The 1960 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 8, 1960 as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Minnesota was won by the Democratic Party candidate U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts won the state over incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon by a margin of 22,018 votes, or 1.42%. Kennedy went on to win the election nationally, but by the closest margin since James Garfield's 0.11% victory over Winfield Scott Hancock in 1880. This was the last presidential election held in Minnesota before the elimination of the 9th congressional district in 1963. It was also the last time Mower County voted for a Republican presidential candidate until Donald Trump in 2016.[2] This marks the last time heavily populated Hennepin County voted for a candidate who lost the state as a whole.[3] This election in the state would begin an ongoing streak of the state voting Democrat in every election starting with this one to the present day, with 1972 being the sole exception.
Results
edit| 1960 United States presidential election in Minnesota[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic (DFL) | John F. Kennedy | 779,933 | 50.58% | 11 | |
| Republican | Richard Nixon | 757,915 | 49.16% | 0 | |
| Socialist Workers | Farrell Dobbs | 3,077 | 0.20% | 0 | |
| Industrial Government | Eric Hass | 962 | 0.06% | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,541,887 | 100.00% | 11 | ||
| Voter turnout | 79% | — | |||
Results by county
edit| County[5] | John F. Kennedy DFL |
Richard Nixon Republican |
Farrell Dobbs Socialist Workers |
Eric Hass Industrial Government |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Aitkin | 2,980 | 48.75% | 3,097 | 50.66% | 25 | 0.41% | 11 | 0.18% | -117 | -1.91% | 6,113 |
| Anoka | 20,324 | 58.89% | 14,114 | 40.90% | 55 | 0.16% | 18 | 0.05% | 6,210 | 17.99% | 34,511 |
| Becker | 5,257 | 50.60% | 5,090 | 48.99% | 33 | 0.32% | 9 | 0.09% | 167 | 1.61% | 10,389 |
| Beltrami | 4,653 | 50.81% | 4,482 | 48.95% | 16 | 0.17% | 6 | 0.07% | 171 | 1.86% | 9,157 |
| Benton | 4,175 | 55.56% | 3,324 | 44.23% | 14 | 0.19% | 2 | 0.03% | 851 | 11.33% | 7,515 |
| Big Stone | 2,437 | 56.91% | 1,834 | 42.83% | 9 | 0.21% | 2 | 0.05% | 603 | 14.08% | 4,282 |
| Blue Earth | 8,052 | 41.48% | 11,328 | 58.35% | 25 | 0.13% | 8 | 0.04% | -3,276 | -16.87% | 19,413 |
| Brown | 5,353 | 42.99% | 7,084 | 56.89% | 13 | 0.10% | 3 | 0.02% | -1,731 | -13.90% | 12,453 |
| Carlton | 7,576 | 61.98% | 4,613 | 37.74% | 30 | 0.25% | 5 | 0.04% | 2,963 | 24.24% | 12,224 |
| Carver | 3,982 | 38.94% | 6,231 | 60.93% | 8 | 0.08% | 6 | 0.06% | -2,249 | -21.99% | 10,227 |
| Cass | 3,578 | 44.78% | 4,399 | 55.05% | 12 | 0.15% | 2 | 0.03% | -821 | -10.27% | 7,991 |
