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Election 1960 Results

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1960 presidential election in Minnesota

John F. Kennedy (Democrat) beat Richard Nixon (Republican) in Minnesota in 1960, 50.6% to 49.2%, a margin of 1.4 points and 22,018 votes.

Minnesota voted 1.3 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+0.2.

Minnesota changed party: in 1956 it went Republican, for Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Republicans led in 52 of the 87 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 35. The largest, Hennepin, cast 388,181 votes and went to the Republican by 2.8 points. The closest was Wilkin, where 21 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	779,933	50.6%
Richard Nixon	Republican	757,915	49.2%
All other candidates		4,039	0.3%
Total		1,541,887

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Hennepin	188,250 48.5%	198,992 51.3%	939	388,181	R+2.8
Ramsey	108,464 58.1%	77,408 41.5%	655	186,527	D+16.6
St. Louis	69,270 63.2%	39,620 36.2%	632	109,522	D+27.1
Dakota	20,150 57.1%	15,032 42.6%	91	35,273	D+14.5
Anoka	20,324 58.9%	14,114 40.9%	73	34,511	D+18.0
Stearns	19,026 58.4%	13,522 41.5%	33	32,581	D+16.9
Olmsted	10,918 40.3%	16,080 59.4%	67	27,065	R+19.1
Washington	11,870 51.3%	11,202 48.4%	61	23,133	D+2.9
Otter Tail	8,054 36.9%	13,747 62.9%	42	21,843	R+26.1
Mower	9,961 47.3%	11,040 52.4%	67	21,068	R+5.1
Blue Earth	8,052 41.5%	11,328 58.4%	33	19,413	R+16.9
Winona	8,484 47.7%	9,271 52.1%	25	17,780	R+4.4
Itasca	10,761 61.8%	6,615 38.0%	32	17,408	D+23.8
Freeborn	8,018 47.1%	8,970 52.7%	22	17,010	R+5.6
Polk	9,346 55.3%	7,528 44.5%	35	16,909	D+10.8
Goodhue	5,562 34.6%	10,473 65.2%	38	16,073	R+30.6
Clay	7,241 46.6%	8,278 53.3%	25	15,544	R+6.7
Rice	6,752 44.9%	8,248 54.9%	31	15,031	R+10.0
Crow Wing	6,835 46.8%	7,727 52.9%	52	14,614	R+6.1
Wright	6,452 47.2%	7,180 52.6%	26	13,658	R+5.3
Kandiyohi	6,738 49.7%	6,786 50.0%	43	13,567	R+0.4
Martin	4,194 33.0%	8,479 66.8%	19	12,692	R+33.8
Brown	5,353 43.0%	7,084 56.9%	16	12,453	R+13.9
Carlton	7,576 62.0%	4,613 37.7%	35	12,224	D+24.2
Morrison	7,337 62.4%	4,403 37.4%	24	11,764	D+24.9
McLeod	4,276 37.1%	7,214 62.7%	21	11,511	R+25.5
Fillmore	3,926 34.3%	7,507 65.6%	11	11,444	R+31.3
Steele	4,491 39.7%	6,795 60.1%	15	11,301	R+20.4
Faribault	4,301 38.1%	6,975 61.8%	11	11,287	R+23.7
Renville	4,958 45.7%	5,885 54.2%	14	10,857	R+8.5
Nobles	4,947 46.7%	5,636 53.2%	11	10,594	R+6.5
Douglas	4,871 46.4%	5,594 53.2%	41	10,506	R+6.9
Becker	5,257 50.6%	5,090 49.0%	42	10,389	D+1.6
Todd	5,051 48.9%	5,255 50.9%	28	10,334	R+2.0
Lyon	5,550 53.9%	4,740 46.0%	15	10,305	D+7.9
Carver	3,982 38.9%	6,231 60.9%	14	10,227	R+22.0
Redwood	3,839 39.4%	5,893 60.5%	14	9,746	R+21.1
Scott	6,061 62.2%	3,671 37.7%	11	9,743	D+24.5
Le Sueur	5,234 54.1%	4,426 45.8%	10	9,670	D+8.4
Nicollet	3,961 42.8%	5,283 57.1%	11	9,255	R+14.3
Beltrami	4,653 50.8%	4,482 48.9%	22	9,157	D+1.9
Meeker	3,678 43.0%	4,857 56.7%	25	8,560	R+13.8
Wabasha	3,628 44.3%	4,566 55.7%	3	8,197	R+11.4
Cass	3,578 44.8%	4,399 55.0%	14	7,991	R+10.3
Houston	3,080 39.0%	4,807 60.9%	3	7,890	R+21.9
Cottonwood	2,768 35.2%	5,087 64.6%	17	7,872	R+29.5
Pine	4,211 54.8%	3,450 44.9%	26	7,687	D+9.9
Koochiching	4,578 59.8%	3,055 39.9%	23	7,656	D+19.9
Waseca	2,793 36.6%	4,838 63.4%	5	7,636	R+26.8
Chippewa	3,643 48.1%	3,915 51.7%	16	7,574	R+3.6
Sibley	2,541 33.7%	4,987 66.1%	14	7,542	R+32.4
Benton	4,175 55.6%	3,324 44.2%	16	7,515	D+11.3
Jackson	3,898 52.0%	3,591 47.9%	13	7,502	D+4.1
Yellow Medicine	3,649 48.8%	3,800 50.8%	26	7,475	R+2.0
Swift	4,062 58.6%	2,848 41.1%	18	6,928	D+17.5
Mille Lacs	2,886 42.3%	3,913 57.3%	31	6,830	R+15.0
