The Presidential Election of 1960 was one of the closest election in US history.
John Kennedy received 34,220,984 votes, or 49.7%
Richard Nixon received 34,108,157 votes, or 49.5%
Harry Byrd, Independent candidate from Virginia, received 286,359 votes.
The Electoral College was a wider margin: 303 to 218
John F. Kennedy received 49.72% of the total nationwide popular vote in the U. S. Presidential Election of 1960.
The percentages within each state were...
63.63% - RI
62.54% - GA
60.22% - MA
56.39% - AL
53.73% - CT
53.61% - MD
52.73% - WV
52.53% - NY
52.11% - NC
51.24% - SC
51.16% - NV
51.06% - PA
50.85% - MI
50.63% - DE
50.58% - MN
50.52% - TX
50.42% - LA
50.26% - MO
50.19% - AR
50.15% - NM
50.03% - HI
49.98% - IL
49.96% - NJ
49.55% - CA
49.06% - AK
48.60% - MT
48.49% - FL
48.27% - WA
48.05% - WI
47.32% - OR
46.97% - VA
46.72% - OH
46.58% - NH
46.41% - KY
46.22% - ID
45.77% - TN
45.17% - UT
44.99% - WY
44.91% - CO
44.60% - IN
44.52% - ND
44.36% - AZ
43.22% - IA
42.95% - ME
41.79% - SD
41.35% - VT
40.98% - OK
39.10% - KS
37.93% - NE
36.34% - MS
Senator Kennedy carried 23 states in that election; Vice President Nixon carried 26.
He won by 51%. It was the closest election ever. I'm doing a report on him.
John F. Kennedy won the 1960 presidential election defeating Richard Nixon. In the 1960 presidential election John F. Kennedy received 303 electoral votes, Richard Nixon received 219 electoral votes, and Harry Byrd received 15 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Kennedy 34,226,731 and Nixon 34,108,157.
John F. Kennedy won the 1960 presidential election defeating Richard Nixon. In the 1960 presidential election John F. Kennedy received 303 electoral votes, Richard Nixon received 219 electoral votes, and Harry Byrd received 15 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Kennedy 34,226,731 and Nixon 34,108,157.
It is not figured on percentage of votes, but who reaches 270 electoral votes first.
John F. Kennedy won the 1960 presidential election defeating Richard Nixon. In the 1960 presidential election John F. Kennedy received 303 electoral votes, Richard Nixon received 219 electoral votes, and Harry Byrd received 15 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Kennedy 34,226,731 and Nixon 34,108,157.
John F. Kennedy won the 1960 presidential election defeating Richard Nixon. In the 1960 presidential election John F. Kennedy received 303 electoral votes, Richard Nixon received 219 electoral votes, and Harry Byrd received 15 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Kennedy 34,226,731 and Nixon 34,108,157.
John F. Kennedy won the 1960 presidential election defeating Richard Nixon. In the 1960 presidential election John F. Kennedy received 303 electoral votes, Richard Nixon received 219 electoral votes, and Harry Byrd received 15 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Kennedy 34,226,731 and Nixon 34,108,157.
John F. Kennedy won the 1960 presidential election defeating Richard Nixon. In the 1960 presidential election John F. Kennedy received 303 electoral votes, Richard Nixon received 219 electoral votes, and Harry Byrd received 15 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Kennedy 34,226,731 and Nixon 34,108,157.
John F. Kennedy won the 1960 presidential election defeating Richard Nixon. In the 1960 presidential election John F. Kennedy received 303 electoral votes, Richard Nixon received 219 electoral votes, and Harry Byrd received 15 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Kennedy 34,226,731 and Nixon 34,108,157.
John F. Kennedy won the 1960 presidential election defeating Richard Nixon. In the 1960 presidential election John F. Kennedy received 303 electoral votes, Richard Nixon received 219 electoral votes, and Harry Byrd received 15 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Kennedy 34,226,731 and Nixon 34,108,157.
John F. Kennedy won the 1960 presidential election defeating Richard Nixon. In the 1960 presidential election John F. Kennedy received 303 electoral votes, Richard Nixon received 219 electoral votes, and Harry Byrd received 15 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Kennedy 34,226,731 and Nixon 34,108,157.
John F. Kennedy won the 1960 presidential election defeating Richard Nixon. In the 1960 presidential election John F. Kennedy received 303 electoral votes, Richard Nixon received 219 electoral votes, and Harry Byrd received 15 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Kennedy 34,226,731 and Nixon 34,108,157.
John F. Kennedy won the 1960 presidential election defeating Richard Nixon. In the 1960 presidential election John F. Kennedy received 303 electoral votes, Richard Nixon received 219 electoral votes, and Harry Byrd received 15 electoral votes. The popular vote totals were Kennedy 34,226,731 and Nixon 34,108,157.