1960 United States presidential election in Nebraska
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The 1960 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. Voters chose six[1] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., with 62.07% of the popular vote, against Senator John F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 37.93% of the popular vote.[2][3]
With 62.07% of the popular vote, Nebraska would prove to be Nixon's strongest state in the 1960 election.[4]
Primaries
Democratic primary
Kennedy won the state's Democratic primary.[5]
While an effort by Stuart Symington or Hubert Humphrey could have, on paper, been successful in Nebraska's primary, Kennedy had managed to outmaneuver them, laying early groundwork which gave him a solid lead in the state.[6]
Kennedy managed, in early 1958, to secure Bernard Boyle's support.[6]
By the time that others such as Humphrey, Symington, and Johnson began to inquire with Boyle about their own prospective candidacies, they learned that they had a arrived a year too late.[6]
Kennedy went in to win the primary, unchallenged.[6] With the exception of Kennedy, all candidates were write-ins.[5]
| 1960 Nebraska Democratic Presidential Primary Results[5] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |||
| Democratic | John F. Kennedy | 80,408 | 88.7% | |||
| Democratic | Stuart Symington | 4,083 | 4.5% | |||
| Democratic | Hubert Humphrey | 3,202 | 3.5% | |||
| Democratic | Adlai Stevenson | 1,368 | 1.5% | |||
| Democratic | Lyndon B. Johnson | 962 | 1.1% | |||
| Democratic | Others | 669 | 0.7% | |||
| Totals | 90,692 | 100.00% | ||||
Republican primary
Nixon won the state's Republican primary.[5] All candidates were write-ins.[5]
| 1960 Nebraska Republican Presidential Primary Results[5] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |||
Republican
|
Richard Nixon | 74,356 | 93.8% | |||
| Republican | Nelson Rockefeller | 2,028 | 2.6% | |||
| Republican | Barry Goldwater | 1,068 | 1.3% | |||
| Republican | Others | 1,805 | 2.3% | |||
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Totals |
79,257 | 100.00% | ||||
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Richard Nixon | 380,553 | 62.07% | |
| Democratic | John F. Kennedy | 232,542 | 37.93% | |
| Total votes | 613,095 | 100% | ||
Results by county
| County[7] | Richard Nixon Republican |
John F. Kennedy Democratic |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 7,932 | 64.51% | 4,364 | 35.49% | 3,568 | 29.02% | 12,296 |
| Antelope | 3,617 | 71.10% | 1,470 | 28.90% | 2,147 | 42.20% | 5,087 |
| Arthur | 283 | 80.63% | 68 | 19.37% | 215 | 61.26% | 351 |
| Banner | 424 | 66.77% | 211 | 33.23% | 213 | 33.54% | 635 |
| Blaine | 420 | 78.80% | 113 | 21.20% | 307 | 57.60% | 533 |
| Boone | 2,809 | 64.49% | 1,547 | 35.51% | 1,262 | 28.98% | 4,356 |
| Box Butte | 3,157 | 62.60% | 1,886 | 37.40% | 1,271 | 25.20% | 5,043 |
| Boyd | 1,393 | 64.46% | 768 | 35.54% | 625 | 28.92% | 2,161 |
| Brown | 1,735 | 77.15% | 514 | 22.85% | 1,221 | 54.30% | 2,249 |
| Buffalo | 7,595 | 66.12% | 3,891 | 33.88% | 3,704 | 32.24% | 11,486 |
| Burt | 3,613 | 72.56% | 1,366 | 27.44% | 2,247 | 45.12% | 4,979 |
| Butler | 2,253 | 45.11% | 2,742 | 54.89% | -489 | -9.78% | 4,995 |
