baines Johnson of Texas | 748,700 | 48.49% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 1,544,176 | 100.00% | 10 | 100.00% | ||||
Richard Nixon giving a campaign speech at Hemming Park in Jacksonville.
John F. Kennedy while campaigning in Tampa.
Results by county
| County | Richard Milhous Nixon
Republican |
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic |
Total votes cast | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | ||
| Alachua | 10,072 | 52.05% | 9,279 | 47.95% | 19,351 |
| Baker | 398 | 21.32% | 1,469 | 78.68% | 1,867 |
| Bay | 5,435 | 33.94% | 10,579 | 66.06% | 16,014 |
| Bradford | 1,131 | 30.85% | 2,535 | 69.15% | 3,666 |
| Brevard | 17,585 | 61.37% | 11,069 | 38.63% | 28,654 |
| Broward | 68,294 | 58.82% | 47,811 | 41.18% | 116,105 |
| Calhoun | 634 | 28.46% | 1,594 | 71.54% | 2,228 |
| Charlotte | 3,026 | 60.92% | 1,941 | 39.08% | 4,967 |
| Citrus | 1,861 | 51.82% | 1,730 | 48.18% | 3,591 |
| Clay | 2,515 | 47.97% | 2,728 | 52.03% | 5,243 |
| Collier | 2,708 | 60.74% | 1,750 | 39.26% | 4,458 |
| Columbia | 2,094 | 36.17% | 3,695 | 63.83% | 5,789 |
| Dade | 134,506 | 42.35% | 183,114 | 57.65% | 317,620 |
| Desoto | 1,687 | 50.10% | 1,680 | 49.90% | 3,367 |
| Dixie | 392 | 28.65% | 976 | 71.35% | 1,368 |
| Duval | 59,073 | 45.73% | 70,091 | 54.27% | 129,164 |
| Escambia | 17,925 | 38.79% | 28,288 | 61.21% | 46,213 |
| Flagler | 426 | 31.35% | 933 | 68.65% | 1,359 |
| Franklin | 764 | 33.84% | 1,494 | 66.16% | 2,258 |
| Gadsden | 2,010 | 46.18% | 2,343 | 53.82% | 4,353 |
| Gilchrist | 277 | 24.93% | 834 | 75.07% | 1,111 |
| Glades | 314 | 44.35% | 394 | 55.65% | 708 |
| Gulf | 657 | 21.86% | 2,348 | 78.14% | 3,005 |
| Hamilton | 656 | 33.01% | 1,331 | 66.99% | 1,987 |
| Hardee | 1,960 | 52.96% | 1,741 | 47.04% | 3,701 |
| Hendry | 1,043 | 44.38% | 1,307 | 55.62% | 2,350 |
| Hernando | 1,809 | 48.00% | 1,960 | 52.00% | 3,769 |
| Highlands | 4,369 | 58.32% | 3,122 | 41.68% | 7,491 |
| Hillsborough | 48,887 | 43.99% | 62,240 | 56.01% | 111,127 |
| Holmes | 1,235 | 34.26% | 2,370 | 65.74% | 3,605 |
| Indian River | 4,656 | 61.05% | 2,970 | 38.95% | 7,626 |
| Jackson | 2,851 | 32.23% | 5,994 | 67.77% | 8,845 |
| Jefferson | 600 | 34.70% | 1,129 | 65.30% | 1,729 |
| Lafayette | 297 | 27.25% | 793 | 72.75% | 1,090 |
| Lake | 12,979 | 72.45% | 4,936 | 27.55% | 17,915 |
| Lee | 10,357 | 65.34% | 5,494 | 34.66% | 15,851 |
| Leon | 9,079 | 46.53% | 10,433 | 53.47% | 19,512 |
| Levy | 996 | 33.21% | 2,003 | 66.79% | 2,999 |
| Liberty | 243 | 21.99% | 862 | 78.01% | 1,105 |
| Madison | 1,152 | 35.60% | 2,084 | 64.40% | 3,236 |
| Manatee | 16,462 | 65.13% | 8,814 | 34.87% | 25,276 |
| Marion | 7,043 | 49.43% | 7,206 | 50.57% | 14,249 |
| Martin | 3,701 | 58.15% | 2,664 | 41.85% | 6,365 |
| Monroe | 3,416 | 32.88% | 6,972 | 67.12% | 10,388 |
| Nassau | 1,666 | 33.67% | 3,282 | 66.33% | 4,948 |
| Okaloosa | 4,685 | 36.18% | 8,263 | 63.82% | 12,948 |
| Okeechobee | 631 | 35.93% | 1,125 | 64.07% | 1,756 |
| Orange | 48,244 | 70.98% | 19,729 | 29.02% | 67,973 |
| Osceola | 4,691 | 68.29% | 2,178 | 31.71% | 6,869 |
| Palm Beach | 45,337 | 60.28% | 29,871 | 39.72% | 75,208 |
| Pasco | 7,188 | 55.21% | 5,832 | 44.79% | 13,020 |
| Pinellas | 101,779 | 63.68% | 58,054 | 36.32% | 159,833 |
| Polk | 31,618 | 57.32% | 23,546 | 42.68% | 55,164 |
| Putnam | 4,236 | 48.72% | 4,459 | 51.28% | 8,695 |
| St. Johns | 4,125 | 42.49% | 5,583 | 57.51% | 9,708 |
| St. Lucie | 6,354 | 54.24% | 5,360 | 45.76% | 11,714 |
| Santa Rosa | 2,777 | 35.89% | 4,960 | 64.11% | 7,737 |
| Sarasota | 19,995 | 70.70% | 8,287 | 29.30% | 28,282 |
| Seminole | 8,936 | 64.63% | 4,891 | 35.37% | 13,827 |
| Sumter | 1,120 | 32.95% | 2,279 | 67.05% | 3,399 |
| Suwannee | 1,536 | 35.51% | 2,789 | 64.49% | 4,325 |
| Taylor | 1,212 | 38.85% | 1,908 | 61.15% | 3,120 |
| Union | 311 | 24.84% | 941 | 75.16% | 1,252 |
| Volusia | 28,367 | 54.82% | 23,377 | 45.18% | 51,744 |
| Wakulla | 379 | 24.85% | 1,146 | 75.15% | 1,525 |
| Walton | 1,484 | 28.95% | 3,642 | 71.05% | 5,126 |
| Washington | 1,230 | 36.96% | 2,098 | 63.04% | 3,328 |
| Totals | 795,476 | 51.51% | 748,700 | 48.49% | 1,544,176 |
References
- Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved 2017-04-08.
- Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- Paulson, Darryl (4 November 2016). "A quick history of Florida's presidential politics, from Whigs to wigged out". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
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