The 1960 United States presidential election in Oklahoma took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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 County Results
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Oklahoma was won by incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (R–California), running with United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., with 59.02% of the popular vote, against Senator John F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 40.98% of the popular vote. In the Electoral College, Nixon received seven of Oklahoma's eight electoral votes; the eighth was cast by a faithless elector for Harry F. Byrd of Virginia.[2]
With 59.02% of the popular vote, Oklahoma would prove to be Nixon's third strongest state in 1960 after Nebraska and Kansas.[3] This election marked the first time since statehood that a Democrat won the presidency without carrying Oklahoma. Oklahoma was one of four states that swung towards Republicans compared to 1956, alongside Tennessee, Arkansas, and Georgia.
Results
edit| 1960 United States presidential election in Oklahoma | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Richard Nixon | Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. | 533,039 | 59.02% | 7 | |
| Democratic | John F. Kennedy | Lyndon B. Johnson | 370,111 | 40.98% | 0 | |
| Democratic | Harry F. Byrd | Barry Goldwater | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | |
| Totals | 903,150 | 100.00% | 8 | |||
Results by county
edit| County | Richard Nixon Republican |
John F. Kennedy Democratic |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 3,655 | 65.76% | 1,903 | 34.24% | 1,752 | 31.52% | 5,558 |
| Alfalfa | 3,332 | 75.74% | 1,067 | 24.26% | 2,265 | 51.48% | 4,399 |
| Atoka | 1,892 | 51.82% | 1,759 | 48.18% | 133 | 3.64% | 3,651 |
| Beaver | 2,442 | 73.36% | 887 | 26.64% | 1,555 | 46.72% | 3,329 |
| Beckham | 4,258 | 61.01% | 2,721 | 38.99% | 1,537 | 22.02% | 6,979 |
| Blaine | 3,646 | 67.88% | 1,725 | 32.12% | 1,921 | 35.76% | 5,371 |
| Bryan | 3,845 | 46.48% | 4,428 | 53.52% | -583 | -7.04% | 8,273 |
| Caddo | 5,920 | 53.65% | 5,115 | 46.35% | 805 | 7.30% | 11,035 |
| Canadian | 5,697 | 57.37% | 4,234 | 42.63% | 1,463 | 14.74% | 9,931 |
| Carter | 6,288 | 42.69% | 8,441 | 57.31% | -2,153 | -14.62% | 14,729 |
| Cherokee | 3,571 | 57.06% | 2,687 | 42.94% | 884 | 14.12% | 6,258 |
| Choctaw | 2,531 | 46.25% | 2,941 | 53.75% | -410 | -7.50% | 5,472 |
| Cimarron | 1,316 | 65.41% | 696 | 34.59% | 620 | 30.82% | 2,012 |
| Cleveland | 9,292 | 59.23% | 6,397 | 40.77% | 2,895 | 18.46% | 15,689 |
| Coal | 1,019 | 44.54% | 1,269 | 55.46% | -250 | -10.92% | 2,288 |
| Comanche | 10,691 | 52.79% | 9,562 | 47.21% | 1,129 | 5.58% | 20,253 |
| Cotton | 1,619 | 49.77% | 1,634 | 50.23% | -15 | -0.46% | 3,253 |
| Craig | 3,770 | 57.45% | 2,792 | 42.55% | 978 | 14.90% | 6,562 |
| Creek | 8,785 | 58.61% | 6,205 | 41.39% | 2,580 | 17.22% | 14,990 |
| Custer | 5,050 | 64.80% | 2,743 | 35.20% | 2,307 | 29.60% | 7,793 |
| Delaware | 3,639 | 61.46% | 2,282 | 38.54% | 1,357 | 22.92% | 5,921 |
| Dewey | 2,115 | 66.16% | 1,082 | 33.84% | 1,033 | 32.32% | 3,197 |
| Ellis | 2,085 | 74.62% | 709 | 25.38% | 1,376 | 49.24% | 2,794 |
| Garfield | 14,860 | 69.30% | 6,582 | 30.70% | 8,278 | 38.60% | 21,442 |
| Garvin | 5,125 | 51.66% | 4,795 | 48.34% | 330 | 3.32% | 9,920 |
| Grady | 5,913 | 52.06% | 5,446 | 47.94% | 467 | 4.12% | 11,359 |
| Grant | 2,810 | 61.99% | 1,723 | 38.01% | 1,087 | 23.98% | 4,533 |
| Greer | 2,158 | 55.96% | 1,698 | 44.04% | 460 | 11.92% | 3,856 |
| Harmon | 1,142 | 47.44% | 1,265 | 52.56% | -123 | -5.12% | 2,407 |
| Harper | 2,057 | 73.44% | 744 | 26.56% | 1,313 | 46.88% | 2,801 |
