1960 United States presidential election in Colorado
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
The 1960 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. State voters chose six[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 County Results
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
.jpg)
Colorado was won by incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (R–California), running with United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., with 54.63% of the popular vote, against Senator John F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 44.91% of the popular vote.[3][4]
Remove ads
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Richard Nixon | 402,242 | 54.63% | |
| Democratic | John F. Kennedy | 330,629 | 44.91% | |
| Socialist Labor | Eric Hass | 2,803 | 0.38% | |
| Socialist Workers | Farrell Dobbs | 572 | 0.08% | |
| Total votes | 736,246 | 100% | ||
Results by county
| County[5] | Richard Nixon Republican |
John F. Kennedy Democratic |
Eric Hass Socialist Labor |
Farrell Dobbs Socialist Workers |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 18,452 | 46.36% | 21,168 | 53.19% | 164 | 0.41% | 14 | 0.04% | -2,716 | -6.83% | 39,798 |
| Alamosa | 2,271 | 55.58% | 1,811 | 44.32% | 3 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.02% | 460 | 11.26% | 4,086 |
| Arapahoe | 26,379 | 60.07% | 17,400 | 39.62% | 109 | 0.25% | 28 | 0.06% | 8,979 | 20.45% | 43,916 |
| Archuleta | 489 | 46.26% | 567 | 53.64% | 1 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | -78 | -7.38% | 1,057 |
| Baca | 1,815 | 65.48% | 952 | 34.34% | 2 | 0.07% | 3 | 0.11% | 863 | 31.14% | 2,772 |
| Bent | 1,671 | 57.54% | 1,228 | 42.29% | 4 | 0.14% | 1 | 0.03% | 443 | 15.25% | 2,904 |
| Boulder | 19,791 | 61.47% | 12,276 | 38.13% | 105 | 0.33% | 25 | 0.08% | 7,515 | 23.34% | 32,197 |
| Chaffee | 2,094 | 52.14% | 1,918 | 47.76% | 3 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.02% | 176 | 4.38% | 4,016 |
| Cheyenne | 806 | 65.69% | 419 | 34.15% | 2 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 387 | 31.54% | 1,227 |
| Clear Creek | 964 | 58.35% | 688 | 41.65% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 276 | 16.70% | 1,652 |
| Conejos | 1,367 | 38.80% | 2,069 | 58.73% | 42 | 1.19% | 45 | 1.28% | -702 | -19.93% | 3,523 |
| Costilla | 637 | 31.83% | 1,351 | 67.52% | 10 | 0.50% | 3 | 0.15% | -714 | -35.69% | 2,001 |
| Crowley | 1,099 | 60.89% | 705 | 39.06% | 1 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 394 | 21.83% | 1,805 |
| Custer | 509 | 61.85% | 314 | 38.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 195 | 23.70% | 823 |
| Delta | 4,644 | 63.24% | 2,689 | 36.62% | 6 | 0.08% | 4 | 0.05% | 1,955 | 26.62% | 7,343 |
| Denver | 109,446 | 49.59% | 109,637 | 49.68% | 1,429 | 0.65% | 189 | 0.09% | -191 | -0.09% | 220,701 |
| Dolores | 476 | 55.22% | 386 | 44.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 90 | 10.44% | 862 |
| Douglas | 1,490 | 64.42% | 823 | 35.58% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 667 | 28.84% | 2,313 |
| Eagle | 989 | 52.86% | 880 | 47.03% | 2 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 109 | 5.83% | 1,871 |
| El Paso | 31,625 | 64.93% | 17,018 | 34.94% | 40 | 0.08% | 21 | 0.04% | 14,607 | 29.99% | 48,704 |
| Elbert | 1,240 | 64.32% | 686 | 35.58% | 2 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 554 | 28.74% | 1,928 |
| Fremont | 5,690 | 60.19% | 3,730 | 39.45% | 13 | 0.14% | 21 | 0.22% | 1,960 | 20.74% | 9,454 |
| Garfield | 3,215 | 58.04% | 2,313 | 41.76% | 9 | 0.16% | 2 | 0.04% | 902 | 16.28% | 5,539 |
| Gilpin | 315 | 58.55% | 223 | 41.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 92 | 17.10% | 538 |
| Grand | 1,104 | 62.62% | 657 | 37.27% | 1 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.06% | 447 | 25.35% | 1,763 |
| Gunnison | 1,296 | 55.31% | 1,044 | 44.56% | 1 | 0.04% | 2 | 0.09% | 252 | 10.75% | 2,343 |
| Hinsdale | 138 | 62.73% | 82 | 37.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 56 | 25.46% | 220 |
