1960 United States presidential election in Michigan
The 1960 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. Voters chose 20[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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| Turnout | 72.7%  [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 County Results
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Michigan was won by Senator John F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 50.85% of the popular vote against incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (R–California), running with former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., with 48.84% of the popular vote. This was the first time a Democratic candidate won Michigan since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944.[4][5]
Michigan weighed in for this election as almost 2% more Democratic than the nation-at-large. Kennedy’s victory was the first of three consecutive Democratic victories in the state, as Michigan would not vote Republican again until Nixon won the state in his re-election bid in 1972.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John F. Kennedy | 1,687,269 | 50.85% | |
| Republican | Richard Nixon | 1,620,428 | 48.84% | |
| Socialist Workers | Farrell Dobbs | 4,347 | 0.13% | |
| Prohibition | Rutherford Decker | 2,029 | 0.06% | |
| Tax Cut | Lars Daly | 1,767 | 0.05% | |
| Socialist Labor | Eric Hass | 1,718 | 0.05% | |
| Write-in | 539 | 0.02% | ||
| Total votes | 3,318,097 | 100% | ||
Results by county
| County | John F. Kennedy Democratic |
Richard Nixon Republican |
Farrell Dobbs Socialist Workers |
Rutherford Decker Prohibition |
Eric Hass Socialist Labor |
Lars Daly Independent |
Margin | Total votes cast[6] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alcona | 1,038 | 33.49% | 2,053 | 66.25% | 2 | 0.06% | 3 | 0.10% | 1 | 0.03% | 2 | 0.06% | -1,015 | -32.75% | 3,099 |
| Alger | 2,321 | 58.17% | 1,663 | 41.68% | 4 | 0.10% | 2 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 658 | 16.49% | 3,990 |
| Allegan | 6,752 | 28.77% | 16,660 | 70.98% | 17 | 0.07% | 24 | 0.10% | 5 | 0.02% | 14 | 0.06% | -9,908 | -42.21% | 23,472 |
| Alpena | 5,071 | 43.52% | 6,573 | 56.41% | 4 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.01% | 2 | 2 | 0.02% | -1,502 | -12.89% | 11,653 | |
| Antrim | 1,647 | 32.60% | 3,398 | 67.26% | 2 | 0.04% | 3 | 0.06% | 1 | 1 | 0.02% | -1,751 | -34.66% | 5,052 | |
| Arenac | 1,888 | 44.42% | 2,352 | 55.34% | 5 | 0.12% | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.05% | -464 | -10.92% | 4,250 | |
| Baraga | 1,964 | 51.20% | 1,861 | 48.51% | 8 | 0.21% | 1 | 0.03% | 2 | 0.05% | 103 | 2.69% | 3,836 | ||
| Barry | 4,406 | 32.00% | 9,298 | 67.54% | 11 | 0.08% | 39 | 0.28% | 6 | 0.04% | 7 | 0.05% | -4,892 | -35.53% | 13,767 |
| Bay | 22,998 | 52.26% | 20,909 | 47.51% | 49 | 0.11% | 21 | 0.05% | 14 | 0.03% | 20 | 0.05% | 2,089 | 4.75% | 44,011 |
| Benzie | 1,306 | 34.41% | 2,484 | 65.45% | 1 | 0.03% | 4 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,178 | -31.04% | 3,795 |
| Berrien | 23,837 | 38.76% | 37,425 | 60.85% | 84 | 0.14% | 71 | 0.12% | 20 | 0.03% | 69 | 0.11% | -13,588 | -22.09% | 61,506 |
| Branch | 4,759 | 35.03% | 8,752 | 64.41% | 22 | 0.16% | 42 | 0.31% | 6 | 0.04% | 6 | 0.04% | -3,993 | -29.39% | 13,587 |
