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Election 1960 Results

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1960 presidential election in Kansas

Richard Nixon (Republican) beat John F. Kennedy (Democrat) in Kansas in 1960, 60.4% to 39.1%, a margin of 21.3 points and 198,261 votes.

Kansas voted 21.5 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 103 of the 105 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 2. The largest, Sedgwick, cast 133,084 votes and went to the Republican by 11.0 points. The closest was Sheridan, where 93 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 561,474 60.4%
John F. Kennedy Democratic 363,213 39.1%
All other candidates 4,138 0.4%
Total928,825

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Sedgwick 58,887 44.2% 73,501 55.2% 696 133,084 R+11.0
Wyandotte 41,433 53.9% 34,764 45.3% 604 76,801 D+8.7
Johnson 21,914 33.7% 43,026 66.2% 93 65,033 R+32.5
Shawnee 21,799 39.1% 33,803 60.6% 147 55,749 R+21.5
Reno 9,557 39.3% 14,655 60.2% 127 24,339 R+20.9
Montgomery 7,938 38.5% 12,536 60.7% 164 20,638 R+22.3
Crawford 8,325 46.8% 9,383 52.8% 69 17,777 R+6.0
Saline 6,495 37.0% 11,023 62.7% 50 17,568 R+25.8
Butler 7,112 41.3% 10,059 58.4% 61 17,232 R+17.1
Douglas 5,690 33.3% 11,337 66.4% 38 17,065 R+33.1
Cowley 6,205 37.4% 10,276 62.0% 99 16,580 R+24.6
Leavenworth 6,926 46.7% 7,870 53.1% 36 14,832 R+6.4
Barton 6,036 44.2% 7,599 55.6% 30 13,665 R+11.4
Labette 5,248 41.0% 7,491 58.5% 68 12,807 R+17.5
Riley 3,482 27.6% 9,068 72.0% 50 12,600 R+44.3
Lyon 4,755 38.8% 7,470 60.9% 41 12,266 R+22.1
Sumner 4,462 38.0% 7,219 61.5% 55 11,736 R+23.5
Harvey 3,537 31.0% 7,798 68.4% 69 11,404 R+37.4
McPherson 2,774 25.8% 7,920 73.6% 65 10,759 R+47.8
Cherokee 4,366 42.8% 5,753 56.4% 73 10,192 R+13.6
Dickinson 3,054 30.4% 6,956 69.2% 45 10,055 R+38.8
Neosho 3,451 36.8% 5,877 62.7% 43 9,371 R+25.9
Atchison 4,336 47.3% 4,793 52.3% 31 9,160 R+5.0
Franklin 2,824 31.3% 6,158 68.2% 47 9,029 R+36.9
Ford 3,792 42.1% 5,200 57.7% 25 9,017 R+15.6
Ellis 5,815 64.8% 3,156 35.2% 6 8,977 D+29.6
Miami 3,505 41.7% 4,857 57.8% 34 8,396 R+16.1
Bourbon 2,928 36.5% 5,062 63.0% 41 8,031 R+26.6
Marshall 2,931 37.1% 4,932 62.5% 28 7,891 R+25.4
Allen 2,540 33.8% 4,947 65.9% 21 7,508 R+32.1
Marion 1,904 26.5% 5,250 73.2% 18 7,172 R+46.7
Rice 2,328 34.9% 4,329 64.8% 23 6,680 R+30.0
Cloud 2,607 39.0% 4,045 60.6% 25 6,677 R+21.5
Brown 1,773 27.2% 4,707 72.2% 35 6,515 R+45.0
Wilson 2,034 31.8% 4,333 67.8% 27 6,394 R+36.0
Nemaha 2,884 46.0% 3,360 53.6% 23 6,267 R+7.6
Finney 2,490 39.9% 3,720 59.6% 30 6,240 R+19.7
Geary 2,365 38.3% 3,789 61.3% 29 6,183 R+23.0
Osage 2,150 35.5% 3,880 64.0% 31 6,061 R+28.5
Pottawatomie 2,125 36.6% 3,666 63.2% 13 5,804 R+26.6
Seward 1,654 29.3% 3,974 70.4% 14 5,642 R+41.1
Greenwood 1,804 32.4% 3,758 67.5% 9 5,571 R+35.1
Pratt 1,968 35.7% 3,501 63.6% 37 5,506 R+27.8
Russell 1,870 34.0% 3,607 65.6% 24 5,501 R+31.6
Washington 1,706 31.3% 3,707 68.1% 31 5,444 R+36.8
Clay 1,246 23.8% 3,937 75.3% 43 5,226 R+51.5
Republic 1,724 33.7% 3,358 65.6% 35 5,117 R+31.9
Jefferson 1,739 34.1% 3,353 65.7% 9 5,101 R+31.6
Jackson 1,567 32.2% 3,279 67.5% 15 4,861 R+35.2
Kingman 1,735 37.2% 2,904 62.3% 23 4,662 R+25.1
Harper 1,439 31.1% 3,158 68.3% 25 4,622 R+37.2
Mitchell 1,692 37.6% 2,779 61.8% 26 4,497 R+24.2
Rooks 1,639 36.5% 2,840 63.3% 11 4,490 R+26.7
Pawnee 1,853 41.3% 2,618 58.3% 18 4,489 R+17.0
Doniphan 1,383 32.3% 2,882 67.4% 12 4,277 R+35.0
Anderson 1,589 37.2% 2,665 62.4% 20 4,274 R+25.2
Coffey 1,263 30.1% 2,925 69.7% 9 4,197 R+39.6
Smith 1,157 27.6% 3,013 71.9% 22 4,192 R+44.3
Phillips 1,004 24.2% 3,123 75.3% 18 4,145 R+51.1
Norton 1,300 31.8% 2,781 68.0% 8 4,089 R+36.2
Barber 1,347 33.1% 2,703 66.5% 16 4,066 R+33.3
Jewell 1,095 27.2% 2,914 72.3% 24 4,033 R+45.1
Linn 1,176 29.2% 2,824 70.2% 24 4,024 R+41.0
Osborne 1,152 29.5% 2,731 70.0% 20 3,903 R+40.5
Stafford 1,305 33.8% 2,531 65.5% 26 3,862 R+31.7
Ellsworth 1,488 40.4% 2,189 59.4% 10 3,687 R+19.0
Morris 1,148 32.1% 2,413 67.4% 19 3,580 R+35.3
