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Election 1960 Results

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1960 presidential election in Georgia

John F. Kennedy (Democrat) beat Richard Nixon (Republican) in Georgia in 1960, 62.5% to 37.4%, a margin of 25.1 points and 184,166 votes.

Georgia voted 24.9 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 148 of the 159 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 11. The largest, Fulton, cast 109,813 votes and went to the Democrat by 1.7 points. The closest was Effingham, where 5 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	458,638	62.5%
Richard Nixon	Republican	274,472	37.4%
All other candidates		239	0.0%
Total		733,349

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Fulton	55,803 50.8%	53,940 49.1%	70	109,813	D+1.7
Dekalb	24,116 50.1%	24,046 49.9%		48,162	D+0.1
Chatham	16,240 47.5%	17,935 52.5%		34,175	R+5.0
Bibb	14,387 57.8%	10,523 42.2%		24,910	D+15.5
Richmond	9,868 45.2%	11,978 54.8%	3	21,849	R+9.7
Cobb	12,906 61.0%	8,240 39.0%		21,146	D+22.1
Muscogee	8,553 47.2%	9,578 52.8%	5	18,136	R+5.7
Floyd	7,350 54.6%	6,108 45.4%		13,458	D+9.2
Hall	6,303 68.5%	2,903 31.5%		9,206	D+36.9
Clayton	5,892 66.6%	2,953 33.4%		8,845	D+33.2
Dougherty	4,522 51.1%	4,323 48.9%		8,845	D+2.2
Gwinnett	6,479 73.5%	2,336 26.5%		8,815	D+47.0
Walker	4,566 53.1%	4,027 46.8%	13	8,606	D+6.3
Troup	5,745 67.2%	2,808 32.8%		8,553	D+34.3
Whitfield	3,604 46.5%	4,148 53.5%	2	7,754	R+7.0
Ware	5,099 69.5%	2,235 30.5%		7,334	D+39.1
Clarke	4,812 68.1%	2,250 31.9%		7,062	D+36.3
Laurens	4,648 71.2%	1,884 28.8%		6,532	D+42.3
Lowndes	3,605 55.4%	2,908 44.6%		6,513	D+10.7
Glynn	3,584 55.1%	2,926 44.9%		6,510	D+10.1
Carroll	4,698 73.1%	1,729 26.9%		6,427	D+46.2
Spalding	4,426 71.6%	1,753 28.4%		6,179	D+43.3
Polk	4,351 71.4%	1,746 28.6%		6,097	D+42.7
Colquitt	4,397 72.3%	1,685 27.7%		6,082	D+44.6
Houston	4,033 69.7%	1,757 30.3%		5,790	D+39.3
Thomas	3,226 58.5%	2,285 41.5%		5,511	D+17.1
Cherokee	3,077 56.8%	2,341 43.2%		5,418	D+13.6
Chattooga	3,686 69.8%	1,596 30.2%		5,282	D+39.6
Coweta	3,855 76.9%	1,159 23.1%		5,014	D+53.8
Bulloch	3,373 69.1%	1,506 30.9%		4,879	D+38.3
Bartow	3,545 73.3%	1,292 26.7%		4,837	D+46.6
Dodge	3,630 76.2%	1,134 23.8%	1	4,765	D+52.4
Haralson	2,783 59.8%	1,869 40.2%		4,652	D+19.6
Fannin	1,579 34.3%	3,022 65.7%		4,601	R+31.4
Tift	2,964 67.6%	1,423 32.4%		4,387	D+35.1
Coffee	3,376 77.4%	987 22.6%		4,363	D+54.8
Elbert	3,672 85.8%	609 14.2%		4,281	D+71.5
Upson	3,262 76.5%	1,001 23.5%		4,263	D+53.0
Wayne	2,862 67.4%	1,384 32.6%		4,246	D+34.8
Hart	3,963 93.5%	275 6.5%		4,238	D+87.0
Catoosa	2,114 50.5%	2,074 49.5%		4,188	D+1.0
Jackson	3,653 88.6%	472 11.4%		4,125	D+77.1
Henry	2,957 74.0%	1,041 26.0%		3,998	D+47.9
Stephens	3,087 79.1%	815 20.9%		3,902	D+58.2
Newton	3,185 81.8%	708 18.2%		3,893	D+63.6
Meriwether	3,100 81.5%	706 18.5%		3,806	D+62.9
Douglas	2,576 69.4%	1,136 30.6%	1	3,713	D+38.8
Telfair	2,922 78.7%	791 21.3%		3,713	D+57.4
Mitchell	3,264 88.0%	430 11.6%	14	3,708	D+76.4
Decatur	2,780 75.2%	918 24.8%		3,698	D+50.4
Emanuel	2,513 69.2%	1,120 30.8%		3,633	D+38.3
Baldwin	2,262 64.2%	1,264 35.8%		3,526	D+28.3
Franklin	3,209 91.2%	308 8.8%		3,517	D+82.5
Walton	3,095 88.5%	403 11.5%	1	3,499	D+76.9
Habersham	2,530 73.9%	895 26.1%		3,425	D+47.7
Pickens	1,473 43.1%	1,943 56.9%		3,416	R+13.8
Barrow	2,759 82.7%	577 17.3%		3,336	D+65.4
