1960 United States presidential election in Michigan

1960 United States presidential election in Michigan
All 20 Michigan votes to the Electoral College
Turnout	72.7%
Kennedy 50-60% 60-70%	Nixon 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%
President before election; Dwight D. Eisenhower; Republican	Elected President ; John F. Kennedy; Democratic

The 1960 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. Voters chose 20^[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Michigan was won by Senator John F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 50.85% of the popular vote against incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (R–California), running with former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., with 48.84% of the popular vote.

Michigan weighed in for this election as almost 2% more Democratic than the nation-at-large. Kennedy’s victory was the first of three consecutive Democratic victories in the state, as Michigan would not vote Republican again until Nixon won the state in his re-election bid in 1972.

Results

1960 United States presidential election in Michigan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John F. Kennedy	1,687,269	50.85%
	Republican	Richard Nixon	1,620,428	48.84%
	Socialist Workers	Farrell Dobbs	4,347	0.13%
	Prohibition	Rutherford Decker	2,029	0.06%
	Tax Cut	Lars Daly	1,767	0.05%
	Socialist Labor	Eric Hass	1,718	0.05%
	Write-in		539	0.02%
Total votes			3,318,097	100%

Results by county

County	John F. Kennedy Democratic		Richard Nixon Republican		Farrell Dobbs Socialist Workers		Rutherford Decker Prohibition		Eric Hass Socialist Labor		Lars Daly Independent		Margin		Total votes cast^[4]
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total votes cast^[4]
Alcona	1,038	33.49%	2,053	66.25%	2	0.06%	3	0.10%	1	0.03%	2	0.06%	-1,015	-32.76%	3,099
Alger	2,321	58.17%	1,663	41.68%	4	0.10%	2	0.05%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	658	16.49%	3,990
Allegan	6,752	28.77%	16,660	70.98%	17	0.07%	24	0.10%	5	0.02%	14	0.06%	-9,908	-42.21%	23,472
Alpena	5,071	43.52%	6,573	56.41%	4	0.03%	1	0.01%	2	0.02%	2	0.02%	-1,502	-12.89%	11,653
Antrim	1,647	32.60%	3,398	67.26%	2	0.04%	3	0.06%	1	0.02%	1	0.02%	-1,751	-34.66%	5,052
Arenac	1,888	44.42%	2,352	55.34%	5	0.12%	3	0.07%	0	0.00%	2	0.05%	-464	-10.92%	4,250
Baraga	1,964	51.20%	1,861	48.51%	8	0.21%	1	0.03%	0	0.00%	2	0.05%	103	2.69%	3,836
Barry	4,406	32.00%	9,298	67.54%	11	0.08%	39	0.28%	6	0.04%	7	0.05%	-4,892	-35.54%	13,767
Bay	22,998	52.26%	20,909	47.51%	49	0.11%	21	0.05%	14	0.03%	20	0.05%	2,089	4.75%	44,011
Benzie	1,306	34.41%	2,484	65.45%	1	0.03%	4	0.11%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-1,178	-31.04%	3,795
Berrien	23,837	38.76%	37,425	60.85%	84	0.14%	71	0.12%	20	0.03%	69	0.11%	-13,588	-22.09%	61,506
Branch	4,759	35.03%	8,752	64.41%	22	0.16%	42	0.31%	6	0.04%	6	0.04%	-3,993	-29.38%	13,587
Calhoun	23,511	42.14%	32,080	57.50%	97	0.17%	57	0.10%	16	0.03%	32	0.06%	-8,569	-15.36%	55,793
Cass	6,468	42.79%	8,585	56.79%	24	0.16%	24	0.16%	3	0.02%	13	0.09%	-2,117	-14.00%	15,117
Charlevoix	2,422	37.73%	3,987	62.11%	1	0.02%	5	0.08%	3	0.05%	1	0.02%	-1,565	-24.38%	6,419
Cheboygan	2,977	43.81%	3,817	56.17%	2	0.03%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-840	-12.36%	6,796
Chippewa	5,239	44.58%	6,490	55.23%	12	0.10%	5	0.04%	2	0.02%	3	0.03%	-1,251	-10.65%	11,751
Clare	1,507	29.38%	3,616	70.49%	2	0.04%	2	0.04%	1	0.02%	2	0.04%	-2,109	-41.11%	5,130
Clinton	4,822	31.99%	10,227	67.85%	5	0.03%	10	0.07%	1	0.01%	7	0.05%	-5,405	-35.86%	15,072