| Chippewa | 3,643 | 48.10% | 3,915 | 51.69% | 13 | 0.17% | 3 | 0.04% | -272 | -3.59% | 7,574 |
| Chisago | 2,907 | 43.04% | 3,822 | 56.59% | 18 | 0.27% | 7 | 0.10% | -915 | -13.55% | 6,754 |
| Clay | 7,241 | 46.58% | 8,278 | 53.26% | 19 | 0.12% | 6 | 0.04% | -1,037 | -6.68% | 15,544 |
| Clearwater | 2,466 | 59.64% | 1,651 | 39.93% | 15 | 0.36% | 3 | 0.07% | 815 | 19.71% | 4,135 |
| Cook | 650 | 39.61% | 987 | 60.15% | 4 | 0.24% | 0 | 0.00% | -337 | -20.54% | 1,641 |
| Cottonwood | 2,768 | 35.16% | 5,087 | 64.62% | 11 | 0.14% | 6 | 0.08% | -2,319 | -29.46% | 7,872 |
| Crow Wing | 6,835 | 46.77% | 7,727 | 52.87% | 41 | 0.28% | 11 | 0.08% | -892 | -6.10% | 14,614 |
| Dakota | 20,150 | 57.13% | 15,032 | 42.62% | 72 | 0.20% | 19 | 0.05% | 5,118 | 14.51% | 35,273 |
| Dodge | 2,170 | 36.51% | 3,769 | 63.42% | 3 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.02% | -1,599 | -26.91% | 5,943 |
| Douglas | 4,871 | 46.36% | 5,594 | 53.25% | 32 | 0.30% | 9 | 0.09% | -723 | -6.89% | 10,506 |
| Faribault | 4,301 | 38.11% | 6,975 | 61.80% | 8 | 0.07% | 3 | 0.03% | -2,674 | -23.69% | 11,287 |
| Fillmore | 3,926 | 34.31% | 7,507 | 65.60% | 7 | 0.06% | 4 | 0.03% | -3,581 | -31.29% | 11,444 |
| Freeborn | 8,018 | 47.14% | 8,970 | 52.73% | 13 | 0.08% | 9 | 0.05% | -952 | -5.59% | 17,010 |
| Goodhue | 5,562 | 34.60% | 10,473 | 65.16% | 26 | 0.16% | 12 | 0.07% | -4,911 | -30.56% | 16,073 |
| Grant | 2,333 | 50.98% | 2,239 | 48.93% | 4 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 94 | 2.05% | 4,576 |
| Hennepin | 188,250 | 48.50% | 198,992 | 51.26% | 645 | 0.17% | 294 | 0.08% | -10,742 | -2.76% | 388,181 |
| Houston | 3,080 | 39.04% | 4,807 | 60.93% | 3 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,727 | -21.89% | 7,890 |
| Hubbard | 2,029 | 42.39% | 2,749 | 57.43% | 8 | 0.17% | 1 | 0.02% | -720 | -15.04% | 4,787 |
| Isanti | 2,599 | 45.64% | 3,067 | 53.86% | 17 | 0.30% | 11 | 0.19% | -468 | -8.22% | 5,694 |
| Itasca | 10,761 | 61.82% | 6,615 | 38.00% | 23 | 0.13% | 9 | 0.05% | 4,146 | 23.82% | 17,408 |
| Jackson | 3,898 | 51.96% | 3,591 | 47.87% | 5 | 0.07% | 8 | 0.11% | 307 | 4.09% | 7,502 |
| Kanabec | 1,890 | 45.08% | 2,278 | 54.33% | 20 | 0.48% | 5 | 0.12% | -388 | -9.25% | 4,193 |
| Kandiyohi | 6,738 | 49.66% | 6,786 | 50.02% | 35 | 0.26% | 8 | 0.06% | -48 | -0.36% | 13,567 |
| Kittson | 2,218 | 53.25% | 1,937 | 46.51% | 8 | 0.19% | 2 | 0.05% | 281 | 6.74% | 4,165 |
| Koochiching | 4,578 | 59.80% | 3,055 | 39.90% | 22 | 0.29% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,523 | 19.90% | 7,656 |
| Lac qui Parle | 3,253 | 50.44% | 3,185 | 49.39% | 9 | 0.14% | 2 | 0.03% | 68 | 1.05% | 6,449 |
| Lake | 3,888 | 62.91% | 2,276 | 36.83% | 13 | 0.21% | 3 | 0.05% | 1,612 | 26.08% | 6,180 |