Thomas 1,285 38.0% 2,081 61.5% 18 3,384 R+23.5
Wabaunsee 969 29.1% 2,351 70.6% 11 3,331 R+41.5
Ottawa 1,072 32.7% 2,190 66.8% 16 3,278 R+34.1
Sherman 1,074 34.4% 2,030 65.1% 15 3,119 R+30.7
Rush 1,418 45.8% 1,668 53.9% 11 3,097 R+8.1
Chautauqua 885 28.9% 2,160 70.5% 17 3,062 R+41.6
Decatur 1,038 35.9% 1,846 63.8% 8 2,892 R+27.9
Lincoln 822 28.5% 2,052 71.2% 10 2,884 R+42.6
Woodson 888 32.3% 1,853 67.4% 10 2,751 R+35.1
Elk 823 30.8% 1,830 68.5% 20 2,673 R+37.7
Ness 960 36.2% 1,683 63.4% 12 2,655 R+27.2
Meade 754 29.1% 1,826 70.5% 11 2,591 R+41.4
Edwards 986 38.2% 1,588 61.5% 10 2,584 R+23.3
Rawlins 951 37.6% 1,560 61.7% 16 2,527 R+24.1
Graham 918 36.8% 1,572 63.0% 7 2,497 R+26.2
Trego 875 37.9% 1,426 61.8% 8 2,309 R+23.9
Cheyenne 636 28.0% 1,622 71.4% 13 2,271 R+43.4
Kiowa 555 24.9% 1,662 74.6% 12 2,229 R+49.7
Scott 598 28.2% 1,514 71.3% 12 2,124 R+43.1
Stevens 630 30.8% 1,405 68.7% 9 2,044 R+37.9
Sheridan 954 47.3% 1,047 51.9% 15 2,016 R+4.6
Chase 708 35.5% 1,276 64.1% 8 1,992 R+28.5
Grant 702 36.1% 1,235 63.6% 5 1,942 R+27.4
Gove 828 43.4% 1,065 55.8% 14 1,907 R+12.4
Logan 651 34.2% 1,243 65.2% 12 1,906 R+31.1
Gray 744 39.2% 1,150 60.6% 5 1,899 R+21.4
Clark 538 29.4% 1,286 70.3% 6 1,830 R+40.9
Comanche 460 27.8% 1,187 71.9% 5 1,652 R+44.0
Morton 586 38.7% 918 60.7% 9 1,513 R+21.9
Hodgeman 570 37.8% 926 61.4% 11 1,507 R+23.6
Hamilton 591 39.9% 885 59.8% 5 1,481 R+19.9
Lane 462 33.5% 902 65.4% 15 1,379 R+31.9
Kearny 513 37.7% 846 62.1% 3 1,362 R+24.4
Haskell 471 35.5% 853 64.2% 4 1,328 R+28.8
Wichita 554 43.9% 702 55.6% 6 1,262 R+11.7
Wallace 339 31.8% 727 68.2% 1,066 R+36.4
Stanton 323 33.9% 627 65.7% 4 954 R+31.9
Greeley 262 28.7% 645 70.6% 7 914 R+41.9

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.

Kansas in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+16.1
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+14.6
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+20.6
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+21.7
2008 John McCain (R) R+15.0
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+25.4
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+20.8
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+18.2
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+5.1
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+13.2
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+33.7
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+24.6
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+7.6
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+38.2
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+20.1
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+9.0
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+21.3
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+31.2
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+38.3
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+9.0
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+21.1
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+14.5
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+7.7
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+9.4
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+45.0
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+37.9
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+32.2
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+5.9
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+18.8
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+9.6
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+38.7
1900 William McKinley (R) R+6.6
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+3.7
1892 James B. Weaver (other)
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+24.2
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+24.2
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+30.7
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+32.6
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+33.7
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+37.7