Crawford	783	34.78%	1,464	65.04%	4	0.18%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-681	-30.26%	2,251
Delta	7,924	54.98%	6,460	44.82%	15	0.10%	4	0.03%	3	0.02%	7	0.05%	1,464	10.16%	14,413
Dickinson	6,645	55.40%	5,336	44.49%	9	0.08%	3	0.03%	1	0.01%	1	0.01%	1,309	10.91%	11,995
Eaton	6,912	32.68%	14,163	66.97%	19	0.09%	47	0.22%	4	0.02%	4	0.02%	-7,251	-34.29%	21,149
Emmet	2,602	36.15%	4,574	63.55%	11	0.15%	7	0.10%	2	0.03%	2	0.03%	-1,972	-27.40%	7,198
Genesee	72,059	48.87%	74,940	50.82%	212	0.14%	138	0.09%	40	0.03%	68	0.05%	-2,881	-1.95%	147,457
Gladwin	1,424	30.22%	3,282	69.65%	2	0.04%	4	0.08%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-1,858	-39.43%	4,712
Gogebic	7,200	56.88%	5,429	42.89%	15	0.12%	6	0.05%	4	0.03%	5	0.04%	1,771	13.99%	12,659
Grand Traverse	4,886	36.09%	8,618	63.65%	16	0.12%	9	0.07%	3	0.02%	8	0.06%	-3,732	-27.56%	13,540
Gratiot	3,859	28.10%	9,854	71.75%	6	0.04%	12	0.09%	2	0.01%	1	0.01%	-5,995	-43.65%	13,734
Hillsdale	4,069	28.38%	10,208	71.19%	9	0.06%	44	0.31%	1	0.01%	9	0.06%	-6,139	-42.81%	14,340
Houghton	8,021	50.70%	7,767	49.09%	22	0.14%	2	0.01%	7	0.04%	3	0.02%	254	1.61%	15,822
Huron	5,775	37.53%	9,592	62.34%	12	0.08%	2	0.01%	2	0.01%	3	0.02%	-3,817	-24.81%	15,386
Ingham	32,043	36.87%	54,655	62.89%	79	0.09%	65	0.07%	22	0.03%	43	0.05%	-22,612	-26.02%	86,907
Ionia	6,377	37.88%	10,405	61.81%	4	0.02%	40	0.24%	2	0.01%	6	0.04%	-4,028	-23.93%	16,834
Iosco	2,549	37.12%	4,308	62.74%	3	0.04%	5	0.07%	0	0.00%	1	0.01%	-1,759	-25.62%	6,866
Iron	5,232	57.09%	3,919	42.76%	7	0.08%	3	0.03%	1	0.01%	3	0.03%	1,313	14.33%	9,165
Isabella	4,431	35.92%	7,880	63.88%	5	0.04%	14	0.11%	0	0.00%	5	0.04%	-3,449	-27.96%	12,335
Jackson	20,995	37.64%	34,660	62.14%	48	0.09%	41	0.07%	17	0.03%	18	0.03%	-13,665	-24.50%	55,779
Kalamazoo	24,286	36.01%	42,800	63.47%	122	0.18%	130	0.19%	23	0.03%	73	0.11%	-18,514	-27.46%	67,434
Kalkaska	693	33.99%	1,341	65.77%	1	0.05%	3	0.15%	0	0.00%	1	0.05%	-648	-31.78%	2,039
Kent	61,313	38.98%	95,477	60.70%	298	0.19%	97	0.06%	46	0.03%	65	0.04%	-34,164	-21.72%	157,296
Keweenaw	655	48.77%	684	50.93%	2	0.15%	1	0.07%	0	0.00%	1	0.07%	-29	-2.16%	1,343
Lake	1,313	47.62%	1,441	52.27%	1	0.04%	1	0.04%	0	0.00%	1	0.04%	-128	-4.65%	2,757
Lapeer	5,099	32.76%	10,450	67.13%	5	0.03%	5	0.03%	3	0.02%	5	0.03%	-5,351	-34.37%	15,567
Leelanau	1,810	39.82%	2,730	60.05%	4	0.09%	1	0.02%	0	0.00%	1	0.02%	-920	-20.23%	4,546
Lenawee	10,785	35.11%	19,859	64.65%	41	0.13%	13	0.04%	2	0.01%	19	0.06%	-9,074	-29.54%	30,719
Livingston	5,608	35.08%	10,340	64.68%	13	0.08%	13	0.08%	7	0.04%	6	0.04%	-4,732	-29.60%	15,987
Luce	828	35.06%	1,534	64.94%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-706	-29.88%	2,362
Mackinac	2,042	39.91%	3,064	59.88%	7	0.14%	1	0.02%	0	0.00%	3	0.06%	-1,022	-19.97%	5,117
Macomb	105,681	62.83%	61,989	36.86%	208	0.12%	58	0.03%	103	0.06%	156	0.09%	43,692	25.97%	168,195
Manistee	4,122	45.81%	4,867	54.08%	5	0.06%	3	0.03%	0	0.00%	2	0.02%	-745	-8.27%	8,999
Marquette	11,177	51.00%	10,690	48.77%	29	0.13%	5	0.02%	0	0.00%	16	0.07%	487	2.23%	21,917
Mason	4,305	41.69%	6,011	58.21%	5	0.05%	1	0.01%	0	0.00%	4	0.04%	-1,706	-16.52%	10,326
Mecosta	2,380	30.90%	5,306	68.88%	2	0.03%	15	0.19%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-2,926	-37.98%	7,703
Menominee	5,857	53.55%	5,064	46.30%	5	0.05%	6	0.05%	3	0.03%	3	0.03%	793	7.25%	10,938
Midland	6,815	32.34%	14,235	67.56%	11	0.05%	5	0.02%	1	0.00%	4	0.02%	-7,420	-35.22%	21,071
Missaukee	627	19.77%	2,531	79.82%	1	0.03%	8	0.25%	1	0.03%	3	0.09%	-1,904	-60.05%	3,171
Monroe	19,684	51.23%	18,607	48.43%	60	0.16%	25	0.07%	16	0.04%	31	0.08%	1,077	2.80%	38,423
