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1960 United States presidential election in Indiana
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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 13 0
Popular vote 1,175,120 952,358
Percentage 55.03% 44.60%
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The 1960 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. State voters chose 13[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Indiana 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 55.03% of the popular vote, against Senator John F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 44.60% of the popular vote.[3][4]

Primaries

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Democratic primary

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See also: 1960 Democratic Party presidential primaries

Indiana's Democratic primary had 34 delegates at stake.[5]

Larry O'Brien's first campaign trip for the Kennedy campaign was a five-day trip to Indiana in April 1959.[5] He determined that, "there was no great groundswell for Kennedy" in the state. However he found no signs of an active Symington effort in state. O'Brien found that the field was relatively clear in the state, with only whispers of a possible favorite son candidate running to lead a unified and uncommitted delegation to the convention, with Vance Hartke being a favorite speculative individual to fill such a role.[5]

Stuart Symington ultimately made a decision to abandon plans of actively competing in primaries. This opened up Indiana to other candidates. Symington, a Missourian, would have had a distinct advantage winning the vote of winning votes in another Midwestern state with a similar electorate to his own state.[5]

1960 Indiana Democratic Presidential Primary Results[6]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Democratic John F. Kennedy 353,832 81.0%
Democratic Others 82,937 19.0%
Totals 100.00%

Republican primary

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See also: 1960 Republican Party presidential primaries

Nixon ran unopposed in the Republican primary.

1960 Indiana Republican Presidential Primary Results[6]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Republican Richard Nixon 408,408 95.4%
Republican Others 19677 4.6%
Totals 100.00%

Results

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1960 United States presidential election in Indiana
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Richard Nixon 1,175,120 55.03%
Democratic John F. Kennedy 952,358 44.60%
Prohibition Rutherford Decker 6,746 0.32%
Socialist Labor Eric Hass 1,136 0.05%
Total votes 2,135,360 100%

