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Election 1960 Results

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1960 presidential election in Tennessee

Richard Nixon (Republican) beat John F. Kennedy (Democrat) in Tennessee in 1960, 52.9% to 45.8%, a margin of 7.1 points and 75,124 votes.

Tennessee voted 7.3 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 49 of the 95 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 46. The largest, Shelby, cast 176,607 votes and went to the Republican by 0.5 points. The closest was Crockett, where 29 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 556,577 52.9%
John F. Kennedy Democratic 481,453 45.8%
All other candidates 13,762 1.3%
Total1,051,792

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Shelby 86,270 48.8% 87,191 49.4% 3,146 176,607 R+0.5
Davidson 59,649 53.0% 52,077 46.3% 871 112,597 D+6.7
Knox 31,990 38.4% 50,811 61.0% 499 83,300 R+22.6
Hamilton 30,482 42.8% 39,703 55.7% 1,092 71,277 R+12.9
Sullivan 14,731 39.2% 22,354 59.5% 513 37,598 R+20.3
Washington 6,283 29.6% 14,851 69.9% 102 21,236 R+40.3
Anderson 9,878 46.5% 11,153 52.6% 190 21,221 R+6.0
Blount 6,213 31.3% 13,552 68.2% 107 19,872 R+36.9
Madison 8,083 45.7% 8,863 50.1% 747 17,693 R+4.4
Carter 3,412 21.6% 12,214 77.3% 172 15,798 R+55.7
Greene 4,406 33.2% 8,835 66.5% 35 13,276 R+33.4
Roane 4,953 42.6% 6,540 56.3% 133 11,626 R+13.7
Gibson 5,796 51.2% 5,173 45.7% 360 11,329 D+5.5
Bradley 3,307 29.3% 7,865 69.7% 113 11,285 R+40.4
Rutherford 6,410 58.0% 4,526 41.0% 116 11,052 D+17.0
Maury 6,615 60.8% 4,133 38.0% 131 10,879 D+22.8
McMinn 4,111 38.2% 6,585 61.2% 70 10,766 R+23.0
Lawrence 4,862 45.7% 5,709 53.7% 68 10,639 R+8.0
Montgomery 7,635 74.3% 2,550 24.8% 85 10,270 D+49.5
Sumner 6,687 65.2% 3,491 34.0% 83 10,261 D+31.1
Hamblen 3,122 30.5% 7,093 69.2% 30 10,245 R+38.8
Hawkins 2,586 26.7% 7,010 72.5% 76 9,672 R+45.7
Sevier 1,341 14.6% 7,818 85.1% 33 9,192 R+70.5
Putnam 4,443 51.0% 4,240 48.7% 32 8,715 D+2.3
Monroe 3,375 39.9% 4,991 59.1% 86 8,452 R+19.1
Campbell 3,134 37.8% 5,079 61.2% 84 8,297 R+23.4
Wilson 4,857 58.5% 3,383 40.8% 57 8,297 D+17.8
Henry 5,049 61.5% 3,033 36.9% 131 8,213 D+24.5
Dyer 3,868 47.2% 4,097 49.9% 238 8,203 R+2.8
Obion 4,244 51.8% 3,800 46.4% 152 8,196 D+5.4
Loudon 2,722 33.3% 5,356 65.5% 103 8,181 R+32.2
Weakley 4,488 55.3% 3,543 43.7% 78 8,109 D+11.7
Cocke 1,442 17.8% 6,581 81.3% 72 8,095 R+63.5
Jefferson 1,620 20.8% 6,141 78.8% 33 7,794 R+58.0
Coffee 4,555 59.3% 3,058 39.8% 73 7,686 D+19.5
Carroll 2,961 38.9% 4,517 59.4% 131 7,609 R+20.4
Williamson 4,471 61.9% 2,699 37.3% 58 7,228 D+24.5
Bedford 4,457 62.3% 2,633 36.8% 62 7,152 D+25.5
Franklin 5,041 70.6% 2,041 28.6% 57 7,139 D+42.0
Giles 4,879 74.9% 1,598 24.5% 36 6,513 D+50.4
Lincoln 4,862 76.7% 1,428 22.5% 48 6,338 D+54.2
Claiborne 2,142 35.4% 3,888 64.2% 26 6,056 R+28.8
Tipton 3,853 65.1% 1,829 30.9% 235 5,917 D+34.2
Dickson 3,930 66.7% 1,928 32.7% 36 5,894 D+34.0
Robertson 4,053 68.8% 1,776 30.1% 62 5,891 D+38.7
Marion 3,124 53.3% 2,657 45.3% 84 5,865 D+8.0
Warren 3,119 53.4% 2,682 45.9% 40 5,841 D+7.5
Cumberland 2,189 37.7% 3,523 60.7% 92 5,804 R+23.0
McNairy 2,173 38.8% 3,310 59.1% 113 5,596 R+20.3
Marshall 3,625 67.3% 1,717 31.9% 45 5,387 D+35.4
Unicoi 1,322 24.8% 4,004 75.0% 10 5,336 R+50.3
Henderson 1,490 29.1% 3,597 70.1% 41 5,128 R+41.1
Hardin 1,690 33.2% 3,323 65.2% 85 5,098 R+32.0
Lauderdale 3,462 71.6% 1,322 27.4% 48 4,832 D+44.3
Rhea 1,761 38.7% 2,721 59.8% 70 4,552 R+21.1
Johnson 571 12.9% 3,854 86.7% 18 4,443 R+73.9
Scott 1,098 24.9% 3,301 74.8% 12 4,411 R+49.9
Overton 2,389 56.2% 1,831 43.1% 32 4,252 D+13.1
Smith 2,411 59.4% 1,601 39.4% 48 4,060 D+20.0
White 2,207 55.2% 1,725 43.1% 66 3,998 D+12.1
Grainger 939 23.6% 3,017 75.9% 21 3,977 R+52.3
Benton 2,030 51.7% 1,773 45.2% 120 3,923 D+6.6
Wayne 931 24.0% 2,912 75.2% 29 3,872 R+51.2