| Huerfano | 1,367 | 33.73% | 2,673 | 65.95% | 8 | 0.20% | 5 | 0.12% | -1,306 | -32.22% | 4,053 |
| Jackson | 504 | 58.27% | 360 | 41.62% | 1 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 144 | 16.65% | 865 |
| Jefferson | 34,105 | 59.62% | 22,962 | 40.14% | 107 | 0.19% | 30 | 0.05% | 11,143 | 19.48% | 57,204 |
| Kiowa | 865 | 63.42% | 498 | 36.51% | 1 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 367 | 26.91% | 1,364 |
| Kit Carson | 2,248 | 66.88% | 1,103 | 32.82% | 2 | 0.06% | 8 | 0.24% | 1,145 | 34.06% | 3,361 |
| La Plata | 4,772 | 58.83% | 3,329 | 41.04% | 6 | 0.07% | 4 | 0.05% | 1,443 | 17.79% | 8,111 |
| Lake | 954 | 34.03% | 1,842 | 65.72% | 2 | 0.07% | 5 | 0.18% | -888 | -31.69% | 2,803 |
| Larimer | 15,671 | 67.39% | 7,550 | 32.47% | 23 | 0.10% | 11 | 0.05% | 8,121 | 34.92% | 23,255 |
| Las Animas | 2,989 | 30.74% | 6,704 | 68.96% | 15 | 0.15% | 14 | 0.14% | -3,715 | -38.22% | 9,722 |
| Lincoln | 1,498 | 58.93% | 1,041 | 40.95% | 3 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 457 | 17.98% | 2,542 |
| Logan | 5,002 | 59.97% | 3,334 | 39.97% | 1 | 0.01% | 4 | 0.05% | 1,668 | 20.00% | 8,341 |
| Mesa | 13,015 | 58.81% | 9,072 | 40.99% | 32 | 0.14% | 13 | 0.06% | 3,943 | 17.82% | 22,132 |
| Mineral | 146 | 47.87% | 158 | 51.80% | 1 | 0.33% | 0 | 0.00% | -12 | -3.93% | 305 |
| Moffat | 1,754 | 59.32% | 1,200 | 40.58% | 2 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.03% | 554 | 18.74% | 2,343 |
| Montezuma | 2,778 | 56.69% | 2,115 | 43.16% | 5 | 0.10% | 2 | 0.04% | 663 | 13.53% | 4,900 |
| Montrose | 4,040 | 58.34% | 2,861 | 41.31% | 17 | 0.25% | 7 | 0.10% | 1,179 | 17.03% | 6,925 |
| Morgan | 5,092 | 61.65% | 3,151 | 38.15% | 11 | 0.13% | 5 | 0.06% | 1,941 | 23.50% | 8,259 |
| Otero | 6,015 | 58.80% | 4,199 | 41.05% | 7 | 0.07% | 8 | 0.08% | 1,816 | 17.75% | 10,229 |
| Ouray | 508 | 54.04% | 432 | 45.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 76 | 8.08% | 940 |
| Park | 642 | 59.33% | 438 | 40.48% | 2 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 204 | 18.85% | 1,082 |
| Phillips | 1,455 | 62.77% | 862 | 37.19% | 1 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 593 | 25.58% | 2,318 |
| Pitkin | 679 | 58.18% | 488 | 41.82% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 191 | 16.36% | 1,167 |
| Prowers | 3,567 | 59.15% | 2,457 | 40.75% | 3 | 0.05% | 3 | 0.05% | 1,110 | 18.40% | 6,030 |
| Pueblo | 20,579 | 42.36% | 27,421 | 56.44% | 541 | 1.11% | 41 | 0.08% | -6,842 | -14.08% | 48,582 |
| Rio Blanco | 1,391 | 63.57% | 794 | 36.29% | 2 | 0.09% | 1 | 0.05% | 597 | 27.28% | 2,188 |
| Rio Grande | 2,524 | 58.53% | 1,782 | 41.33% | 5 | 0.12% | 1 | 0.02% | 742 | 17.20% | 4,312 |
| Routt | 1,651 | 53.83% | 1,414 | 46.10% | 1 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.03% | 237 | 7.73% | 3,067 |
| Saguache | 956 | 49.05% | 984 | 50.49% | 6 | 0.31% | 3 | 0.15% | -28 | -1.44% | 1,949 |
| San Juan | 218 | 45.23% | 261 | 54.15% | 3 | 0.62% | 0 | 0.00% | -43 | -8.92% | 482 |
| San Miguel | 525 | 46.09% | 612 | 53.73% | 2 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | -87 | -7.64% | 1,139 |
| Sedgwick | 1,230 | 61.41% | 769 | 38.39% | 3 | 0.15% | 1 | 0.05% | 461 | 23.02% | 2,003 |
| Summit | 424 | 51.27% | 400 | 48.37% | 3 | 0.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 24 | 2.90% | 827 |
| Teller | 723 | 53.60% | 622 | 46.11% | 3 | 0.22% | 1 | 0.07% | 101 | 7.49% | 1,349 |
| Washington | 1,979 | 65.49% | 1,039 | 34.38% | 3 | 0.01% | 1 | 0.03% | 940 | 31.11% | 3,022 |
| Weld | 17,558 | 60.99% | 11,179 | 38.83% | 30 | 0.10% | 23 | 0.08% | 6,379 | 22.16% | 28,790 |
| Yuma | 2,806 | 65.18% | 1,489 | 34.59% | 5 | 0.12% | 5 | 0.12% | 1,317 | 30.59% | 4,305 |
| Total | 402,242 | 54.63% | 330,629 | 44.91% | 2,803 | 0.38% | 572 | 0.08% | 71,613 | 9.72% | 736,246 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Remove ads
Wikiwand in your browser!
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
Remove ads