Election in Kentucky
County Results
Nixon
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
90-100%
Kennedy
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
The 1960 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election . Kentucky voters chose 10[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Kentucky was won by incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (R –California ), running with United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. , with 53.59 percent of the popular vote, against Senator John F. Kennedy (D –Massachusetts ), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson , with 46.41 percent of the popular vote.[3] [4] Nixon thus became the first Republican to ever carry Kentucky without winning the presidency, and remained the last until John McCain did so in 2008 . Kennedy was the first Democrat to win without the state since 1852.
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Results
Results by county
County
Richard Milhous Nixon Republican
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Democratic
Margin
Total votes cast[5]
#
%
#
%
#
%
Adair
4,621
67.07%
2,269
32.93%
2,352
34.14%
6,890
Allen
3,410
67.22%
1,663
32.78%
1,747
34.44%
5,073
Anderson
2,033
49.94%
2,038
50.06%
-5
-0.12%
4,071
Ballard
1,121
28.99%
2,746
71.01%
-1,625
-42.02%
3,867
Barren
5,187
51.19%
4,946
48.81%
241
2.38%
10,133
Bath
1,888
47.75%
2,066
52.25%
-178
-4.50%
3,954
Bell
6,805
56.77%
5,181
43.23%
1,624
13.55%
11,986
Boone
4,835
61.99%
2,965
38.01%
1,870
23.97%
7,800
Bourbon
2,379
42.98%
3,156
57.02%
-777
-14.04%
5,535
Boyd
11,305
55.42%
9,094
44.58%
2,211
10.84%
20,399
Boyle
3,624
52.28%
3,308
47.72%
316
4.56%
6,932
Bracken
2,002
60.16%
1,326
39.84%
676
20.31%
3,328
Breathitt
1,996
37.64%
3,307
62.36%
-1,311
-24.72%
5,303
Breckinridge
3,979
55.92%
3,136
44.08%
843
11.85%
7,115
Bullitt
2,683
52.40%
2,437
47.60%
246
4.80%
5,120
Butler
3,656
78.66%
992
21.34%
2,664
57.31%
4,648
Caldwell
3,442
61.70%
2,137
38.30%
1,305
23.39%
5,579
Calloway
3,356
41.69%
4,693
58.31%
-1,337
-16.61%
8,049
Campbell
17,388
54.21%
14,690
45.79%
2,698
8.41%
32,078
Carlisle
978
35.59%
1,770
64.41%
-792
-28.82%
2,748
Carroll
1,135
33.78%
2,225
66.22%
-1,090
-32.44%
3,360
Carter
4,956
58.76%
3,479
41.24%
1,477
17.51%
8,435
Casey
4,811
77.30%
1,413
22.70%
3,398
54.60%
6,224
Christian
5,251
43.31%
6,874
56.69%
-1,623
-13.39%
12,125
Clark
3,317
52.31%
3,024
47.69%
293
4.62%
6,341
Clay
4,922
78.09%
1,381
21.91%
3,541
56.18%
6,303
Clinton
3,524
84.11%
666
15.89%
2,858
68.21%
4,190
Crittenden
2,770
67.74%
1,319
32.26%
1,451
35.49%
4,089
Cumberland
2,697
76.25%
840
23.75%
1,857
52.50%
3,537
Daviess
13,385
57.62%
9,846
42.38%
3,539
15.23%
23,231
Edmonson
2,884
72.83%
1,076
27.17%
1,808
45.66%
3,960
Elliott
789
31.27%
1,734
68.73%
-945
-37.46%
2,523
Estill
3,238
64.85%
1,755
35.15%
1,483
29.70%
4,993
Fayette
25,169
60.43%
16,478
39.57%
8,691
20.87%
41,647
Fleming
2,777
55.62%
2,216
44.38%
561
11.24%
4,993
Floyd
5,010
33.66%
9,876
66.34%
-4,866
-32.69%
14,886
Franklin
4,742
40.21%
7,052
59.79%
-2,310
-19.59%
11,794
Fulton
1,567
36.65%
2,708
63.35%
-1,141
-26.69%
4,275
Gallatin
756
42.38%
1,028
57.62%
-272
-15.25%
1,784
Garrard
2,759
60.78%
1,780
39.22%
979
21.57%
4,539
Grant
2,163
53.25%
1,899
46.75%
264
6.50%
4,062
Graves
4,854
38.70%
7,689
61.30%
-2,835
-22.60%
12,543
Grayson
4,807
67.12%
2,355
32.88%
2,452
34.24%
7,162
Green
3,606
69.53%
1,580
30.47%
2,026
39.07%
5,186
Greenup
6,101
53.77%
5,245
46.23%
856
7.54%
11,346
Hancock
1,488
59.38%
1,018
40.62%
470
18.75%
2,506
Hardin
6,191
54.63%
5,141
45.37%
1,050
9.27%
11,332
Harlan
7,485
44.83%
9,211
55.17%
-1,726
-10.34%
16,696
Harrison
2,306
39.85%
3,481
60.15%
-1,175
-20.30%
5,787
Hart
3,610
53.57%
3,129
46.43%
481
7.14%
6,739
