1960 Presidential Election Interactive Map
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Split Votes
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1960 Actual Election Results
| Candidate | Party | Electoral Votes | Popular Votes | ||
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| ✓ | John F. Kennedy | Democratic | 303 | 34,227,096 | |
| Richard M. Nixon | Republican | 219 | 34,107,646 | ||
| Harry F. Byrd | Democratic | 15 | 116,248 |
1960 Election Facts
- Welcome: Alaska and Hawaii become states during this election cycle
- Vice-Presidential Succession: Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, replaced by Lyndon B. Johnson
- Nixon won Oklahoma; however one elector cast a vote for Byrd
- Byrd was not on the ballot. He received 14 of his 15 electoral votes from winning slates of unpledged electors in Mississippi (8) and Alabama (6)
- Kennedy is first Catholic, and youngest person ever elected President
- Issues of the Day: Sputnik/space (keeping up with USSR technologically)
