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Election 1960 Results

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1960 presidential election in Iowa

Richard Nixon (Republican) beat John F. Kennedy (Democrat) in Iowa in 1960, 56.7% to 43.2%, a margin of 13.5 points and 171,816 votes.

Iowa voted 13.7 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+0.2.

The Republican hold continued from 1956, when Dwight D. Eisenhower won.

Republicans led in 93 of the 99 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 6. The largest, Polk, cast 119,234 votes and went to the Republican by 7.5 points. The closest was Howard, where 28 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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Richard Nixon won Republican 722,381 56.7%
John F. Kennedy Democratic 550,565 43.2%
All other candidates 864 0.1%
Total1,273,810

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Polk 55,091 46.2% 64,077 53.7% 66 119,234 R+7.5
Linn 27,614 44.7% 34,200 55.3% 25 61,839 R+10.7
Black Hawk 24,078 45.8% 28,435 54.1% 38 52,551 R+8.3
Scott 23,004 45.4% 27,617 54.5% 50 50,671 R+9.1
Woodbury 21,906 44.9% 26,832 55.0% 6 48,744 R+10.1
Dubuque 22,007 63.3% 12,740 36.6% 19 34,766 D+26.7
Pottawattamie 14,025 42.2% 19,223 57.8% 13 33,261 R+15.6
Clinton 10,508 43.2% 13,797 56.7% 25 24,330 R+13.5
Cerro Gordo 10,044 43.9% 12,830 56.1% 15 22,889 R+12.2
Wapello 11,116 50.1% 11,036 49.8% 15 22,167 D+0.4
Johnson 10,563 49.1% 10,927 50.8% 18 21,508 R+1.7
Webster 10,680 49.8% 10,741 50.1% 14 21,435 R+0.3
Story 7,281 34.7% 13,708 65.3% 15 21,004 R+30.6
Lee 9,936 48.0% 10,765 52.0% 20,701 R+4.0
Des Moines 9,872 47.9% 10,678 51.9% 41 20,591 R+3.9
Marshall 6,761 39.7% 10,265 60.2% 16 17,042 R+20.6
Jasper 7,242 43.7% 9,332 56.3% 11 16,585 R+12.6
Muscatine 6,135 41.7% 8,555 58.2% 8 14,698 R+16.5
Fayette 5,256 38.6% 8,330 61.2% 25 13,611 R+22.6
Sioux 2,643 20.4% 10,284 79.5% 7 12,934 R+59.1
Boone 5,759 46.0% 6,761 54.0% 7 12,527 R+8.0
Dallas 5,597 46.0% 6,566 53.9% 13 12,176 R+8.0
Kossuth 5,806 48.0% 6,278 52.0% 12,084 R+3.9
Marion 4,547 37.9% 7,444 62.0% 17 12,008 R+24.1
Carroll 7,064 60.3% 4,648 39.7% 9 11,721 D+20.6
Plymouth 4,671 42.1% 6,432 57.9% 11,103 R+15.9
Clayton 4,612 41.7% 6,441 58.3% 4 11,057 R+16.5
Mahaska 3,746 34.4% 7,129 65.4% 26 10,901 R+31.0
Benton 4,620 43.6% 5,972 56.3% 9 10,601 R+12.8
Winneshiek 4,786 45.5% 5,737 54.5% 7 10,530 R+9.0
Tama 4,950 47.2% 5,535 52.8% 1 10,486 R+5.6
Hardin 3,888 37.6% 6,438 62.3% 4 10,330 R+24.7
Page 3,075 30.2% 7,089 69.7% 8 10,172 R+39.5
Warren 4,136 40.8% 6,013 59.2% 10,149 R+18.5
Buena Vista 3,637 36.4% 6,351 63.5% 8 9,996 R+27.2
Floyd 3,970 40.7% 5,774 59.2% 2 9,746 R+18.5
Bremer 3,234 33.2% 6,504 66.8% 4 9,742 R+33.6
Wright 4,159 43.5% 5,386 56.3% 15 9,560 R+12.8
O'Brien 2,967 31.3% 6,509 68.7% 4 9,480 R+37.4
Jones 3,924 41.4% 5,541 58.5% 4 9,469 R+17.1
Jackson 4,345 46.1% 5,084 53.9% 5 9,434 R+7.8
Buchanan 4,251 45.1% 5,179 54.9% 3 9,433 R+9.8
Cass 3,059 32.7% 6,290 67.2% 5 9,354 R+34.5
Hamilton 3,905 42.6% 5,265 57.4% 4 9,174 R+14.8
Washington 3,222 35.4% 5,861 64.5% 6 9,089 R+29.0
Poweshiek 3,671 41.2% 5,232 58.8% 1 8,904 R+17.5
Delaware 3,688 42.4% 5,015 57.6% 8,703 R+15.2
Clay 3,437 39.9% 5,165 60.0% 2 8,604 R+20.1
Harrison 3,613 42.2% 4,940 57.7% 9 8,562 R+15.5
Crawford 3,720 43.7% 4,791 56.2% 7 8,518 R+12.6
Appanoose 3,422 40.4% 5,040 59.4% 18 8,480 R+19.1
Cedar 3,203 38.0% 5,217 61.9% 5 8,425 R+23.9
Henry 2,839 33.9% 5,531 66.0% 7 8,377 R+32.1
Keokuk 3,408 42.0% 4,697 57.9% 10 8,115 R+15.9
Cherokee 3,309 40.8% 4,791 59.1% 6 8,106 R+18.3
Allamakee 2,933 37.1% 4,970 62.8% 13 7,916 R+25.7
Sac 3,054 38.6% 4,850 61.4% 7,904 R+22.7
Chickasaw 4,063 51.5% 3,822 48.4% 4 7,889 D+3.1
Iowa 2,828 36.3% 4,944 63.5% 18 7,790 R+27.2
Jefferson 2,780 36.0% 4,942 64.0% 7,722 R+28.0
Shelby 3,427 44.8% 4,210 55.1% 7 7,644 R+10.2
Montgomery 2,655 34.8% 4,974 65.2% 1 7,630 R+30.4
Butler 2,268 29.8% 5,345 70.2% 3 7,616 R+40.4