Results by county

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County Richard Nixon
Republican 		John F. Kennedy
Democratic 		Various candidates
Other parties 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Adams 6,972 61.11% 4,338 38.02% 99 0.87% 2,634 23.09% 11,409
Allen 60,103 60.33% 39,235 39.39% 280 0.28% 20,868 20.94% 99,618
Bartholomew 13,606 59.09% 9,290 40.35% 130 0.56% 4,316 18.74% 23,026
Benton 3,626 60.11% 2,399 39.77% 7 0.12% 1,227 20.34% 6,032
Blackford 3,738 53.33% 3,228 46.06% 43 0.61% 510 7.27% 7,009
Boone 8,979 62.28% 5,377 37.30% 60 0.42% 3,602 24.98% 14,416
Brown 1,679 51.76% 1,533 47.26% 32 0.99% 146 4.50% 3,244
Carroll 5,411 61.88% 3,299 37.73% 34 0.39% 2,112 24.15% 8,744
Cass 11,392 58.19% 8,091 41.33% 94 0.48% 3,301 16.86% 19,577
Clark 12,803 46.89% 14,431 52.85% 70 0.26% -1,628 -5.96% 27,304
Clay 7,434 57.92% 5,342 41.62% 58 0.45% 2,092 16.30% 12,834
Clinton 9,620 59.32% 6,533 40.28% 64 0.39% 3,087 19.04% 16,217
Crawford 2,915 55.47% 2,305 43.86% 35 0.67% 610 11.61% 5,255
Daviess 8,285 60.20% 5,433 39.48% 45 0.33% 2,852 20.72% 13,763
Dearborn 7,619 54.99% 6,216 44.87% 19 0.14% 1,403 10.12% 13,854
Decatur 6,240 60.17% 4,080 39.34% 50 0.48% 2,160 20.83% 10,370
DeKalb 8,957 62.66% 5,277 36.92% 61 0.43% 3,680 25.74% 14,295
Delaware 26,167 52.75% 23,266 46.90% 177 0.36% 2,901 5.85% 49,610
Dubois 5,117 38.32% 8,214 61.51% 22 0.16% -3,097 -23.19% 13,353
Elkhart 28,056 62.77% 16,264 36.39% 373 0.83% 11,792 26.38% 44,693
Fayette 6,729 55.97% 5,246 43.63% 48 0.40% 1,483 12.34% 12,023
Floyd 11,629 48.38% 12,346 51.36% 62 0.26% -717 -2.98% 24,037
Fountain 6,123 58.71% 4,277 41.01% 29 0.28% 1,846 17.70% 10,429
Franklin 4,108 53.73% 3,523 46.08% 14 0.18% 585 7.65% 7,645
Fulton 6,038 66.11% 3,047 33.36% 48 0.53% 2,991 32.75% 9,133
Gibson 8,838 53.89% 7,479 45.61% 82 0.50% 1,359 8.28% 16,399
Grant 19,021 57.92% 13,642 41.54% 178 0.54% 5,379 16.38% 32,841
Greene 8,810 57.81% 6,325 41.51% 104 0.68% 2,485 16.30% 15,239
Hamilton 13,409 70.63% 5,511 29.03% 64 0.34% 7,898 41.60% 18,984
Hancock 7,543 60.21% 4,930 39.35% 55 0.44% 2,613 20.86% 12,528
Harrison 5,374 53.80% 4,566 45.71% 49 0.49% 808 8.09% 9,989
Hendricks 12,490 65.51% 6,481 33.99% 95 0.50% 6,009 31.52% 19,066
Henry 13,752 58.44% 9,629 40.92% 149 0.63% 4,123 17.52% 23,530
Howard 17,938 56.94% 13,415 42.58% 149 0.47% 4,523 14.36% 31,502
Huntington 10,658 59.44% 7,163 39.95% 109 0.61% 3,495 19.49% 17,930
Jackson 8,213 55.27% 6,582 44.29% 66 0.44% 1,631 10.98% 14,861
Jasper 5,364 64.32% 2,959 35.48% 16 0.19% 2,405 28.84% 8,339
Jay 6,519 56.73% 4,899 42.63% 74 0.64% 1,620 14.10% 11,492
Jefferson 6,333 55.11% 5,119 44.54% 40 0.35% 1,214 10.57% 11,492
Jennings 4,478 56.63% 3,403 43.03% 27 0.34% 1,075 13.60% 7,908
Johnson 12,426 62.38% 7,400 37.15% 93 0.47% 5,026 25.23% 19,919
Knox 11,490 53.40% 9,918 46.10% 108 0.50% 1,572 7.30% 21,516
Kosciusko 13,539 69.11% 5,839 29.80% 213 1.09% 7,700 39.31% 19,591
LaGrange 4,433 69.03% 1,965 30.60% 24 0.37% 2,468 38.43% 6,422
Lake 78,278 37.04% 132,554 62.72% 526 0.25% -54,276 -25.68% 211,358
LaPorte 22,738 52.71% 20,317 47.10% 85 0.20% 2,421 5.61% 43,140
Lawrence 11,119 61.15% 6,977 38.37% 86 0.47% 4,142 22.78% 18,182
Madison 31,098 52.31% 28,154 47.36% 193 0.32% 2,944 4.95% 59,445
Marion 166,202 57.67% 121,336 42.10% 668 0.23% 44,866 15.57% 288,206
Marshall 10,460 62.47% 6,210 37.09% 74 0.44% 4,250 25.38% 16,744
Martin 2,756 51.55% 2,585 48.35% 5 0.09% 171 3.20% 5,346