Marshall	3,759 55.5%	3,006 44.4%	12	6,777	D+11.1
Chisago	2,907 43.0%	3,822 56.6%	25	6,754	R+13.5
Watonwan	2,412 36.6%	4,173 63.3%	10	6,595	R+26.7
Lac Qui Parle	3,253 50.4%	3,185 49.4%	11	6,449	D+1.1
Murray	3,009 47.2%	3,357 52.6%	11	6,377	R+5.5
Lake	3,888 62.9%	2,276 36.8%	16	6,180	D+26.1
Pipestone	2,443 39.8%	3,677 60.0%	11	6,131	R+20.1
Aitkin	2,980 48.7%	3,097 50.7%	36	6,113	R+1.9
Pope	2,883 48.4%	3,062 51.4%	13	5,958	R+3.0
Dodge	2,170 36.5%	3,769 63.4%	4	5,943	R+26.9
Pennington	3,204 55.6%	2,537 44.1%	18	5,759	D+11.6
Isanti	2,599 45.6%	3,067 53.9%	28	5,694	R+8.2
Norman	2,932 52.5%	2,642 47.3%	12	5,586	D+5.2
Roseau	3,198 58.3%	2,274 41.5%	10	5,482	D+16.9
Sherburne	2,568 47.4%	2,837 52.4%	12	5,417	R+5.0
Wadena	2,240 42.0%	3,082 57.8%	7	5,329	R+15.8
Rock	1,823 34.4%	3,469 65.5%	5	5,297	R+31.1
Stevens	2,405 46.9%	2,710 52.9%	11	5,126	R+6.0
Hubbard	2,029 42.4%	2,749 57.4%	9	4,787	R+15.0
Wilkin	2,319 49.7%	2,340 50.1%	8	4,667	R+0.4
Lincoln	2,500 53.7%	2,147 46.1%	10	4,657	D+7.6
Grant	2,333 51.0%	2,239 48.9%	4	4,576	D+2.1
Big Stone	2,437 56.9%	1,834 42.8%	11	4,282	D+14.1
Kanabec	1,890 45.1%	2,278 54.3%	25	4,193	R+9.3
Kittson	2,218 53.3%	1,937 46.5%	10	4,165	D+6.7
Clearwater	2,466 59.6%	1,651 39.9%	18	4,135	D+19.7
Traverse	2,122 59.1%	1,463 40.8%	5	3,590	D+18.4
Mahnomen	1,864 67.8%	880 32.0%	5	2,749	D+35.8
Red Lake	1,865 73.2%	679 26.6%	5	2,549	D+46.5
Lake Of The Woods	1,053 55.3%	835 43.9%	16	1,904	D+11.4
Cook	650 39.6%	987 60.1%	4	1,641	R+20.5

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.

Minnesota in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Kamala Harris (D)	D+4.2
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+7.1
2016	Hillary Clinton (D)	D+1.5
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+7.7
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+10.2
2004	John Kerry (D)	D+3.5
2000	Al Gore (D)	D+2.4
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+16.1
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+11.6
1988	Michael Dukakis (D)	D+7.0
1984	Walter Mondale (D)	D+0.2
1980	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+3.9
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+12.9
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+5.5
1968	Hubert Humphrey (D)	D+12.5
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+27.8
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+1.4
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+7.6
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+11.2
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+17.3
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+5.5
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+3.8
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+30.8
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+23.6
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+16.9
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+44.4
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+51.2
1916	Charles Evans Hughes (R)	R+0.1
1912	Theodore Roosevelt (other)
1908	William Howard Taft (R)	R+26.2
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+55.1
1900	William McKinley (R)	R+24.5
1896	William McKinley (R)	R+15.4
1892	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+8.2
1888	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+14.5
1884	James G. Blaine (R)	R+21.9
1880	James A. Garfield (R)	R+26.9
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes (R)	R+19.4
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+22.7
1868	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+21.8

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