1960 United States presidential election in Nebraska
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Nominee Richard Nixon John F. Kennedy
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California Massachusetts
Running mate Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. Lyndon B. Johnson
Electoral vote 6 0
Popular vote 380,553 232,542
Percentage 62.07% 37.93%
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The 1960 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. Voters chose six[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Nebraska was won by incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (R–California), running with former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., with 62.07% of the popular vote, against Senator John F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 37.93% of the popular vote.[3][4]

With 62.07% of the popular vote, Nebraska would prove to be Nixon's strongest state in the 1960 election.[5]

Primaries

Democratic primary

See also: 1960 Democratic Party presidential primaries

Kennedy won the state's Democratic primary.[6]

While an effort by Stuart Symington or Hubert Humphrey could have, on paper, been successful in Nebraska's primary, Kennedy had managed to outmaneuver them, laying early groundwork which gave him a solid lead in the state.[7]

Kennedy managed, in early 1958, to secure Bernard Boyle's support.[7]

By the time that others such as Humphrey, Symington, and Johnson began to inquire with Boyle about their own prospective candidacies, they learned that they had a arrived a year too late.[7]

Kennedy went in to win the primary, unchallenged.[7] With the exception of Kennedy, all candidates were write-ins.[6]

1960 Nebraska Democratic Presidential Primary Results[6]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Democratic John F. Kennedy 80,408 88.7%
Democratic Stuart Symington 4,083 4.5%
Democratic Hubert Humphrey 3,202 3.5%
Democratic Adlai Stevenson 1,368 1.5%
Democratic Lyndon B. Johnson 962 1.1%
Democratic Others 669 0.7%
Totals 90,692 100.00%

Republican primary

See also: 1960 Republican Party presidential primaries

Nixon won the state's Republican primary.[6] All candidates were write-ins.[6]

1960 Nebraska Republican Presidential Primary Results[6]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Republican Richard Nixon 74,356 93.8%
Republican Nelson Rockefeller 2,028 2.6%
Republican Barry Goldwater 1,068 1.3%
Republican Others 1,805 2.3%

Totals

79,257 100.00%

Results

1960 United States presidential election in Nebraska
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Richard Nixon 380,553 62.07%
Democratic John F. Kennedy 232,542 37.93%
Total votes 613,095 100%