Miami 8,844 58.45% 6,191 40.92% 96 0.63% 2,653 17.53% 15,131
Monroe 14,513 65.42% 7,535 33.97% 136 0.61% 6,978 31.45% 22,184
Montgomery 10,957 66.36% 5,477 33.17% 77 0.47% 5,480 33.19% 16,511
Morgan 9,416 63.36% 5,375 36.17% 69 0.46% 4,041 27.19% 14,860
Newton 3,517 65.12% 1,870 34.62% 14 0.26% 1,647 30.50% 5,401
Noble 8,069 60.27% 5,264 39.32% 54 0.40% 2,805 20.95% 13,387
Ohio 1,314 56.25% 1,015 43.45% 7 0.30% 299 12.80% 2,336
Orange 5,589 59.19% 3,818 40.44% 35 0.37% 1,771 18.75% 9,442
Owen 3,700 60.38% 2,379 38.82% 49 0.80% 1,321 21.56% 6,128
Parke 4,662 57.94% 3,361 41.77% 23 0.29% 1,301 16.17% 8,046
Perry 4,372 46.97% 4,920 52.86% 16 0.17% -548 -5.89% 9,308
Pike 4,606 59.69% 3,046 39.48% 64 0.83% 1,560 20.21% 7,716
Porter 15,666 59.18% 10,733 40.54% 75 0.28% 4,933 18.64% 26,474
Posey 5,369 54.47% 4,457 45.22% 31 0.31% 912 9.25% 9,857
Pulaski 3,905 57.67% 2,746 40.56% 120 1.77% 1,159 17.11% 6,771
Putnam 6,583 57.63% 4,798 42.00% 42 0.37% 1,785 15.63% 11,423
Randolph 9,528 64.92% 5,035 34.31% 114 0.78% 4,493 30.61% 14,677
Ripley 6,053 55.95% 4,730 43.72% 35 0.32% 1,323 12.23% 10,818
Rush 6,215 63.54% 3,516 35.94% 51 0.52% 2,699 27.60% 9,782
St. Joseph 53,621 45.64% 63,553 54.09% 325 0.28% -9,932 -8.45% 117,499
Scott 3,213 50.99% 3,064 48.63% 24 0.38% 149 2.36% 6,301
Shelby 9,421 56.75% 7,111 42.83% 70 0.42% 2,310 13.92% 16,602
Spencer 5,050 53.88% 4,303 45.91% 20 0.21% 747 7.97% 9,373
Starke 4,592 53.28% 3,995 46.35% 32 0.37% 597 6.93% 8,619
Steuben 5,464 67.63% 2,588 32.03% 27 0.33% 2,876 35.60% 8,079
Sullivan 6,012 49.85% 5,975 49.54% 73 0.61% 37 0.31% 12,060
Switzerland 1,929 49.40% 1,955 50.06% 21 0.54% -26 -0.66% 3,905
Tippecanoe 24,572 63.55% 14,041 36.31% 55 0.14% 10,531 27.24% 38,668
Tipton 4,924 59.88% 3,299 40.12% 0 0.00% 1,625 19.76% 8,223
Union 2,087 63.73% 1,180 36.03% 8 0.24% 907 27.70% 3,275
Vanderburgh 41,068 52.90% 36,330 46.80% 237 0.31% 4,738 6.10% 77,635
Vermillion 4,798 46.92% 5,391 52.71% 38 0.37% -593 -5.79% 10,227
Vigo 24,940 49.70% 25,105 50.03% 133 0.27% -165 -0.33% 50,178
Wabash 10,420 68.12% 4,788 31.30% 89 0.58% 5,632 36.82% 15,297
Warren 2,870 64.29% 1,574 35.26% 20 0.45% 1,296 29.03% 4,464
Warrick 6,482 56.10% 5,042 43.64% 30 0.26% 1,440 12.46% 11,554
Washington 5,057 56.74% 3,821 42.87% 35 0.39% 1,236 13.87% 8,913
Wayne 19,764 60.66% 12,721 39.05% 95 0.29% 7,043 21.61% 32,580
Wells 6,034 58.91% 4,128 40.30% 80 0.78% 1,906 18.61% 10,242
White 6,678 62.93% 3,914 36.88% 20 0.19% 2,764 26.05% 10,612
Whitley 6,621 60.50% 4,266 38.98% 56 0.51% 2,355 21.52% 10,943
Totals 1,175,120 55.03% 952,358 44.60% 7,882 0.37% 222,762 10.43% 2,135,360

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1960 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  2. ^ "1960 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)". Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  3. ^ "1960 Presidential General Election Results - Indiana". Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  4. ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1960". Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d Oliphant, Thomas; Wilkie, Curtis (2017). The road to Camelot: Inside JFK's Five-Year Campaign. Simon & Schuster.
  6. ^ a b "RESULTS OF 1960 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION PRIMARIES". John F. Kennedy presidential library. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
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