1960 United States presidential election in Maryland

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1960 United States presidential election in Maryland
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  1956 November 8, 1960 [1] 1964  
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Nominee John F. Kennedy Richard Nixon
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Massachusetts California
Running mate Lyndon B. Johnson Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
Electoral vote90
Popular vote565,811489,538
Percentage53.61%46.39%

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County Results

President before election

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

Elected President

John F. Kennedy
Democratic

The 1960 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. State voters chose nine [2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Maryland was won by Senator John F. Kennedy (DMassachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 53.61% of the popular vote against incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (RCalifornia), running with former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., with 46.39% of the popular vote. [3] [4]

This is the last time that the losing candidate won a majority of the vote in Kent County. This also marks the last time the Democratic candidate won a majority of the vote in Dorchester County, as it would become the only county in the state to flip from Kennedy to Goldwater and vote Republican thereafter except for a plurality victory by Bill Clinton in 1996. [5]

In this election, Maryland was 7.07% more Democratic than the nation at-large. [6]

Results

1960 United States presidential election in Maryland
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John F. Kennedy 565,808 53.61%
Republican Richard Nixon 489,53846.39%
Write-in30.00%
Total votes1,055,349 100%

Results by county

CountyJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic
Richard Milhous Nixon
Republican
MarginTotal votes cast [7]
# %# %# %
Allegany 13,70140.07%20,48959.93%-6,788-19.85%34,190
Anne Arundel 26,06346.00%30,59554.00%-4,532-8.00%56,658
Baltimore 94,39649.57%96,02750.43%-1,631-0.86%190,423
Baltimore City 202,75263.87%114,70536.13%88,04727.74%317,457
Calvert 2,53554.07%2,15345.93%3828.15%4,688
Caroline 3,38147.76%3,69852.24%-317-4.48%7,079
Carroll 5,76333.49%11,44566.51%-5,682-33.02%17,208
Cecil 6,06545.15%7,36854.85%-1,303-9.70%13,433
Charles 5,48254.59%4,56045.41%9229.18%10,042
Dorchester 4,96451.76%4,62648.24%3383.52%9,590
Frederick 9,91042.50%13,40857.50%-3,498-15.00%23,319 [lower-alpha 1]
Garrett 2,35731.79%5,05768.21%-2,700-36.42%7,414
Harford 9,29343.46%12,09056.54%-2,797-13.08%21,383
Howard 5,41243.42%7,05156.57%-1,639-13.15%12,465 [lower-alpha 2]
Kent 3,07948.54%3,26451.46%-185-2.92%6,343
Montgomery 66,02551.54%62,07948.46%3,9463.08%128,104
Prince George's 62,01358.05%44,81741.95%17,19616.10%106,830
Queen Anne's 3,12951.85%2,90648.15%2233.70%6,035
Somerset 3,94849.49%4,03050.51%-82-1.03%7,978
St. Mary's 5,75265.13%3,08034.87%2,67230.25%8,832
Talbot 3,46240.94%4,99559.06%-1,533-18.13%8,457
Washington 15,63246.72%17,82853.28%-2,196-6.56%33,460
Wicomico 7,35045.88%8,67154.12%-1,321-8.25%16,021
Worcester 3,34745.71%3,97654.29%-629-8.59%7,323
Totals565,81153.65%488,91846.35%76,8937.29%1,054,729

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

Notes

  1. One write-in vote was recorded form this county.
  2. Two write-in votes were recorded form this county.

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