| Calhoun | 23,511 | 42.14% | 32,080 | 57.50% | 97 | 0.17% | 57 | 0.10% | 16 | 0.03% | 32 | 0.06% | -8,569 | -15.36% | 55,793 |
| Cass | 6,468 | 42.79% | 8,585 | 56.79% | 24 | 0.16% | 24 | 0.16% | 3 | 0.02% | 13 | 0.09% | -2,117 | -14.00% | 15,117 |
| Charlevoix | 2,422 | 37.73% | 3,987 | 62.11% | 1 | 0.02% | 5 | 0.08% | 3 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.02% | -1,565 | -24.38% | 6,419 |
| Cheboygan | 2,977 | 43.81% | 3,817 | 56.17% | 2 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -840 | -12.36% | 6,796 |
| Chippewa | 5,239 | 44.58% | 6,490 | 55.23% | 12 | 0.10% | 5 | 0.04% | 2 | 0.02% | 3 | 0.03% | -1,251 | -10.65% | 11,751 |
| Clare | 1,507 | 29.38% | 3,616 | 70.49% | 2 | 0.04% | 2 | 0.04% | 1 | 2 | 0.04% | -2,109 | -41.11% | 5,130 | |
| Clinton | 4,822 | 31.99% | 10,227 | 67.85% | 5 | 0.03% | 10 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.01% | 7 | 0.05% | -5,405 | -35.86% | 15,072 |
| Crawford | 783 | 34.78% | 1,464 | 65.04% | 4 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -681 | -30.25% | 2,251 |
| Delta | 7,924 | 54.98% | 6,460 | 44.82% | 15 | 0.10% | 4 | 0.03% | 3 | 0.02% | 7 | 0.05% | 1,464 | 10.16% | 14,413 |
| Dickinson | 6,645 | 55.40% | 5,336 | 44.49% | 9 | 0.08% | 3 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.01% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,309 | 10.91% | 11,995 |
| Eaton | 6,912 | 32.68% | 14,163 | 66.97% | 19 | 0.09% | 47 | 0.22% | 4 | 0.02% | 4 | 0.02% | -7,251 | -34.29% | 21,149 |
| Emmet | 2,602 | 36.15% | 4,574 | 63.55% | 11 | 0.15% | 7 | 0.10% | 2 | 0.03% | 2 | 0.03% | -1,972 | -27.40% | 7,198 |
| Genesee | 72,059 | 48.87% | 74,940 | 50.82% | 212 | 0.14% | 138 | 0.09% | 40 | 0.03% | 68 | 0.05% | -2,881 | -1.95% | 147,457 |
| Gladwin | 1,424 | 30.22% | 3,282 | 69.65% | 2 | 0.04% | 4 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,858 | -39.43% | 4,712 |
| Gogebic | 7,200 | 56.88% | 5,429 | 42.89% | 15 | 0.12% | 6 | 0.05% | 4 | 0.03% | 5 | 0.04% | 1,771 | 13.99% | 12,659 |
| Grand Traverse | 4,886 | 36.09% | 8,618 | 63.65% | 16 | 0.12% | 9 | 0.07% | 3 | 0.02% | 8 | 0.06% | -3,732 | -27.56% | 13,540 |
| Gratiot | 3,859 | 28.10% | 9,854 | 71.75% | 6 | 0.04% | 12 | 0.09% | 2 | 0.01% | 1 | 0.01% | -5,995 | -43.65% | 13,734 |
| Hillsdale | 4,069 | 28.38% | 10,208 | 71.19% | 9 | 0.06% | 44 | 0.31% | 1 | 9 | 0.06% | -6,139 | -42.81% | 14,340 | |
| Houghton | 8,021 | 50.70% | 7,767 | 49.09% | 22 | 0.14% | 2 | 0.01% | 7 | 0.04% | 3 | 0.02% | 254 | 1.61% | 15,822 |
| Huron | 5,775 | 37.53% | 9,592 | 62.34% | 12 | 0.08% | 2 | 0.01% | 2 | 0.01% | 3 | 0.02% | -3,817 | -24.81% | 15,386 |
| Ingham | 32,043 | 36.87% | 54,655 | 62.89% | 79 | 0.09% | 65 | 0.07% | 22 | 0.03% | 43 | 0.05% | -22,612 | -26.02% | 86,907 |
| Ionia | 6,377 | 37.88% | 10,405 | 61.81% | 4 | 0.02% | 40 | 0.24% | 2 | 0.01% | 6 | 0.04% | -4,028 | -23.93% | 16,834 |
| Iosco | 2,549 | 37.12% | 4,308 | 62.74% | 3 | 0.04% | 5 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.01% | -1,759 | -25.62% | 6,866 |
| Iron | 5,232 | 57.09% | 3,919 | 42.76% | 7 | 0.08% | 3 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.01% | 3 | 0.03% | 1,313 | 14.33% | 9,165 |
| Isabella | 4,431 | 35.92% | 7,880 | 63.88% | 5 | 0.04% | 14 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 5 | 0.04% | -3,449 | -27.96% | 12,335 |