Henderson
5,302
48.79%
5,565
51.21%
-263
-2.42%
10,867
Henry
1,714
36.60%
2,969
63.40%
-1,255
-26.80%
4,683
Hickman
968
30.79%
2,176
69.21%
-1,208
-38.42%
3,144
Hopkins
5,574
46.41%
6,436
53.59%
-862
-7.18%
12,010
Jackson
3,923
90.35%
419
9.65%
3,504
80.70%
4,342
Jefferson
118,575
50.30%
117,180
49.70%
1,395
0.59%
235,755
Jessamine
2,787
57.95%
2,022
42.05%
765
15.91%
4,809
Johnson
5,317
66.97%
2,622
33.03%
2,695
33.95%
7,939
Kenton
21,857
52.89%
19,466
47.11%
2,391
5.79%
41,323
Knott
1,412
26.30%
3,957
73.70%
-2,545
-47.40%
5,369
Knox
5,814
66.29%
2,956
33.71%
2,858
32.59%
8,770
Larue
2,668
60.90%
1,713
39.10%
955
21.80%
4,381
Laurel
7,485
76.42%
2,309
23.58%
5,176
52.85%
9,794
Lawrence
3,030
54.69%
2,510
45.31%
520
9.39%
5,540
Lee
2,012
67.74%
958
32.26%
1,054
35.49%
2,970
Leslie
3,894
83.05%
795
16.95%
3,099
66.09%
4,689
Letcher
4,408
50.87%
4,258
49.13%
150
1.73%
8,666
Lewis
3,816
69.41%
1,682
30.59%
2,134
38.81%
5,498
Lincoln
3,747
61.15%
2,381
38.85%
1,366
22.29%
6,128
Livingston
1,639
51.92%
1,518
48.08%
121
3.83%
3,157
Logan
4,117
46.59%
4,719
53.41%
-602
-6.81%
8,836
Lyon
1,024
42.61%
1,379
57.39%
-355
-14.77%
2,403
Madison
6,692
54.35%
5,621
45.65%
1,071
8.70%
12,313
Magoffin
2,736
52.54%
2,471
47.46%
265
5.09%
5,207
Marion
2,203
33.92%
4,292
66.08%
-2,089
-32.16%
6,495
Marshall
3,388
49.30%
3,484
50.70%
-96
-1.40%
6,872
Martin
2,809
71.57%
1,116
28.43%
1,693
43.13%
3,925
Mason
4,334
57.89%
3,153
42.11%
1,181
15.77%
7,487
McCracken
9,689
43.59%
12,539
56.41%
-2,850
-12.82%
22,228
McCreary
3,671
79.89%
924
20.11%
2,747
59.78%
4,595
McLean
2,269
56.94%
1,716
43.06%
553
13.88%
3,985
Meade
1,826
43.36%
2,385
56.64%
-559
-13.27%
4,211
Menifee
817
45.24%
989
54.76%
-172
-9.52%
1,806
Mercer
3,569
56.81%
2,713
43.19%
856
13.63%
6,282
Metcalfe
2,146
58.02%
1,553
41.98%
593
16.03%
3,699
Monroe
4,337
81.72%
970
18.28%
3,367
63.44%
5,307
Montgomery
2,451
48.25%
2,629
51.75%
-178
-3.50%
5,080
Morgan
1,718
37.12%
2,910
62.88%
-1,192
-25.76%
4,628
Muhlenberg
5,968
57.41%
4,427
42.59%
1,541
14.82%
10,395
Nelson
3,021
39.06%
4,713
60.94%
-1,692
-21.88%
7,734
Nicholas
1,058
42.10%
1,455
57.90%
-397
-15.80%
2,513
Ohio
5,230
68.37%
2,420
31.63%
2,810
36.73%
7,650
Oldham
2,221
53.12%
1,960
46.88%
261
6.24%
4,181
Owen
1,212
33.13%
2,446
66.87%
-1,234
-33.73%
3,658
Owsley
2,169
86.24%
346
13.76%
1,823
72.49%
2,515
Pendleton
2,387
61.46%
1,497
38.54%
890
22.91%
3,884
Perry
5,754
53.65%
4,971
46.35%
783
7.30%
10,725
Pike
9,956
43.30%
13,039
56.70%
-3,083
-13.41%
22,995
Powell
1,508
57.34%
1,122
42.66%
386
14.68%
2,630
Pulaski
11,899
79.35%
3,097
20.65%
8,802
58.70%
14,996
Robertson
594
47.67%
652
52.33%
-58
-4.65%
1,246
Rockcastle
3,982
77.73%
1,141
22.27%
2,841
55.46%
5,123
Rowan
2,558
51.47%
2,412
48.53%
146
2.94%
4,970
Russell
3,636
74.72%
1,230
25.28%
2,406
49.45%
4,866
Scott
2,200
45.85%
2,598
54.15%
-398
-8.30%
4,798
Shelby
2,934
43.43%
3,822
56.57%
-888
-13.14%
6,756
Simpson
1,927
42.18%
2,642
57.82%
-715
-15.65%
4,569
Spencer
1,134
51.97%
1,048
48.03%
86
3.94%
2,182
Taylor
4,669
68.11%
2,186
31.89%
2,483
36.22%
6,855
Todd
1,846
39.50%
2,827
60.50%
-981
-20.99%
4,673
Trigg
1,500
38.35%
2,411
61.65%
-911
-23.29%
3,911
Trimble
743
31.89%
1,587
68.11%
-844
-36.22%
2,330
Union
1,789
34.10%
3,457
65.90%
-1,668
-31.80%
5,246
Warren
9,074
54.89%
7,457
45.11%
1,617
9.78%
16,531
Washington
2,632
52.40%
2,391
47.60%
241
4.80%
5,023
Wayne
3,973
66.92%
1,964
33.08%
2,009
33.84%
5,937
Webster
2,498
44.00%
3,179
56.00%
-681
-12.00%
5,677
Whitley
7,553
71.84%
2,961
28.16%
4,592
43.68%
10,514
Wolfe
1,259
44.76%
1,554
55.24%
-295
-10.49%
2,813
Woodford
2,227
53.32%
1,950
46.68%
277
6.63%
4,177
Totals
602,607
53.59%
521,855
46.41%
80,752
7.18%
1,124,462
References
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