| Haskell | 1,858 | 52.04% | 1,712 | 47.96% | 146 | 4.08% | 3,570 |
| Hughes | 3,117 | 50.49% | 3,057 | 49.51% | 60 | 0.98% | 6,174 |
| Jackson | 3,375 | 47.30% | 3,761 | 52.70% | -386 | -5.40% | 7,136 |
| Jefferson | 1,343 | 40.85% | 1,945 | 59.15% | -602 | -18.30% | 3,288 |
| Johnston | 1,441 | 44.16% | 1,822 | 55.84% | -381 | -11.68% | 3,263 |
| Kay | 15,156 | 64.76% | 8,249 | 35.24% | 6,907 | 29.52% | 23,405 |
| Kingfisher | 3,501 | 65.78% | 1,821 | 34.22% | 1,680 | 31.56% | 5,322 |
| Kiowa | 3,515 | 57.13% | 2,638 | 42.87% | 877 | 14.26% | 6,153 |
| Latimer | 1,454 | 48.66% | 1,534 | 51.34% | -80 | -2.68% | 2,988 |
| LeFlore | 5,302 | 52.26% | 4,844 | 47.74% | 458 | 4.52% | 10,146 |
| Lincoln | 5,528 | 62.94% | 3,255 | 37.06% | 2,273 | 25.88% | 8,783 |
| Logan | 5,121 | 64.49% | 2,820 | 35.51% | 2,301 | 28.98% | 7,941 |
| Love | 932 | 39.24% | 1,443 | 60.76% | -511 | -21.52% | 2,375 |
| McClain | 2,547 | 51.85% | 2,365 | 48.15% | 182 | 3.70% | 4,912 |
| McCurtain | 3,562 | 45.88% | 4,202 | 54.12% | -640 | -8.24% | 7,764 |
| McIntosh | 2,221 | 50.41% | 2,185 | 49.59% | 36 | 0.82% | 4,406 |
| Major | 2,892 | 80.16% | 716 | 19.84% | 2,176 | 60.32% | 3,608 |
| Marshall | 1,325 | 42.50% | 1,793 | 57.50% | -468 | -15.00% | 3,118 |
| Mayes | 5,194 | 58.26% | 3,721 | 41.74% | 1,473 | 16.52% | 8,915 |
| Murray | 1,993 | 48.35% | 2,129 | 51.65% | -136 | -3.30% | 4,122 |
| Muskogee | 12,403 | 52.81% | 11,082 | 47.19% | 1,321 | 5.62% | 23,485 |
| Noble | 3,198 | 62.61% | 1,910 | 37.39% | 1,288 | 25.22% | 5,108 |
| Nowata | 3,014 | 58.65% | 2,125 | 41.35% | 889 | 17.30% | 5,139 |
| Okfuskee | 2,510 | 56.05% | 1,968 | 43.95% | 542 | 12.10% | 4,478 |
| Oklahoma | 102,992 | 61.44% | 64,648 | 38.56% | 38,344 | 22.88% | 167,640 |
| Okmulgee | 7,107 | 49.46% | 7,262 | 50.54% | -155 | -1.08% | 14,369 |
| Osage | 7,508 | 56.41% | 5,801 | 43.59% | 1,707 | 12.82% | 13,309 |
| Ottawa | 6,520 | 53.33% | 5,705 | 46.67% | 815 | 6.66% | 12,225 |
| Pawnee | 3,153 | 65.80% | 1,639 | 34.20% | 1,514 | 31.60% | 4,792 |
| Payne | 9,943 | 63.59% | 5,694 | 36.41% | 4,249 | 27.18% | 15,637 |
| Pittsburg | 5,834 | 44.39% | 7,310 | 55.61% | -1,476 | -11.22% | 13,144 |
| Pontotoc | 5,863 | 55.75% | 4,654 | 44.25% | 1,209 | 11.50% | 10,517 |
| Pottawatomie | 9,421 | 53.87% | 8,067 | 46.13% | 1,354 | 7.74% | 17,488 |
| Pushmataha | 1,728 | 51.46% | 1,630 | 48.54% | 98 | 2.92% | 3,358 |
| Roger Mills | 1,463 | 64.39% | 809 | 35.61% | 654 | 28.78% | 2,272 |
| Rogers | 5,412 | 63.08% | 3,167 | 36.92% | 2,245 | 26.16% | 8,579 |
| Seminole | 5,505 | 56.40% | 4,256 | 43.60% | 1,249 | 12.80% | 9,761 |
| Sequoyah | 3,862 | 56.76% | 2,942 | 43.24% | 920 | 13.52% | 6,804 |
| Stephens | 8,084 | 53.95% | 6,899 | 46.05% | 1,185 | 7.90% | 14,983 |
| Texas | 4,314 | 73.58% | 1,549 | 26.42% | 2,765 | 47.16% | 5,863 |
| Tillman | 2,678 | 49.46% | 2,736 | 50.54% | -58 | -1.08% | 5,414 |
| Tulsa | 89,899 | 63.03% | 52,725 | 36.97% | 37,174 | 26.06% | 142,624 |
| Wagoner | 3,570 | 56.87% | 2,707 | 43.13% | 863 | 13.74% | 6,277 |
| Washington | 13,700 | 71.43% | 5,479 | 28.57% | 8,221 | 42.86% | 19,179 |
| Washita | 3,209 | 57.07% | 2,414 | 42.93% | 795 | 14.14% | 5,623 |
| Woods | 4,064 | 68.12% | 1,902 | 31.88% | 2,162 | 36.24% | 5,966 |
| Woodward | 4,185 | 73.78% | 1,487 | 26.22% | 2,698 | 47.56% | 5,672 |
| Totals | 533,039 | 59.02% | 370,111 | 40.98% | 162,928 | 18.04% | 903,150 |
Counties that flipped Democratic to Republican
editSee also
editNotes
edit- ^ A faithless elector cast their vote for Harry F. Byrd.
References
edit- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1960 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- ^ a b "1960 Electoral College Results". Retrieved April 8, 2020.
- ^ "1960 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.