| Jackson | 20,995 | 37.64% | 34,660 | 62.14% | 48 | 0.09% | 41 | 0.07% | 17 | 0.03% | 18 | 0.03% | -13,665 | -24.50% | 55,779 |
| Kalamazoo | 24,286 | 36.01% | 42,800 | 63.47% | 122 | 0.18% | 130 | 0.19% | 23 | 73 | 0.11% | -18,514 | -27.45% | 67,434 | |
| Kalkaska | 693 | 33.99% | 1,341 | 65.77% | 1 | 0.05% | 3 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.05% | -648 | -31.78% | 2,039 |
| Kent | 61,313 | 38.98% | 95,477 | 60.70% | 298 | 0.19% | 97 | 0.06% | 46 | 0.03% | 65 | 0.04% | -34,164 | -21.72% | 157,296 |
| Keweenaw | 655 | 48.77% | 684 | 50.93% | 2 | 0.15% | 1 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.07% | -29 | -2.16% | 1,343 |
| Lake | 1,313 | 47.62% | 1,441 | 52.27% | 1 | 0.04% | 0.04% | 1 | 0.04% | -128 | -4.64% | 2,757 | |||
| Lapeer | 5,099 | 32.76% | 10,450 | 67.13% | 5 | 0.03% | 5 | 0.03% | 3 | 0.02% | 5 | 0.03% | -5,351 | -34.37% | 15,567 |
| Leelanau | 1,810 | 39.82% | 2,730 | 60.05% | 4 | 0.09% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.02% | -920 | -20.24% | 4,546 |
| Lenawee | 10,785 | 35.11% | 19,859 | 64.65% | 41 | 0.13% | 13 | 0.04% | 2 | 0.01% | 19 | 0.06% | -9,074 | -29.54% | 30,719 |
| Livingston | 5,608 | 35.08% | 10,340 | 64.68% | 13 | 0.08% | 13 | 0.08% | 7 | 0.04% | 6 | 0.04% | -4,732 | -29.60% | 15,987 |
| Luce | 828 | 35.06% | 1,534 | 64.94% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -706 | -29.89% | 2,362 |
| Mackinac | 2,042 | 39.91% | 3,064 | 59.88% | 7 | 0.14% | 1 | 0.02% | 3 | 0.06% | -1,022 | -19.97% | 5,117 | ||
| Macomb | 105,681 | 62.83% | 61,989 | 36.86% | 208 | 0.12% | 58 | 0.03% | 103 | 0.06% | 156 | 0.09% | 43,692 | 25.98% | 168,195 |
| Manistee | 4,122 | 45.81% | 4,867 | 54.08% | 5 | 0.06% | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.02% | -745 | -8.28% | 8,999 | |
| Marquette | 11,177 | 51.00% | 10,690 | 48.77% | 29 | 0.13% | 5 | 0.02% | 16 | 0.07% | 487 | 2.22% | 21,917 | ||
| Mason | 4,305 | 41.69% | 6,011 | 58.21% | 5 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.01% | 4 | 0.04% | -1,706 | -16.52% | 10,326 | ||
| Mecosta | 2,380 | 30.90% | 5,306 | 68.88% | 2 | 0.03% | 15 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,926 | -37.99% | 7,703 | ||
| Menominee | 5,857 | 53.55% | 5,064 | 46.30% | 5 | 0.05% | 6 | 0.05% | 3 | 0.03% | 3 | 0.03% | 793 | 7.25% | 10,938 |
| Midland | 6,815 | 32.34% | 14,235 | 67.56% | 11 | 5 | 0.02% | 1 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.02% | -7,420 | -35.21% | 21,071 | |
| Missaukee | 627 | 19.77% | 2,531 | 79.82% | 1 | 0.03% | 8 | 0.25% | 0.03% | 3 | 0.09% | -1,904 | -60.04% | 3,171 | |
| Monroe | 19,684 | 51.23% | 18,607 | 48.43% | 60 | 0.16% | 25 | 0.07% | 16 | 0.04% | 31 | 0.08% | 1,077 | 2.80% | 38,423 |
| Montcalm | 4,767 | 32.01% | 10,085 | 67.72% | 12 | 0.08% | 17 | 0.11% | 9 | 0.06% | 2 | 0.01% | -5,318 | -35.71% | 14,892 |
| Montmorency | 866 | 35.59% | 1,565 | 64.32% | 1 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -699 | -28.73% | 2,433 |
| Muskegon | 28,755 | 46.63% | 32,667 | 52.98% | 92 | 0.15% | 50 | 0.08% | 30 | 0.05% | 67 | 0.11% | -3,912 | -6.34% | 61,661 |
| Newaygo | 3,404 | 31.31% | 7,453 | 68.55% | 7 | 0.06% | 2 | 0.02% | 2 | 0.02% | 4 | 0.04% | -4,049 | -37.24% | 10,872 |
| Oakland | 135,531 | 45.39% | 162,026 | 54.27% | 512 | 0.17% | 110 | 0.04% | 192 | 0.06% | 191 | 0.06% | -26,495 | -8.87% | 298,562 |
