1960 United States presidential election in Washington (state)

The 1960 United States presidential election in Washington took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. Washington voters chose nine^[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Washington was won by incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (R–California), running with United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., with 50.68 percent of the popular vote, against Senator John F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 48.27 percent of the popular vote.^[3]^[4]

Results

United States presidential election in Washington, 1960
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Nixon	629,273	50.68%
	Democratic	John F. Kennedy	599,298	48.27%
	Socialist Labor	Eric Hass	10,895	0.88%
	Constitution	Merritt Curtis	1,401	0.11%
	Socialist Workers	Farrell Dobbs	705	0.06%
Total votes			1,241,572	100%

Results by county

	Richard Milhous Nixon Republican		John Fitzgerald Kennedy Democratic		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#
Adams	2,479	58.80%	1,732	41.08%	5	0.12%	747	17.72%	4,216
Asotin	2,640	46.00%	3,093	53.89%	6	0.10%	453	7.89%	5,739
Benton	13,797	52.37%	12,518	47.52%	29	0.11%	1,279	4.85%	26,344
Chelan	9,854	54.10%	8,177	44.89%	183	1.00%	1,677	9.21%	18,214
Clallam	6,227	47.61%	6,801	52.00%	52	0.40%	574	4.39%	13,080
Clark	20,080	49.13%	20,771	50.82%	17	0.04%	691	1.69%	40,868
Columbia	1,301	62.13%	793	37.87%	0	0.00%	508	24.26%	2,094
Cowlitz	12,103	49.79%	12,054	49.58%	153	0.63%	49	0.20%	24,310
Douglas	3,241	51.07%	3,087	48.64%	18	0.28%	154	2.43%	6,346
Ferry	623	40.30%	921	59.57%	2	0.13%	298	19.28%	1,546
Franklin	4,201	44.65%	5,156	54.80%	52	0.55%	955	10.15%	9,409
Garfield	914	56.88%	690	42.94%	3	0.19%	224	13.94%	1,607
Grant	7,568	50.44%	7,400	49.32%	37	0.25%	168	1.12%	15,005
Grays Harbor	10,067	41.94%	13,773	57.37%	166	0.69%	3,706	15.44%	24,006
Island	3,596	59.01%	2,470	40.53%	28	0.46%	1,126	18.48%	6,094
Jefferson	2,103	48.83%	2,197	51.01%	7	0.16%	94	2.18%	4,307
King	224,150	50.85%	208,756	47.36%	7,904	1.79%	15,394	3.49%	440,810
Kitsap	17,459	46.80%	19,662	52.71%	181	0.49%	2,203	5.91%	37,302
Kittitas	4,640	51.83%	4,303	48.06%	10	0.11%	337	3.76%	8,953
Klickitat	2,836	50.69%	2,744	49.04%	15	0.27%	92	1.64%	5,595
Lewis	11,012	56.53%	8,411	43.18%	57	0.29%	2,601	13.35%	19,480
Lincoln	3,211	58.77%	2,248	41.14%	5	0.09%	963	17.62%	5,464
Mason	3,703	46.86%	4,183	52.94%	16	0.20%	480	6.07%	7,902
Okanogan	5,169	48.32%	5,507	51.48%	22	0.21%	338	3.16%	10,698
Pacific	3,224	45.47%	3,837	54.12%	29	0.41%	613	8.65%	7,090
Pend Oreille	1,305	44.19%	1,641	55.57%	7	0.24%	336	11.38%	2,953
Pierce	57,188	46.32%	64,292	52.07%	1,995	1.62%	7,104	5.75%	123,475
San Juan	1,112	63.91%	624	35.86%	4	0.23%	488	28.05%	1,740
Skagit	12,168	52.40%	11,003	47.39%	49	0.21%	1,165	5.02%	23,220
Skamania	1,032	44.75%	1,269	55.03%	5	0.22%	237	10.28%	2,306
Snohomish	33,731	46.10%	38,793	53.02%	639	0.87%	5,062	6.92%	73,163
Spokane	59,557	51.62%	55,553	48.15%	259	0.22%	4,004	3.47%	115,369
Stevens	4,076	51.24%	3,861	48.54%	18	0.23%	215	2.70%	7,955
Thurston	13,921	54.37%	11,620	45.38%	65	0.25%	2,301	8.99%	25,606
Wahkiakum	796	46.23%	923	53.60%	3	0.17%	127	7.38%	1,722
Walla Walla	11,786	63.64%	6,721	36.29%	12	0.06%	5,065	27.35%	18,519
Whatcom	16,651	52.82%	14,298	45.35%	577	1.83%	2,353	7.46%	31,526
Whitman	8,069	59.58%	5,458	40.30%	17	0.13%	2,611	19.28%	13,544
Yakima	31,683	58.68%	21,958	40.67%	354	0.66%	9,725	18.01%	53,995
Totals	629,273	50.68%	599,298	48.27%	13,001	1.05%	29,975	2.41%	1,241,572

References

^ "United States Presidential election of 1960 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved June 7, 2017.
^ "1960 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)". Retrieved June 7, 2017.
^ "1960 Presidential General Election Results - Washington". Retrieved June 7, 2017.
^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1960". Retrieved June 7, 2017.

[1] "United States Presidential election of 1960 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved June 7, 2017.

[2] "1960 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)". Retrieved June 7, 2017.

[3] "1960 Presidential General Election Results - Washington". Retrieved June 7, 2017.

[4] "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1960". Retrieved June 7, 2017.

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