| Lake of the Woods | 1,053 | 55.30% | 835 | 43.86% | 15 | 0.79% | 1 | 0.05% | 218 | 11.44% | 1,904 |
| Le Sueur | 5,234 | 54.13% | 4,426 | 45.77% | 9 | 0.09% | 1 | 0.01% | 808 | 8.36% | 9,670 |
| Lincoln | 2,500 | 53.68% | 2,147 | 46.10% | 7 | 0.15% | 3 | 0.06% | 353 | 7.58% | 4,657 |
| Lyon | 5,550 | 53.86% | 4,740 | 46.00% | 13 | 0.13% | 2 | 0.02% | 810 | 7.86% | 10,305 |
| Mahnomen | 1,864 | 67.81% | 880 | 32.01% | 4 | 0.15% | 1 | 0.04% | 984 | 35.80% | 2,749 |
| Marshall | 3,759 | 55.47% | 3,006 | 44.36% | 6 | 0.09% | 6 | 0.09% | 753 | 11.11% | 6,777 |
| Martin | 4,194 | 33.04% | 8,479 | 66.81% | 13 | 0.10% | 6 | 0.05% | -4,285 | -33.77% | 12,692 |
| McLeod | 4,276 | 37.15% | 7,214 | 62.67% | 16 | 0.14% | 5 | 0.04% | -2,938 | -25.52% | 11,511 |
| Meeker | 3,678 | 42.97% | 4,857 | 56.74% | 21 | 0.25% | 4 | 0.05% | -1,179 | -13.77% | 8,560 |
| Mille Lacs | 2,886 | 42.25% | 3,913 | 57.29% | 22 | 0.32% | 9 | 0.13% | -1,027 | -15.04% | 6,830 |
| Morrison | 7,337 | 62.37% | 4,403 | 37.43% | 17 | 0.14% | 7 | 0.06% | 2,934 | 24.94% | 11,764 |
| Mower | 9,961 | 47.28% | 11,040 | 52.40% | 57 | 0.27% | 10 | 0.05% | -1,079 | -5.12% | 21,068 |
| Murray | 3,009 | 47.19% | 3,357 | 52.64% | 6 | 0.09% | 5 | 0.08% | -348 | -5.45% | 6,377 |
| Nicollet | 3,961 | 42.80% | 5,283 | 57.08% | 4 | 0.04% | 7 | 0.08% | -1,322 | -14.28% | 9,255 |
| Nobles | 4,947 | 46.70% | 5,636 | 53.20% | 9 | 0.08% | 2 | 0.02% | -689 | -6.50% | 10,594 |
| Norman | 2,932 | 52.49% | 2,642 | 47.30% | 5 | 0.09% | 7 | 0.13% | 290 | 5.19% | 5,586 |
| Olmsted | 10,918 | 40.34% | 16,080 | 59.41% | 59 | 0.22% | 8 | 0.03% | -5,162 | -19.07% | 27,065 |
| Otter Tail | 8,054 | 36.87% | 13,747 | 62.94% | 30 | 0.14% | 12 | 0.05% | -5,693 | -26.07% | 21,843 |
| Pennington | 3,204 | 55.63% | 2,537 | 44.05% | 11 | 0.19% | 7 | 0.12% | 667 | 11.58% | 5,759 |
| Pine | 4,211 | 54.78% | 3,450 | 44.88% | 18 | 0.23% | 8 | 0.10% | 761 | 9.90% | 7,687 |
| Pipestone | 2,443 | 39.85% | 3,677 | 59.97% | 8 | 0.13% | 3 | 0.05% | -1,234 | -20.12% | 6,131 |
| Polk | 9,346 | 55.27% | 7,528 | 44.52% | 26 | 0.15% | 9 | 0.05% | 1,818 | 10.75% | 16,909 |
| Pope | 2,883 | 48.39% | 3,062 | 51.39% | 9 | 0.15% | 4 | 0.07% | -179 | -3.00% | 5,958 |
| Ramsey | 108,464 | 58.15% | 77,408 | 41.50% | 557 | 0.30% | 98 | 0.05% | 31,056 | 16.65% | 186,527 |
| Red Lake | 1,865 | 73.17% | 679 | 26.64% | 2 | 0.08% | 3 | 0.12% | 1,186 | 46.53% | 2,549 |
| Redwood | 3,839 | 39.39% | 5,893 | 60.47% | 8 | 0.08% | 6 | 0.06% | -2,054 | -21.08% | 9,746 |
| Renville | 4,958 | 45.67% | 5,885 | 54.20% | 11 | 0.10% | 3 | 0.03% | -927 | -8.53% | 10,857 |
| Rice | 6,752 | 44.92% | 8,248 | 54.87% | 22 | 0.15% | 9 | 0.06% | -1,496 | -9.95% | 15,031 |