Crisp	2,365 71.1%	963 28.9%		3,328	D+42.1
Gilmer	1,472 44.3%	1,850 55.7%		3,322	R+11.4
Gordon	2,153 65.2%	1,148 34.8%		3,301	D+30.4
Toombs	2,209 68.0%	1,038 32.0%		3,247	D+36.1
Sumter	2,274 70.3%	962 29.7%		3,236	D+40.5
Paulding	2,396 74.7%	812 25.3%		3,208	D+49.4
Berrien	2,787 88.3%	368 11.7%		3,155	D+76.7
Forsyth	2,309 73.3%	841 26.7%		3,150	D+46.6
Grady	2,541 81.1%	592 18.9%	1	3,134	D+62.2
Washington	2,004 67.7%	956 32.3%	2	2,962	D+35.4
Murray	1,876 67.0%	925 33.0%		2,801	D+34.0
Tattnall	1,908 68.7%	869 31.3%		2,777	D+37.4
Union	1,185 43.5%	1,537 56.5%		2,722	R+12.9
Appling	1,973 73.3%	717 26.7%		2,690	D+46.7
Madison	2,418 92.1%	205 7.8%	2	2,625	D+84.3
Liberty	1,590 63.1%	929 36.9%		2,519	D+26.2
Screven	1,490 59.9%	957 38.4%	42	2,489	D+21.4
Worth	2,110 86.2%	338 13.8%		2,448	D+72.4
White	1,784 72.9%	662 27.1%		2,446	D+45.9
Ben Hill	1,881 77.1%	558 22.9%		2,439	D+54.2
Bleckley	1,751 73.4%	633 26.6%		2,384	D+46.9
Columbia	1,190 50.7%	1,155 49.3%		2,345	D+1.5
Cook	1,935 82.9%	399 17.1%		2,334	D+65.8
Towns	1,052 45.3%	1,272 54.7%		2,324	R+9.5
Greene	1,979 85.8%	328 14.2%		2,307	D+71.6
Brooks	1,500 65.6%	765 33.4%	22	2,287	D+32.1
Camden	1,321 58.2%	950 41.8%		2,271	D+16.3
Rockdale	1,765 78.1%	496 21.9%		2,261	D+56.1
Jefferson	1,270 56.3%	986 43.7%		2,256	D+12.6
Monroe	1,642 73.1%	581 25.9%	24	2,247	D+47.2
Burke	1,162 53.1%	1,027 46.9%		2,189	D+6.2
Wilkes	1,786 81.9%	395 18.1%		2,181	D+63.8
Early	1,904 88.2%	254 11.8%		2,158	D+76.5
McDuffie	1,079 50.9%	1,039 49.1%		2,118	D+1.9
Harris	1,362 64.8%	735 35.0%	6	2,103	D+29.8
Peach	1,433 69.1%	628 30.3%	12	2,073	D+38.8
Butts	1,673 81.4%	382 18.6%		2,055	D+62.8
Wilcox	1,714 84.9%	306 15.1%		2,020	D+69.7
Rabun	1,552 77.0%	464 23.0%		2,016	D+54.0
Pierce	1,449 72.6%	544 27.3%	2	1,995	D+45.4
Irwin	1,625 82.1%	352 17.8%	2	1,979	D+64.3
Wilkinson	1,324 67.7%	631 32.3%		1,955	D+35.4
Dooly	1,733 88.7%	220 11.3%		1,953	D+77.5
Macon	1,488 77.3%	438 22.7%		1,926	D+54.5
Jones	1,415 74.3%	489 25.7%		1,904	D+48.6
Randolph	1,436 75.9%	457 24.1%		1,893	D+51.7
Turner	1,545 82.5%	328 17.5%		1,873	D+65.0
Morgan	1,488 80.0%	373 20.0%		1,861	D+59.9
Dade	943 50.9%	909 49.1%		1,852	D+1.8
Lamar	1,363 74.0%	479 26.0%		1,842	D+48.0
Montgomery	1,451 79.2%	381 20.8%		1,832	D+58.4
Johnson	1,298 72.7%	488 27.3%		1,786	D+45.4
Effingham	880 49.9%	885 50.1%		1,765	R+0.3
Bryan	1,323 75.6%	428 24.4%		1,751	D+51.1
Bacon	1,168 66.9%	579 33.1%		1,747	D+33.7
Brantley	1,333 79.5%	344 20.5%		1,677	D+59.0
Jenkins	1,354 81.2%	313 18.8%		1,667	D+62.4
Seminole	1,579 95.4%	77 4.6%		1,656	D+90.7
Terrell	1,352 82.4%	285 17.4%	4	1,641	D+65.0
Evans	1,069 65.3%	567 34.7%		1,636	D+30.7
Taylor	1,201 76.7%	365 23.3%		1,566	D+53.4
Fayette	1,198 76.9%	359 23.1%		1,557	D+53.9
Oglethorpe	1,406 90.8%	142 9.2%		1,548	D+81.7
Atkinson	1,298 84.5%	239 15.5%		1,537	D+68.9
Oconee	1,218 80.4%	297 19.6%		1,515	D+60.8
Pulaski	1,156 77.6%	334 22.4%		1,490	D+55.2
Putnam	1,104 78.4%	305 21.6%		1,409	D+56.7
Heard	1,224 87.1%	181 12.9%		1,405	D+74.2
Banks	1,170 84.1%	221 15.9%		1,391	D+68.2
Candler	943 68.5%	433 31.5%		1,376	D+37.1
Lumpkin	875 63.9%	495 36.1%		1,370	D+27.7
Dawson	916 69.6%	401 30.4%		1,317	D+39.1
Clinch	898 69.3%	397 30.7%		1,295	D+38.7
Pike	1,028 80.1%	255 19.9%		1,283	D+60.2
Lanier	1,049 84.1%	198 15.9%		1,247	D+68.2
McIntosh	794 63.8%	451 36.2%		1,245	D+27.6