Montcalm	4,767	32.01%	10,085	67.72%	12	0.08%	17	0.11%	9	0.06%	2	0.01%	-5,318	-35.71%	14,892
Montmorency	866	35.59%	1,565	64.32%	1	0.04%	1	0.04%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-699	-28.73%	2,433
Muskegon	28,755	46.63%	32,667	52.98%	92	0.15%	50	0.08%	30	0.05%	67	0.11%	-3,912	-6.35%	61,661
Newaygo	3,404	31.31%	7,453	68.55%	7	0.06%	2	0.02%	2	0.02%	4	0.04%	-4,049	-37.24%	10,872
Oakland	135,531	45.39%	162,026	54.27%	512	0.17%	110	0.04%	192	0.06%	191	0.06%	-26,495	-8.88%	298,562
Oceana	2,651	37.43%	4,418	62.38%	8	0.11%	4	0.06%	0	0.00%	1	0.01%	-1,767	-24.95%	7,082
Ogemaw	1,867	41.11%	2,664	58.65%	9	0.20%	2	0.04%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-797	-17.54%	4,542
Ontonagon	2,553	49.33%	2,620	50.63%	2	0.04%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-67	-1.30%	5,175
Osceola	1,378	23.50%	4,477	76.33%	1	0.02%	9	0.15%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-3,099	-52.83%	5,865
Oscoda	458	28.03%	1,174	71.85%	1	0.06%	1	0.06%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-716	-43.82%	1,634
Otsego	1,521	43.85%	1,944	56.04%	1	0.03%	1	0.03%	1	0.03%	1	0.03%	-423	-12.19%	3,469
Ottawa	10,617	24.45%	32,678	75.26%	66	0.15%	32	0.07%	10	0.02%	18	0.04%	-22,061	-50.81%	43,421
Presque Isle	2,649	47.29%	2,950	52.66%	2	0.04%	1	0.02%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-301	-5.37%	5,602
Roscommon	1,226	30.94%	2,731	68.93%	4	0.10%	1	0.03%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	-1,505	-37.99%	3,962
Saginaw	32,715	44.05%	41,351	55.68%	82	0.11%	56	0.08%	24	0.03%	44	0.06%	-8,636	-11.63%	74,272
Sanilac	4,153	27.35%	11,005	72.47%	4	0.03%	15	0.10%	1	0.01%	7	0.05%	-6,852	-45.12%	15,185
Schoolcraft	2,107	49.02%	2,183	50.79%	6	0.14%	1	0.02%	0	0.00%	1	0.02%	-76	-1.77%	4,298
Shiawassee	8,773	38.81%	13,757	60.86%	31	0.14%	25	0.11%	7	0.03%	11	0.05%	-4,984	-22.05%	22,604
St. Clair	18,332	40.05%	27,366	59.79%	40	0.09%	14	0.03%	12	0.03%	10	0.02%	-9,034	-19.74%	45,774
St. Joseph	5,445	30.51%	12,337	69.13%	12	0.07%	38	0.21%	4	0.02%	11	0.06%	-6,892	-38.62%	17,847
Tuscola	5,357	30.95%	11,931	68.93%	2	0.01%	10	0.06%	3	0.02%	5	0.03%	-6,574	-37.98%	17,308
Van Buren	7,082	35.24%	12,903	64.21%	42	0.21%	26	0.13%	13	0.06%	30	0.15%	-5,821	-28.97%	20,096
Washtenaw	25,129	38.67%	39,632	60.99%	85	0.13%	40	0.06%	36	0.06%	64	0.10%	-14,503	-22.32%	64,986
Wayne	773,327	65.99%	394,485	33.66%	1,665	0.14%	396	0.03%	967	0.08%	1,069	0.09%	378,842	32.33%	1,171,909
Wexford	2,807	34.67%	5,262	65.00%	3	0.04%	19	0.23%	2	0.02%	3	0.04%	-2,455	-30.33%	8,096
Totals	1,687,269	50.85%	1,620,428	48.84%	4,347	0.13%	2,029	0.06%	1,718	0.05%	2,306	0.07%	66,841	2.01%	3,318,097

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

References

^ "United States Presidential election of 1960 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved June 8, 2017.
^ "SOS - General Election Voter Registration/Turnout Statistics".
^ "1960 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)". Retrieved June 8, 2017.
^ Our Campaigns; MI US President 1960

[1] "United States Presidential election of 1960 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved June 8, 2017.

[2] "SOS - General Election Voter Registration/Turnout Statistics".

[3] "1960 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)". Retrieved June 8, 2017.

[4] Our Campaigns; MI US President 1960

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1960 United States presidential election in Michigan

Results

Results by county

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

References