| Oceana | 2,651 | 37.43% | 4,418 | 62.38% | 8 | 0.11% | 4 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.01% | -1,767 | -24.95% | 7,082 |
| Ogemaw | 1,867 | 41.11% | 2,664 | 58.65% | 9 | 0.20% | 2 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | -797 | -17.55% | 4,542 | ||
| Ontonagon | 2,553 | 49.33% | 2,620 | 50.63% | 2 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -67 | -1.29% | 5,175 | ||
| Osceola | 1,378 | 23.50% | 4,477 | 76.33% | 1 | 0.02% | 9 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | -3,099 | -52.84% | 5,865 | ||
| Oscoda | 458 | 28.03% | 1,174 | 71.85% | 0.06% | 1 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | -716 | -43.82% | 1,634 | |||
| Otsego | 1,521 | 43.85% | 1,944 | 56.04% | 0.03% | 0.03% | 1 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.03% | -423 | -12.19% | 3,469 | ||
| Ottawa | 10,617 | 24.45% | 32,678 | 75.26% | 66 | 0.15% | 32 | 0.07% | 10 | 0.02% | 18 | 0.04% | -22,061 | -50.81% | 43,421 |
| Presque Isle | 2,649 | 47.29% | 2,950 | 52.66% | 2 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -301 | -5.37% | 5,602 |
| Roscommon | 1,226 | 30.94% | 2,731 | 68.93% | 4 | 0.10% | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,505 | -37.99% | 3,962 | |||
| Saginaw | 32,715 | 44.05% | 41,351 | 55.68% | 82 | 0.11% | 56 | 0.08% | 24 | 0.03% | 44 | 0.06% | -8,636 | -11.63% | 74,272 |
| Sanilac | 4,153 | 27.35% | 11,005 | 72.47% | 4 | 0.03% | 15 | 0.10% | 1 | 0.01% | 7 | 0.05% | -6,852 | -45.12% | 15,185 |
| Schoolcraft | 2,107 | 49.02% | 2,183 | 50.79% | 6 | 0.14% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.02% | -76 | -1.77% | 4,298 |
| Shiawassee | 8,773 | 38.81% | 13,757 | 60.86% | 31 | 0.14% | 25 | 0.11% | 7 | 0.03% | 11 | 0.05% | -4,984 | -22.05% | 22,604 |
| St. Clair | 18,332 | 40.05% | 27,366 | 59.79% | 40 | 0.09% | 14 | 0.03% | 12 | 10 | 0.02% | -9,034 | -19.74% | 45,774 | |
| St. Joseph | 5,445 | 30.51% | 12,337 | 69.13% | 12 | 0.07% | 38 | 0.21% | 4 | 0.02% | 11 | 0.06% | -6,892 | -38.62% | 17,847 |
| Tuscola | 5,357 | 30.95% | 11,931 | 68.93% | 2 | 0.01% | 10 | 0.06% | 3 | 5 | 0.03% | -6,574 | -37.98% | 17,308 | |
| Van Buren | 7,082 | 35.24% | 12,903 | 64.21% | 42 | 0.21% | 26 | 0.13% | 13 | 0.06% | 30 | 0.15% | -5,821 | -28.97% | 20,096 |
| Washtenaw | 25,129 | 38.67% | 39,632 | 60.99% | 85 | 0.13% | 40 | 0.06% | 36 | 0.06% | 64 | 0.10% | -14,503 | -22.32% | 64,986 |
| Wayne | 773,327 | 65.99% | 394,485 | 33.66% | 1,665 | 0.14% | 396 | 0.03% | 967 | 0.08% | 1,069 | 0.09% | 378,842 | 32.33% | 1,171,909 |
| Wexford | 2,807 | 34.67% | 5,262 | 65.00% | 3 | 0.04% | 19 | 0.23% | 2 | 0.02% | 3 | 0.04% | -2,455 | -30.32% | 8,096 |
| Totals | 1,687,269 | 50.85% | 1,620,428 | 48.84% | 4,347 | 0.13% | 2,025 | 0.06% | 1,710 | 0.05% | 2,303 | 0.07% | 66,841 | 2.01% | 3,318,082 |
References
- "United States Presidential election of 1960 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved June 8, 2017.
- "SOS - General Election Voter Registration/Turnout Statistics".
- "1960 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)". Retrieved June 8, 2017.
- "1960 Presidential General Election Results - Michigan". Retrieved June 8, 2017.
- "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1960". Retrieved June 8, 2017.
- Our Campaigns; MI US President 1960
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