Jeff Davis	825 67.2%	402 32.8%		1,227	D+34.5
Jasper	949 77.8%	271 22.2%		1,220	D+55.6
Wheeler	970 81.1%	226 18.9%		1,196	D+62.2
Miller	1,116 94.7%	62 5.3%		1,178	D+89.5
Long	278 23.6%	898 76.4%		1,176	R+52.7
Treutlen	927 81.1%	216 18.9%		1,143	D+62.2
Twiggs	845 76.3%	263 23.7%		1,108	D+52.5
Hancock	780 73.2%	286 26.8%		1,066	D+46.3
Charlton	733 71.7%	289 28.3%		1,022	D+43.4
Crawford	797 79.7%	203 20.3%		1,000	D+59.4
Talbot	771 78.8%	207 21.2%		978	D+57.7
Stewart	646 68.1%	302 31.9%		948	D+36.3
Calhoun	803 86.0%	131 14.0%		934	D+71.9
Lincoln	669 77.3%	197 22.7%		866	D+54.5
Warren	471 55.7%	375 44.3%		846	D+11.3
Taliaferro	655 81.6%	148 18.4%		803	D+63.1
Marion	645 80.7%	154 19.3%		799	D+61.5
Baker	720 91.6%	66 8.4%		786	D+83.2
Clay	528 86.1%	84 13.7%	1	613	D+72.4
Lee	404 66.3%	191 31.4%	14	609	D+35.0
Schley	467 77.2%	138 22.8%		605	D+54.4
Glascock	299 62.4%	180 37.6%		479	D+24.8
Quitman	388 85.3%	67 14.7%		455	D+70.5
Webster	297 79.4%	77 20.6%		374	D+58.8
Echols	257 70.2%	108 29.5%	1	366	D+40.7
Chattahoochee	190 74.2%	66 25.8%		256	D+48.4

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.

Georgia in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+2.2
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+0.2
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+5.1
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+7.8
2008	John McCain (R)	R+5.2
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+16.6
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+11.7
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+1.2
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+0.6
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+20.3
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+20.4
1980	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+14.8
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+33.9
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+50.4
1968	George Wallace (other)
1964	Barry Goldwater (R)	R+8.3
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+25.1
1956	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+33.8
1952	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+39.3
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+42.5
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+63.5
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+70.0
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+74.5
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+83.8
1928	Al Smith (D)	D+13.2
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+55.8
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+44.6
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+72.5
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+72.4
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+23.4
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+45.4
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+38.6
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+21.0
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+36.3
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+42.0
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+32.2
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+30.9
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+44.1
1872	Third party (other)
1868	Horatio Seymour (D)	D+28.5

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