| Cass | 4,506 | 61.68% | 2,799 | 38.32% | 1,707 | 23.36% | 7,305 |
| Cedar | 3,060 | 51.01% | 2,939 | 48.99% | 121 | 2.02% | 5,999 |
| Chase | 1,482 | 69.28% | 657 | 30.72% | 825 | 38.56% | 2,139 |
| Cherry | 2,695 | 72.08% | 1,044 | 27.92% | 1,651 | 44.16% | 3,739 |
| Cheyenne | 2,814 | 52.17% | 2,580 | 47.83% | 234 | 4.34% | 5,394 |
| Clay | 3,005 | 69.30% | 1,331 | 30.70% | 1,674 | 38.60% | 4,336 |
| Colfax | 2,504 | 55.91% | 1,975 | 44.09% | 529 | 11.82% | 4,479 |
| Cuming | 3,894 | 67.45% | 1,879 | 32.55% | 2,015 | 34.90% | 5,773 |
| Custer | 5,716 | 70.87% | 2,350 | 29.13% | 3,366 | 41.74% | 8,066 |
| Dakota | 2,977 | 56.13% | 2,327 | 43.87% | 650 | 12.26% | 5,304 |
| Dawes | 3,106 | 70.83% | 1,279 | 29.17% | 1,827 | 41.66% | 4,385 |
| Dawson | 6,480 | 73.07% | 2,388 | 26.93% | 4,092 | 46.14% | 8,868 |
| Deuel | 1,276 | 76.22% | 398 | 23.78% | 878 | 52.44% | 1,674 |
| Dixon | 2,713 | 66.22% | 1,384 | 33.78% | 1,329 | 32.44% | 4,097 |
| Dodge | 9,638 | 67.21% | 4,702 | 32.79% | 4,936 | 34.42% | 14,340 |
| Douglas | 72,005 | 52.92% | 64,060 | 47.08% | 7,945 | 5.84% | 136,065 |
| Dundy | 1,245 | 71.92% | 486 | 28.08% | 759 | 43.84% | 1,731 |
| Fillmore | 2,842 | 61.09% | 1,810 | 38.91% | 1,032 | 22.18% | 4,652 |
| Franklin | 1,798 | 64.19% | 1,003 | 35.81% | 795 | 28.38% | 2,801 |
| Frontier | 1,615 | 73.51% | 582 | 26.49% | 1,033 | 47.02% | 2,197 |
| Furnas | 2,854 | 72.34% | 1,091 | 27.66% | 1,763 | 44.68% | 3,945 |
| Gage | 7,754 | 66.76% | 3,861 | 33.24% | 3,893 | 33.52% | 11,615 |
| Garden | 1,376 | 76.36% | 426 | 23.64% | 950 | 52.72% | 1,802 |
| Garfield | 1,047 | 77.44% | 305 | 22.56% | 742 | 54.88% | 1,352 |
| Gosper | 854 | 71.58% | 339 | 28.42% | 515 | 43.16% | 1,193 |
| Grant | 410 | 76.35% | 127 | 23.65% | 283 | 52.70% | 537 |
| Greeley | 960 | 43.18% | 1,263 | 56.82% | -303 | -13.64% | 2,223 |
| Hall | 9,763 | 63.98% | 5,496 | 36.02% | 4,267 | 27.96% | 15,259 |
| Hamilton | 3,249 | 72.65% | 1,223 | 27.35% | 2,026 | 45.30% | 4,472 |
| Harlan | 1,766 | 66.42% | 893 | 33.58% | 873 | 32.84% | 2,659 |
| Hayes | 699 | 71.33% | 281 | 28.67% | 418 | 42.66% | 980 |
| Hitchcock | 1,634 | 70.67% | 678 | 29.33% | 956 | 41.34% | 2,312 |
| Holt | 4,150 | 62.99% | 2,438 | 37.01% | 1,712 | 25.98% | 6,588 |
| Hooker | 443 | 86.19% | 71 | 13.81% | 372 | 72.38% | 514 |
| Howard | 1,676 | 52.47% | 1,518 | 47.53% | 158 | 4.94% | 3,194 |
| Jefferson | 4,047 | 68.11% | 1,895 | 31.89% | 2,152 | 36.22% | 5,942 |
| Johnson | 2,098 | 64.57% | 1,151 | 35.43% | 947 | 29.14% | 3,249 |
| Kearney | 2,065 | 62.05% | 1,263 | 37.95% | 802 | 24.10% | 3,328 |
| Keith | 2,680 | 68.88% | 1,211 | 31.12% | 1,469 | 37.76% | 3,891 |
| Keya Paha | 646 | 72.83% | 241 | 27.17% | 405 | 45.66% | 887 |
| Kimball | 2,152 | 67.93% | 1,016 | 32.07% | 1,136 | 35.86% | 3,168 |
| Knox | 3,847 | 64.45% | 2,122 | 35.55% | 1,725 | 28.90% | 5,969 |
| Lancaster | 37,725 | 62.57% | 22,564 | 37.43% | 15,161 | 25.14% | 60,289 |
| Lincoln | 7,685 | 61.49% | 4,812 | 38.51% | 2,873 | 22.98% | 12,497 |
| Logan | 391 | 70.58% | 163 | 29.42% | 228 | 41.16% | 554 |
| Loup | 445 | 77.53% | 129 | 22.47% | 316 | 55.06% | 574 |
| Madison | 8,350 | 73.25% | 3,050 | 26.75% | 5,300 | 46.50% | 11,400 |
