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Election 1960 Results

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1960 presidential election in North Dakota

Richard Nixon (Republican) beat John F. Kennedy (Democrat) in North Dakota in 1960, 55.4% to 44.5%, a margin of 10.9 points and 30,347 votes.

North Dakota voted 11.1 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 41 of the 53 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 12. The largest, Cass, cast 29,711 votes and went to the Republican by 17.8 points. The closest was Griggs, where 1 vote 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 154,310 55.4%
John F. Kennedy Democratic 123,963 44.5%
All other candidates 158 0.1%
Total278,431

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cass 12,213 41.1% 17,498 58.9% 29,711 R+17.8
Grand Forks 8,341 43.1% 10,997 56.9% 5 19,343 R+13.7
Ward 7,954 45.1% 9,680 54.8% 19 17,653 R+9.8
Burleigh 5,761 37.7% 9,492 62.1% 25 15,278 R+24.4
Stutsman 4,481 43.1% 5,905 56.8% 13 10,399 R+13.7
Williams 4,683 51.0% 4,492 48.9% 2 9,177 D+2.1
Morton 4,866 54.7% 4,028 45.3% 1 8,895 D+9.4
Richland 4,003 45.9% 4,711 54.0% 4 8,718 R+8.1
Walsh 4,009 49.8% 4,036 50.2% 2 8,047 R+0.3
Barnes 3,223 42.2% 4,403 57.7% 3 7,629 R+15.5
Stark 4,197 56.6% 3,223 43.4% 1 7,421 D+13.1
Ramsey 2,813 43.9% 3,599 56.1% 1 6,413 R+12.3
McLean 2,771 44.9% 3,398 55.0% 4 6,173 R+10.2
Pembina 2,460 42.3% 3,348 57.6% 2 5,810 R+15.3
Traill 2,084 39.3% 3,218 60.7% 1 5,303 R+21.4
Bottineau 1,974 38.9% 3,092 61.0% 3 5,069 R+22.1
McHenry 2,231 45.1% 2,715 54.9% 2 4,948 R+9.8
Cavalier 2,312 48.7% 2,430 51.2% 1 4,743 R+2.5
Wells 1,885 41.6% 2,641 58.2% 9 4,535 R+16.7
Benson 2,181 49.1% 2,259 50.8% 3 4,443 R+1.8
Mountrail 2,264 54.4% 1,894 45.5% 5 4,163 D+8.9
Ransom 1,806 43.7% 2,324 56.3% 1 4,131 R+12.5
La Moure 1,575 38.5% 2,511 61.4% 4 4,090 R+22.9
Dickey 1,433 37.2% 2,420 62.8% 3 3,856 R+25.6
Emmons 2,058 53.5% 1,785 46.4% 2 3,845 D+7.1
Nelson 1,783 47.9% 1,934 52.0% 2 3,719 R+4.1
Rolette 2,335 64.6% 1,277 35.3% 3 3,615 D+29.3
McIntosh 628 18.9% 2,694 81.1% 3,322 R+62.2
Pierce 1,848 55.8% 1,464 44.2% 1 3,313 D+11.6
Sargent 1,655 51.0% 1,591 49.0% 2 3,248 D+2.0
Mercer 844 26.1% 2,395 73.9% 3,239 R+47.9
McKenzie 1,514 46.9% 1,715 53.1% 2 3,231 R+6.2
Dunn 1,321 47.5% 1,462 52.5% 2,783 R+5.1
Hettinger 1,219 44.1% 1,541 55.8% 2 2,762 R+11.7
Grant 955 34.7% 1,794 65.2% 2 2,751 R+30.5
Towner 1,292 47.8% 1,410 52.2% 1 2,703 R+4.4
Burke 1,076 40.0% 1,609 59.9% 2 2,687 R+19.8
Divide 1,243 47.9% 1,348 51.9% 4 2,595 R+4.0
Griggs 1,279 49.9% 1,278 49.9% 4 2,561 level
Foster 1,182 46.7% 1,351 53.3% 2,533 R+6.7
Logan 898 35.9% 1,601 64.1% 2,499 R+28.1
Kidder 868 35.5% 1,574 64.4% 1 2,443 R+28.9
Steele 1,173 49.2% 1,209 50.8% 2,382 R+1.5
Eddy 1,152 49.2% 1,188 50.7% 2 2,342 R+1.5
Renville 1,217 54.6% 1,012 45.4% 1 2,230 D+9.2
Sheridan 539 25.7% 1,552 74.0% 7 2,098 R+48.3
Adams 832 40.3% 1,232 59.7% 2,064 R+19.4
Bowman 847 44.9% 1,038 55.0% 3 1,888 R+10.1
Golden Valley 672 44.8% 825 55.0% 2 1,499 R+10.2
Sioux 688 54.6% 571 45.4% 1,259 D+9.3
Oliver 494 41.2% 703 58.7% 1 1,198 R+17.4
Slope 431 47.6% 475 52.4% 906 R+4.9
Billings 400 52.1% 368 47.9% 768 D+4.2

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.

North Dakota in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+36.4
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+33.3
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+35.7
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+19.6
2008 John McCain (R) R+8.6
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+27.4
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+27.6
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+6.8
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+12.0
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+13.1
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+31.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+38.0
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+5.9
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+26.3
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+17.7
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+16.1
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+10.9
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+23.6
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+42.6
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+8.8
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+8.4
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+10.9
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+33.0
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+41.6
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+10.3
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+40.7
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+59.6
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+1.5
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+7.5
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+26.2
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+54.7
1900 William McKinley (R) R+26.6
1896 William McKinley (R) R+11.9
1892 James B. Weaver (other)