Calhoun 3,123 41.0% 4,485 58.9% 7 7,615 R+17.9
Palo Alto 3,695 51.0% 3,551 49.0% 3 7,249 D+2.0
Grundy 2,174 30.3% 4,989 69.6% 3 7,166 R+39.3
Union 2,720 38.1% 4,417 61.8% 5 7,142 R+23.8
Monona 3,207 45.4% 3,863 54.6% 7,070 R+9.3
Franklin 2,476 35.4% 4,514 64.5% 6 6,996 R+29.1
Greene 2,879 41.4% 4,063 58.4% 12 6,954 R+17.0
Guthrie 2,896 41.7% 4,046 58.2% 7 6,949 R+16.5
Hancock 2,757 39.7% 4,179 60.2% 1 6,937 R+20.5
Pocahontas 3,408 49.7% 3,445 50.2% 6 6,859 R+0.5
Emmet 2,563 37.4% 4,284 62.5% 6 6,853 R+25.1
Mitchell 2,873 42.3% 3,915 57.6% 10 6,798 R+15.3
Howard 3,406 50.2% 3,378 49.8% 6,784 D+0.4
Lyon 1,752 26.2% 4,917 73.7% 7 6,676 R+47.4
Winnebago 2,463 37.6% 4,082 62.3% 4 6,549 R+24.7
Madison 2,722 41.7% 3,804 58.3% 3 6,529 R+16.6
Dickinson 2,696 43.0% 3,575 57.0% 2 6,273 R+14.0
Humboldt 2,706 43.3% 3,537 56.7% 6,243 R+13.3
Lucas 2,344 40.0% 3,512 59.9% 9 5,865 R+19.9
Wayne 2,307 40.4% 3,401 59.5% 7 5,715 R+19.1
Adair 2,245 39.9% 3,383 60.1% 2 5,630 R+20.2
Taylor 2,126 38.1% 3,452 61.9% 3 5,581 R+23.8
Audubon 2,595 46.9% 2,935 53.1% 2 5,532 R+6.1
Decatur 2,411 44.2% 3,039 55.7% 7 5,457 R+11.5
Monroe 2,459 45.6% 2,922 54.2% 10 5,391 R+8.6
Fremont 2,307 43.2% 3,027 56.7% 2 5,336 R+13.5
Mills 1,820 34.6% 3,436 65.4% 5,256 R+30.7
Ida 1,949 37.2% 3,290 62.8% 2 5,241 R+25.6
Worth 2,303 45.6% 2,740 54.3% 5 5,048 R+8.7
Louisa 1,966 39.3% 3,036 60.7% 2 5,004 R+21.4
Davis 2,303 46.5% 2,641 53.4% 5 4,949 R+6.8
Van Buren 1,760 36.0% 3,129 63.9% 5 4,894 R+28.0
Osceola 1,814 37.9% 2,965 62.0% 3 4,782 R+24.1
Clarke 1,906 41.9% 2,631 57.8% 13 4,550 R+15.9
Ringgold 1,781 41.2% 2,538 58.7% 2 4,321 R+17.5
Adams 1,643 42.9% 2,185 57.1% 3,828 R+14.2

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.

Iowa in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+13.2
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+8.2
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+9.4
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+5.8
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+9.5
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+0.7
2000 Al Gore (D) D+0.3
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+10.3
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+6.0
1988 Michael Dukakis (D) D+10.2
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+7.4
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+12.7
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+1.0
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+17.1
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+12.2
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+24.0
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+13.5
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+18.4
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+28.2
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+2.7
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+4.5
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+4.4
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+11.7
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+17.7
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+24.2
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+38.4
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+45.4
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+12.0
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+13.3
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+15.0
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+32.7
1900 William McKinley (R) R+18.6
1896 William McKinley (R) R+12.6
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+5.3
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+7.8
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+5.2
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+24.1
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+20.2
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+23.1
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+23.8