| Rock | 1,823 | 34.42% | 3,469 | 65.49% | 2 | 0.04% | 3 | 0.06% | -1,646 | -31.07% | 5,297 |
| Roseau | 3,198 | 58.34% | 2,274 | 41.48% | 8 | 0.15% | 2 | 0.04% | 924 | 16.86% | 5,482 |
| St. Louis | 69,270 | 63.23% | 39,620 | 36.17% | 557 | 0.51% | 98 | 0.09% | 29,650 | 27.06% | 109,545 |
| Scott | 6,061 | 62.21% | 3,671 | 37.68% | 7 | 0.07% | 4 | 0.04% | 2,390 | 24.53% | 9,743 |
| Sherburne | 2,568 | 47.41% | 2,837 | 52.37% | 10 | 0.18% | 2 | 0.04% | -269 | -4.96% | 5,417 |
| Sibley | 2,541 | 33.69% | 4,987 | 66.12% | 12 | 0.16% | 2 | 0.03% | -2,446 | -32.43% | 7,542 |
| Stearns | 19,026 | 58.40% | 13,522 | 41.50% | 22 | 0.07% | 11 | 0.03% | 5,504 | 16.90% | 32,581 |
| Steele | 4,491 | 39.74% | 6,795 | 60.13% | 14 | 0.12% | 1 | 0.01% | -2,304 | -20.39% | 11,301 |
| Stevens | 2,405 | 46.92% | 2,710 | 52.87% | 6 | 0.12% | 5 | 0.10% | -305 | -5.95% | 5,126 |
| Swift | 4,062 | 58.63% | 2,848 | 41.11% | 15 | 0.22% | 3 | 0.04% | 1,214 | 17.52% | 6,928 |
| Todd | 5,051 | 48.88% | 5,255 | 50.85% | 21 | 0.20% | 7 | 0.07% | -204 | -1.97% | 10,334 |
| Traverse | 2,122 | 59.11% | 1,463 | 40.75% | 4 | 0.11% | 1 | 0.03% | 659 | 18.36% | 3,590 |
| Wabasha | 3,628 | 44.26% | 4,566 | 55.70% | 3 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | -938 | -11.44% | 8,197 |
| Wadena | 2,240 | 42.03% | 3,082 | 57.83% | 6 | 0.11% | 1 | 0.02% | -842 | -15.80% | 5,329 |
| Waseca | 2,793 | 36.58% | 4,838 | 63.36% | 3 | 0.04% | 2 | 0.03% | -2,045 | -26.78% | 7,636 |
| Washington | 11,870 | 51.31% | 11,202 | 48.42% | 46 | 0.20% | 15 | 0.06% | 668 | 2.89% | 23,133 |
| Watonwan | 2,412 | 36.57% | 4,173 | 63.28% | 10 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,761 | -26.71% | 6,595 |
| Wilkin | 2,319 | 49.69% | 2,340 | 50.14% | 7 | 0.15% | 1 | 0.02% | -21 | -0.45% | 4,667 |
| Winona | 8,484 | 47.72% | 9,271 | 52.14% | 14 | 0.08% | 11 | 0.06% | -787 | -4.42% | 17,780 |
| Wright | 6,452 | 47.24% | 7,180 | 52.57% | 19 | 0.14% | 7 | 0.05% | -728 | -5.33% | 13,658 |
| Yellow Medicine | 3,649 | 48.82% | 3,800 | 50.84% | 22 | 0.29% | 4 | 0.05% | -151 | -2.02% | 7,475 |
| Totals | 779,933 | 50.58% | 757,915 | 49.16% | 3,077 | 0.20% | 962 | 0.06% | 22,018 | 1.42% | 1,541,887 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
editCounties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Office of the State Of Minnesota Secretary of State". www.sos.state.mn.us. Retrieved July 22, 2017.
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ "Minnesota". Google Docs. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
- ^ "1960 Presidential Election Results – Minnesota". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved October 3, 2016.
- ^ Our Campaigns; MN US President Race, November 08, 1960