| McPherson | 303 | 81.89% | 67 | 18.11% | 236 | 63.78% | 370 |
| Merrick | 2,744 | 68.98% | 1,234 | 31.02% | 1,510 | 37.96% | 3,978 |
| Morrill | 2,020 | 62.75% | 1,199 | 37.25% | 821 | 25.50% | 3,219 |
| Nance | 1,699 | 62.67% | 1,012 | 37.33% | 687 | 25.34% | 2,711 |
| Nemaha | 3,031 | 68.76% | 1,377 | 31.24% | 1,654 | 37.52% | 4,408 |
| Nuckolls | 2,441 | 60.86% | 1,570 | 39.14% | 871 | 21.72% | 4,011 |
| Otoe | 5,057 | 66.54% | 2,543 | 33.46% | 2,514 | 33.08% | 7,600 |
| Pawnee | 1,728 | 63.13% | 1,009 | 36.87% | 719 | 26.26% | 2,737 |
| Perkins | 1,301 | 65.12% | 697 | 34.88% | 604 | 30.24% | 1,998 |
| Phelps | 3,795 | 75.19% | 1,252 | 24.81% | 2,543 | 50.38% | 5,047 |
| Pierce | 2,963 | 72.80% | 1,107 | 27.20% | 1,856 | 45.60% | 4,070 |
| Platte | 6,129 | 58.28% | 4,387 | 41.72% | 1,742 | 16.56% | 10,516 |
| Polk | 2,397 | 66.94% | 1,184 | 33.06% | 1,213 | 33.88% | 3,581 |
| Red Willow | 3,890 | 66.93% | 1,922 | 33.07% | 1,968 | 33.86% | 5,812 |
| Richardson | 4,481 | 62.66% | 2,670 | 37.34% | 1,811 | 25.32% | 7,151 |
| Rock | 1,084 | 81.08% | 253 | 18.92% | 831 | 62.16% | 1,337 |
| Saline | 2,881 | 44.99% | 3,523 | 55.01% | -642 | -10.02% | 6,404 |
| Sarpy | 4,672 | 55.30% | 3,777 | 44.70% | 895 | 10.60% | 8,449 |
| Saunders | 4,702 | 56.94% | 3,556 | 43.06% | 1,146 | 13.88% | 8,258 |
| Scotts Bluff | 8,728 | 60.72% | 5,646 | 39.28% | 3,082 | 21.44% | 14,374 |
| Seward | 3,588 | 63.14% | 2,095 | 36.86% | 1,493 | 26.28% | 5,683 |
| Sheridan | 2,870 | 71.50% | 1,144 | 28.50% | 1,726 | 43.00% | 4,014 |
| Sherman | 1,131 | 44.21% | 1,427 | 55.79% | -296 | -11.58% | 2,558 |
| Sioux | 745 | 64.22% | 415 | 35.78% | 330 | 28.44% | 1,160 |
| Stanton | 1,680 | 66.22% | 857 | 33.78% | 823 | 32.44% | 2,537 |
| Thayer | 3,202 | 67.38% | 1,550 | 32.62% | 1,652 | 34.76% | 4,752 |
| Thomas | 420 | 74.87% | 141 | 25.13% | 279 | 49.74% | 561 |
| Thurston | 1,757 | 57.19% | 1,315 | 42.81% | 442 | 14.38% | 3,072 |
| Valley | 2,045 | 62.10% | 1,248 | 37.90% | 797 | 24.20% | 3,293 |
| Washington | 3,772 | 69.01% | 1,694 | 30.99% | 2,078 | 38.02% | 5,466 |
| Wayne | 3,274 | 76.16% | 1,025 | 23.84% | 2,249 | 52.32% | 4,299 |
| Webster | 2,026 | 64.75% | 1,103 | 35.25% | 923 | 29.50% | 3,129 |
| Wheeler | 424 | 63.95% | 239 | 36.05% | 185 | 27.90% | 663 |
| York | 5,205 | 74.69% | 1,764 | 25.31% | 3,441 | 49.38% | 6,969 |
| Totals | 380,553 | 62.07% | 232,542 | 37.93% | 148,011 | 24.14% | 613,095 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
See also
References
- ^ "1960 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)". Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- ^ "1960 Presidential General Election Results - Nebraska". Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1960". Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- ^ "1960 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f "RESULTS OF 1960 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION PRIMARIES". John F. Kennedy presidential library. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
- ^ a b c d Oliphant, Thomas; Wilkie, Curtis (2017). The road to Camelot: Inside JFK's Five-Year Campaign. Simon & Schuster.
- ^ "NE US President Race, November 08, 1960". Our Campaigns.
