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Election 1960 Results

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1960 presidential election in Arkansas

John F. Kennedy (Democrat) beat Richard Nixon (Republican) in Arkansas in 1960, 50.2% to 43.1%, a margin of 7.1 points and 30,541 votes.

Arkansas voted 7.0 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+0.2.

The Democratic hold continued from 1956, when Adlai Stevenson II won.

Democrats led in 52 of the 75 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 23. The largest, Pulaski, cast 25,051 votes and went to the Democrat by 13.6 points. The closest was Columbia, where 30 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
John F. Kennedy won	Democratic	215,049	50.2%
Richard Nixon	Republican	184,508	43.1%
Orval Faubus	National States' Rights	28,952	6.8%
Total		428,509

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Pulaski	12,225 48.8%	8,812 35.2%	4,014	25,051	D+13.6
Sebastian	9,419 41.8%	12,821 57.0%	270	22,510	R+15.1
Washington	5,819 34.1%	11,013 64.5%	239	17,071	R+30.4
Jefferson	9,113 54.5%	5,283 31.6%	2,331	16,727	D+22.9
Garland	6,836 45.0%	7,865 51.8%	486	15,187	R+6.8
Union	7,016 47.2%	6,147 41.3%	1,711	14,874	D+5.8
Benton	3,907 31.0%	8,550 67.7%	166	12,623	R+36.8
Craighead	5,287 45.1%	5,740 49.0%	694	11,721	R+3.9
White	5,661 52.7%	4,350 40.5%	722	10,733	D+12.2
Ouachita	5,580 62.4%	2,663 29.8%	697	8,940	D+32.6
Miller	4,911 55.5%	3,398 38.4%	542	8,851	D+17.1
Mississippi	4,339 50.4%	3,881 45.1%	383	8,603	D+5.3
Saline	4,208 56.6%	2,396 32.2%	833	7,437	D+24.4
Phillips	4,431 60.9%	2,367 32.5%	482	7,280	D+28.4
Faulkner	4,123 57.2%	2,648 36.8%	433	7,204	D+20.5
Boone	2,994 44.2%	3,699 54.6%	85	6,778	R+10.4
Crawford	2,623 40.8%	3,682 57.3%	124	6,429	R+16.5
Hot Spring	3,728 58.1%	1,891 29.5%	797	6,416	D+28.6
Columbia	2,620 42.4%	2,590 42.0%	962	6,172	D+0.5
Pope	2,979 48.9%	2,809 46.1%	305	6,093	D+2.8
Greene	2,994 49.4%	2,902 47.9%	163	6,059	D+1.5
Poinsett	3,041 51.3%	2,653 44.7%	235	5,929	D+6.5
Lonoke	3,229 54.9%	1,703 28.9%	951	5,883	D+25.9
Independence	2,685 46.6%	2,881 50.0%	194	5,760	R+3.4
Jackson	3,087 54.9%	2,168 38.5%	373	5,628	D+16.3
Crittenden	2,892 51.8%	2,439 43.6%	257	5,588	D+8.1
Clark	3,557 64.1%	1,481 26.7%	514	5,552	D+37.4
Ashley	3,366 61.1%	1,406 25.5%	740	5,512	D+35.6
Arkansas	3,011 55.1%	2,230 40.8%	222	5,463	D+14.3
Conway	3,130 59.9%	1,840 35.2%	252	5,222	D+24.7
Hempstead	2,802 54.0%	2,127 41.0%	257	5,186	D+13.0
Logan	2,845 54.9%	2,199 42.5%	136	5,180	D+12.5
Clay	2,060 41.4%	2,776 55.8%	140	4,976	R+14.4
St. Francis	2,625 53.2%	1,950 39.5%	358	4,933	D+13.7
Bradley	3,195 69.5%	953 20.7%	450	4,598	D+48.8
Madison	1,837 40.2%	2,669 58.4%	64	4,570	R+18.2
Lawrence	2,239 50.5%	1,965 44.3%	228	4,432	D+6.2
Carroll	1,404 32.5%	2,855 66.1%	58	4,317	R+33.6
Desha	2,701 62.8%	1,160 27.0%	443	4,304	D+35.8
Baxter	1,829 43.3%	2,301 54.5%	92	4,222	R+11.2
Franklin	2,186 53.6%	1,781 43.7%	113	4,080	D+9.9
Polk	1,765 44.6%	2,055 51.9%	137	3,957	R+7.3
Cross	2,254 57.1%	1,405 35.6%	286	3,945	D+21.5
Johnson	2,092 54.6%	1,627 42.5%	113	3,832	D+12.1
Yell	2,168 58.0%	1,423 38.1%	146	3,737	D+19.9
Drew	2,274 61.6%	971 26.3%	449	3,694	D+35.3
Searcy	1,103 30.2%	2,510 68.7%	38	3,651	R+38.5
Randolph	1,680 47.0%	1,769 49.5%	122	3,571	R+2.5
Monroe	2,003 59.5%	909 27.0%	452	3,364	D+32.5
Chicot	1,946 58.3%	1,069 32.0%	321	3,336	D+26.3
Sevier	1,706 55.2%	1,246 40.3%	136	3,088	D+14.9
Nevada	1,733 57.7%	1,023 34.0%	249	3,005	D+23.6
