(22,018 votes) Delaware, 1.64% (3,217 votes) Alaska, 1.88% (1,144 votes) Texas, 2.00% (46,257 votes) Michigan, 2.01% (66,841 votes) Nevada, 2.32% (2,493 votes) Pennsylvania, 2.32% (116,326 votes) Washington, 2.41% (29,975 votes) South Carolina, 2.48% (9,571 votes) Montana, 2.50% (6,950 votes) Mississippi, 2.64% (7,886 votes) Florida, 3.03% (46,776 votes) Wisconsin, 3.72% (64,370 votes) North Carolina, 4.22% (57,716 votes) Margin of victory over 5%, but under 10% (160 electoral votes): Oregon, 5.24% (40,658 votes) New York, 5.26% (383,666 votes) West Virginia, 5.46% (45,791 votes) Virginia, 5.47% (42,194 votes) Ohio, 6.57% (273,363 votes) New Hampshire, 6.84% (20,217 votes) Arkansas, 7.13% (30,541 votes) Tennessee, 7.15% (75,124 votes) Kentucky, 7.18% (80,752 votes) Maryland, 7.22% (76,270 votes) Connecticut, 7.46% (91,242 votes) Idaho, 7.56% (22,744 votes) Utah, 9.64% (36,113 votes) Colorado, 9.73% (71,613 votes) Statistics Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (Democratic) Seminole County, Georgia 95.35% Miller County, Georgia 94.74% Hart County, Georgia 93.51% Starr County, Texas 93.49% Madison County, Georgia 92.18% Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (Republican) Jackson County, Kentucky 90.35% Johnson County, Tennessee 86.74% Owsley County, Kentucky 86.24% Hooker County, Nebraska 86.19% Sevier County, Tennessee 85.05% Counties with Highest Percent of Vote (Other) Amite County, Mississippi 72.72% Wilkinson County, Mississippi 68.09% Jefferson County, Mississippi 66.54% Franklin County, Mississippi 66.37% Rankin County, Mississippi 65.12% Voter demographics Source: See also History of the United States (1945–1964) Inauguration of John F. Kennedy Primary (film) 1960 United States House of Representatives elections 1960 United States Senate elections 1960 United States presidential debates Contested elections in American history Notes References Further reading Ambrose, Stephen. Nixon: The Education of a Politician, 1913–1962 (1987) ch 25–26 Campbell, Angus; et al. (1966). Elections and the Political Order, statistical studies of survey data online Casey, Shaun A. The Making of a Catholic President: Kennedy vs. Nixon, 1960 (Oxford UP, 2009) 261 pp. Converse, Philip E., et al. "Stability and change in 1960: a reinstating election." American Political Science Review 55.2 (1961): 269-280. online Cosman, Bernard. "Presidential Republicanism in the South, 1960." Journal of Politics 24.2 (1962): 303-322. Cosman, Bernard. "Religion and Race in Louisiana Presidential Politics, 1960." Southwestern Social Science Quarterly (1962): 235-241. online Divine, Robert A. Foreign Policy and U.S. Presidential Elections, 1952–1960 (1974) online. Donaldson, Gary A. The First Modern Campaign: Kennedy, Nixon, and the Election of 1960 (Rowman & Littlefield, 2007). 199 pp. Gellman, Irwin F. Campaign of the Century: Kennedy, Nixon, and the Election of 1960 (Yale UP, 2022) excerpt.