Results by county

County[8] Richard Milhous Nixon
Republican 		John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # %
Adams 7,932 64.51% 4,364 35.49% 3,568 29.02% 12,296
Antelope 3,617 71.10% 1,470 28.90% 2,147 42.21% 5,087
Arthur 283 80.63% 68 19.37% 215 61.25% 351
Banner 424 66.77% 211 33.23% 213 33.54% 635
Blaine 420 78.80% 113 21.20% 307 57.60% 533
Boone 2,809 64.49% 1,547 35.51% 1,262 28.97% 4,356
Box Butte 3,157 62.60% 1,886 37.40% 1,271 25.20% 5,043
Boyd 1,393 64.46% 768 35.54% 625 28.92% 2,161
Brown 1,735 77.15% 514 22.85% 1,221 54.29% 2,249
Buffalo 7,595 66.12% 3,891 33.88% 3,704 32.25% 11,486
Burt 3,613 72.56% 1,366 27.44% 2,247 45.13% 4,979
Butler 2,253 45.11% 2,742 54.89% -489 -9.79% 4,995
Cass 4,506 61.68% 2,799 38.32% 1,707 23.37% 7,305
Cedar 3,060 51.01% 2,939 48.99% 121 2.02% 5,999
Chase 1,482 69.28% 657 30.72% 825 38.57% 2,139
Cherry 2,695 72.08% 1,044 27.92% 1,651 44.16% 3,739
Cheyenne 2,814 52.17% 2,580 47.83% 234 4.34% 5,394
Clay 3,005 69.30% 1,331 30.70% 1,674 38.61% 4,336
Colfax 2,504 55.91% 1,975 44.09% 529 11.81% 4,479
Cuming 3,894 67.45% 1,879 32.55% 2,015 34.90% 5,773
Custer 5,716 70.87% 2,350 29.13% 3,366 41.73% 8,066
Dakota 2,977 56.13% 2,327 43.87% 650 12.25% 5,304
Dawes 3,106 70.83% 1,279 29.17% 1,827 41.66% 4,385
Dawson 6,480 73.07% 2,388 26.93% 4,092 46.14% 8,868
Deuel 1,276 76.22% 398 23.78% 878 52.45% 1,674
Dixon 2,713 66.22% 1,384 33.78% 1,329 32.44% 4,097
Dodge 9,638 67.21% 4,702 32.79% 4,936 34.42% 14,340
Douglas 72,005 52.92% 64,060 47.08% 7,945 5.84% 136,065
Dundy 1,245 71.92% 486 28.08% 759 43.85% 1,731
Fillmore 2,842 61.09% 1,810 38.91% 1,032 22.18% 4,652
Franklin 1,798 64.19% 1,003 35.81% 795 28.38% 2,801
Frontier 1,615 73.51% 582 26.49% 1,033 47.02% 2,197
Furnas 2,854 72.34% 1,091 27.66% 1,763 44.69% 3,945
Gage 7,754 66.76% 3,861 33.24% 3,893 33.52% 11,615
Garden 1,376 76.36% 426 23.64% 950 52.72% 1,802
Garfield 1,047 77.44% 305 22.56% 742 54.88% 1,352
Gosper 854 71.58% 339 28.42% 515 43.17% 1,193
Grant 410 76.35% 127 23.65% 283 52.70% 537
Greeley 960 43.18% 1,263 56.82% -303 -13.63% 2,223
Hall 9,763 63.98% 5,496 36.02% 4,267 27.96% 15,259
Hamilton 3,249 72.65% 1,223 27.35% 2,026 45.30% 4,472
Harlan 1,766 66.42% 893 33.58% 873 32.83% 2,659
Hayes 699 71.33% 281 28.67% 418 42.65% 980
Hitchcock 1,634 70.67% 678 29.33% 956 41.35% 2,312
Holt 4,150 62.99% 2,438 37.01% 1,712 25.99% 6,588
Hooker 443 86.19% 71 13.81% 372 72.37% 514
Howard 1,676 52.47% 1,518 47.53% 158 4.95% 3,194
Jefferson 4,047 68.11% 1,895 31.89% 2,152 36.22% 5,942
Johnson 2,098 64.57% 1,151 35.43% 947 29.15% 3,249
Kearney 2,065 62.05% 1,263 37.95% 802 24.10% 3,328
Keith 2,680 68.88% 1,211 31.12% 1,469 37.75% 3,891
Keya Paha 646 72.83% 241 27.17% 405 45.66% 887
Kimball 2,152 67.93% 1,016 32.07% 1,136 35.86% 3,168
Knox 3,847 64.45% 2,122 35.55% 1,725 28.90% 5,969
Lancaster 37,725 62.57% 22,564 37.43% 15,161 25.15% 60,289
Lincoln 7,685 61.49% 4,812 38.51% 2,873 22.99% 12,497
Logan 391 70.58% 163 29.42% 228 41.16% 554
Loup 445 77.53% 129 22.47% 316 55.05% 574
Madison 8,350 73.25% 3,050 26.75% 5,300 46.49% 11,400
McPherson 303 81.89% 67 18.11% 236 63.78% 370
Merrick 2,744 68.98% 1,234 31.02% 1,510 37.96% 3,978
Morrill 2,020 62.75% 1,199 37.25% 821 25.50% 3,219
Nance 1,699 62.67% 1,012 37.33% 687 25.34% 2,711
Nemaha 3,031 68.76% 1,377 31.24% 1,654 37.52% 4,408
Nuckolls 2,441 60.86% 1,570 39.14% 871 21.72% 4,011
Otoe 5,057 66.54% 2,543 33.46% 2,514 33.08% 7,600
Pawnee 1,728 63.13% 1,009 36.87% 719 26.27% 2,737
Perkins 1,301 65.12% 697 34.88% 604 30.23% 1,998
Phelps 3,795 75.19% 1,252 24.81% 2,543 50.39% 5,047
Pierce 2,963 72.80% 1,107 27.20% 1,856 45.60% 4,070
Platte 6,129 58.28% 4,387 41.72% 1,742 16.57% 10,516
Polk 2,397 66.94% 1,184 33.06% 1,213 33.87% 3,581
Red Willow 3,890 66.93% 1,922 33.07% 1,968 33.86% 5,812
Richardson 4,481 62.66% 2,670 37.34% 1,811 25.33% 7,151
Rock 1,084 81.08% 253 18.92% 831 62.15% 1,337
Saline 2,881 44.99% 3,523 55.01% -642 -10.02% 6,404
Sarpy 4,672 55.30% 3,777 44.70% 895 10.59% 8,449
Saunders 4,702 56.94% 3,556 43.06% 1,146 13.88% 8,258
Scotts Bluff 8,728 60.72% 5,646 39.28% 3,082 21.44% 14,374
Seward 3,588 63.14% 2,095 36.86% 1,493 26.27% 5,683
Sheridan 2,870 71.50% 1,144 28.50% 1,726 43.00% 4,014
Sherman 1,131 44.21% 1,427 55.79% -296 -11.57% 2,558
Sioux 745 64.22% 415 35.78% 330 28.45% 1,160
Stanton 1,680 66.22% 857 33.78% 823 32.44% 2,537
Thayer 3,202 67.38% 1,550 32.62% 1,652 34.76% 4,752
Thomas 420 74.87% 141 25.13% 279 49.73% 561
Thurston 1,757 57.19% 1,315 42.81% 442 14.39% 3,072
Valley 2,045 62.10% 1,248 37.90% 797 24.20% 3,293
Washington 3,772 69.01% 1,694 30.99% 2,078 38.02% 5,466
Wayne 3,274 76.16% 1,025 23.84% 2,249 52.31% 4,299
Webster 2,026 64.75% 1,103 35.25% 923 29.50% 3,129
Wheeler 424 63.95% 239 36.05% 185 27.90% 663
York 5,205 74.69% 1,764 25.31% 3,441 49.38% 6,969
Totals 380,553 62.07% 232,542 37.93% 148,011 24.14% 613,095

See also

References

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  2. ^ "1960 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)". Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  3. ^ "1960 Presidential General Election Results - Nebraska". Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  4. ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1960". Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  5. ^ "1960 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
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