Howard	1,475 49.4%	1,337 44.8%	172	2,984	D+4.6
Lee	1,521 51.4%	1,129 38.2%	308	2,958	D+13.3
Newton	911 31.1%	1,980 67.7%	35	2,926	R+36.5
Lincoln	1,921 66.5%	683 23.6%	286	2,890	D+42.8
Prairie	1,813 63.0%	801 27.8%	265	2,879	D+35.2
Dallas	1,769 61.7%	719 25.1%	378	2,866	D+36.6
Woodruff	1,741 62.8%	728 26.3%	304	2,773	D+36.5
Lafayette	1,388 54.3%	778 30.5%	389	2,555	D+23.9
Little River	1,634 64.6%	755 29.9%	140	2,529	D+34.8
Grant	1,505 60.4%	615 24.7%	372	2,492	D+35.7
Cleburne	1,235 49.6%	1,120 45.0%	134	2,489	D+4.6
Van Buren	1,250 50.6%	1,102 44.6%	119	2,471	D+6.0
Scott	1,205 49.0%	1,241 50.5%	13	2,459	R+1.5
Izard	1,446 59.1%	882 36.0%	119	2,447	D+23.0
Pike	1,076 46.9%	1,106 48.3%	110	2,292	R+1.3
Marion	1,045 47.9%	1,109 50.8%	29	2,183	R+2.9
Stone	968 45.7%	1,047 49.4%	104	2,119	R+3.7
Fulton	759 37.7%	1,230 61.1%	23	2,012	R+23.4
Sharp	871 44.7%	995 51.1%	81	1,947	R+6.4
Cleveland	1,313 69.9%	317 16.9%	249	1,879	D+53.0
Montgomery	851 46.6%	913 50.0%	63	1,827	R+3.4
Calhoun	1,242 71.2%	322 18.5%	181	1,745	D+52.7
Perry	852 56.3%	547 36.2%	113	1,512	D+20.2

Counties as they stood in 1960; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Arkansas in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+30.6
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+27.6
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+26.9
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+23.7
2008	John McCain (R)	R+19.9
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+9.8
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+5.4
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+16.9
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+17.7
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+14.2
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+22.2
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+0.6
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+30.1
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+38.1
1968	George Wallace (other)
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+12.7
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+7.1
1956	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+6.6
1952	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+12.1
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+40.7
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+40.1
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+58.0
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+63.9
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+73.1
1928	Al Smith (D)	D+20.9
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+31.9
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+19.8
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+37.2
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+34.6
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+20.0
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+15.2
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+28.5
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+48.6
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+27.5
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+16.8
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+17.1
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+17.1
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+20.0
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+4.3
1868	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+7.4

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