Morgan 1,576 40.9% 2,241 58.1% 38 3,855 R+17.3
Fentress 1,014 26.7% 2,726 71.9% 52 3,792 R+45.1
Macon 915 24.2% 2,829 74.8% 38 3,782 R+50.6
Humphreys 2,592 68.8% 1,126 29.9% 48 3,766 D+38.9
Polk 1,532 40.8% 2,187 58.3% 32 3,751 R+17.5
Hickman 2,401 65.1% 1,224 33.2% 62 3,687 D+31.9
Hardeman 1,711 47.5% 1,601 44.4% 292 3,604 D+3.1
Haywood 1,867 56.0% 1,188 35.6% 279 3,334 D+20.4
Decatur 1,321 43.0% 1,684 54.8% 70 3,075 R+11.8
Chester 1,192 39.0% 1,807 59.1% 61 3,060 R+20.1
Dekalb 1,547 51.1% 1,440 47.6% 39 3,026 D+3.5
Crockett 1,438 47.7% 1,467 48.7% 108 3,013 R+1.0
Grundy 2,143 72.4% 786 26.6% 31 2,960 D+45.8
Fayette 892 31.9% 1,370 48.9% 537 2,799 R+17.1
Union 652 23.7% 2,082 75.6% 19 2,753 R+51.9
Jackson 1,539 58.4% 1,049 39.8% 48 2,636 D+18.6
Cheatham 1,883 72.2% 683 26.2% 41 2,607 D+46.0
Hancock 438 17.2% 2,107 82.6% 7 2,552 R+65.4
Cannon 1,275 51.3% 1,195 48.0% 17 2,487 D+3.2
Bledsoe 981 40.0% 1,439 58.7% 32 2,452 R+18.7
Stewart 1,810 75.9% 539 22.6% 37 2,386 D+53.3
Lewis 1,723 74.5% 580 25.1% 9 2,312 D+49.4
Lake 1,346 62.6% 732 34.0% 73 2,151 D+28.5
Clay 976 46.3% 1,098 52.1% 32 2,106 R+5.8
Perry 1,076 61.9% 645 37.1% 16 1,737 D+24.8
Pickett 567 32.9% 1,154 67.1% 1,721 R+34.1
Sequatchie 930 56.2% 703 42.5% 22 1,655 D+13.7
Meigs 691 43.1% 901 56.1% 13 1,605 R+13.1
Houston 1,150 75.0% 366 23.9% 17 1,533 D+51.1
Trousdale 1,036 76.4% 308 22.7% 12 1,356 D+53.7
Moore 863 72.7% 313 26.4% 11 1,187 D+46.3
Van Buren 577 58.0% 401 40.3% 17 995 D+17.7

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.

Tennessee in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+29.7
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+23.2
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+26.0
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+20.4
2008 John McCain (R) R+15.1
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+14.3
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+3.9
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+2.4
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+4.7
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+16.3
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+16.3
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+0.3
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+13.0
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+38.0
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+9.7
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+11.0
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+7.1
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+0.6
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+0.3
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+12.3
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+21.2
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+34.9
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+38.1
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+34.0
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+7.7
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+9.2
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+3.0
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+13.6
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+28.8
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+7.0
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+11.0
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+8.2
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+5.8
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+13.5
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+6.5
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+3.7
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+9.1
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+19.7
1872 Third party (other)
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+36.9