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The 1960 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election, which was held throughout all 50 states. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Connecticut voted for the Democratic nominee, Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts, over the Republican nominee, Vice President Richard Nixon of California. Kennedy ran with Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas, while Nixon's running mate was Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. of Massachusetts. Kennedy carried Connecticut by a comfortable margin of 7.47%.
To date, this is the last time that the town of Mansfield voted Republican.[1]
Connecticut had not voted for the Democratic presidential nominee since the 1944 election.[2]
1960 United States presidential election in Connecticut[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Democratic | John F. Kennedy | 657,055 | 53.73% | 8 | |
Republican | Richard Nixon | 565,813 | 46.26% | 0 | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 15 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Totals | 1,222,883 | 100.00% | 8 | ||
County | John F. Kennedy Democratic |
Richard Nixon Republican |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Fairfield | 146,442 | 46.60% | 167,778 | 53.39% | 6 | 0.01% | -21,336 | -6.79% | 314,226 |
Hartford | 195,403 | 58.88% | 136,459 | 41.12% | 2 | 0.00% | 58,944 | 17.76% | 331,864 |
Litchfield | 29,062 | 46.05% | 34,043 | 53.94% | 3 | 0.01% | -4,981 | -7.89% | 63,108 |
Middlesex | 22,158 | 50.13% | 22,045 | 49.87% | 1 | 0.00% | 113 | 0.26% | 44,204 |
New Haven | 188,685 | 57.96% | 136,852 | 42.04% | 2 | 0.00% | 51,833 | 15.92% | 325,539 |
New London | 40,625 | 51.62% | 38,070 | 48.38% | 1 | 0.00% | 2,555 | 3.24% | 78,696 |
Tolland | 14,575 | 48.65% | 15,386 | 51.35% | 0 | 0.00% | -811 | -2.70% | 29,961 |
Windham | 20,105 | 56.98% | 15,180 | 43.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,925 | 13.96% | 35,285 |
Totals | 657,055 | 53.73% | 565,813 | 46.27% | 15 | 0.00% | 91,242 | 7.46% | 1,222,883 |
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