The 1960 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. State voters chose six[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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Colorado was won by incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (R–California), running with United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., with 54.63% of the popular vote, against Senator John F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 44.91% of the popular vote.[3][4]
Results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Richard Nixon | 402,242 | 54.63% | |
| Democratic | John F. Kennedy | 330,629 | 44.91% | |
| Socialist Labor | Eric Hass | 2,803 | 0.38% | |
| Socialist Workers | Farrell Dobbs | 572 | 0.08% | |
| Total votes | 736,246 | 100% | ||
Results by county edit
| County[5] | Richard Nixon Republican |
John F. Kennedy Democratic |
Eric Hass Socialist Labor |
Farrell Dobbs Socialist Workers |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 18,452 | 46.36% | 21,168 | 53.19% | 164 | 0.41% | 14 | 0.04% | -2,716 | -6.83% | 39,798 |
| Alamosa | 2,271 | 55.58% | 1,811 | 44.32% | 3 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.02% | 460 | 11.26% | 4,086 |
| Arapahoe | 26,379 | 60.07% | 17,400 | 39.62% | 109 | 0.25% | 28 | 0.06% | 8,979 | 20.45% | 43,916 |
| Archuleta | 489 | 46.26% | 567 | 53.64% | 1 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | -78 | -7.38% | 1,057 |
| Baca | 1,815 | 65.48% | 952 | 34.34% | 2 | 0.07% | 3 | 0.11% | 863 | 31.14% | 2,772 |
| Bent | 1,671 | 57.54% | 1,228 | 42.29% | 4 | 0.14% | 1 | 0.03% | 443 | 15.25% | 2,904 |
| Boulder | 19,791 | 61.47% | 12,276 | 38.13% | 105 | 0.33% | 25 | 0.08% | 7,515 | 23.34% | 32,197 |
| Chaffee | 2,094 | 52.14% | 1,918 | 47.76% | 3 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.02% | 176 | 4.38% | 4,016 |
| Cheyenne | 806 | 65.69% | 419 | 34.15% | 2 | 0.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 387 | 31.54% | 1,227 |
| Clear Creek | 964 | 58.35% | 688 | 41.65% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 276 | 16.70% | 1,652 |
| Conejos | 1,367 | 38.80% | 2,069 | 58.73% | 42 | 1.19% | 45 | 1.28% | -702 | -19.93% | 3,523 |
| Costilla | 637 | 31.83% | 1,351 | 67.52% | 10 | 0.50% | 3 | 0.15% | -714 | -35.69% | 2,001 |
| Crowley | 1,099 | 60.89% | 705 | 39.06% | 1 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 394 | 21.83% | 1,805 |
| Custer | 509 | 61.85% | 314 | 38.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 195 | 23.70% | 823 |
| Delta | 4,644 | 63.24% | 2,689 | 36.62% | 6 | 0.08% | 4 | 0.05% | 1,955 | 26.62% | 7,343 |
| Denver | 109,446 | 49.59% | 109,637 | 49.68% | 1,429 | 0.65% | 189 | 0.09% | -191 | -0.09% | 220,701 |
| Dolores | 476 | 55.22% | 386 | 44.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 90 | 10.44% | 862 |
| Douglas | 1,490 | 64.42% | 823 | 35.58% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 667 | 28.84% | 2,313 |
| Eagle | 989 | 52.86% | 880 | 47.03% | 2 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 109 | 5.83% | 1,871 |
| El Paso | 31,625 | 64.93% | 17,018 | 34.94% | 40 | 0.08% | 21 | 0.04% | 14,607 | 29.99% | 48,704 |
| Elbert | 1,240 | 64.32% | 686 | 35.58% | 2 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 554 | 28.74% | 1,928 |
| Fremont | 5,690 | 60.19% | 3,730 | 39.45% | 13 | 0.14% | 21 | 0.22% | 1,960 | 20.74% | 9,454 |
| Garfield | 3,215 | 58.04% | 2,313 | 41.76% | 9 | 0.16% | 2 | 0.04% | 902 | 16.28% | 5,539 |
| Gilpin | 315 | 58.55% | 223 | 41.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 92 | 17.10% | 538 |
| Grand | 1,104 | 62.62% | 657 | 37.27% | 1 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.06% | 447 | 25.35% | 1,763 |
| Gunnison | 1,296 | 55.31% | 1,044 | 44.56% | 1 | 0.04% | 2 | 0.09% | 252 | 10.75% | 2,343 |
| Hinsdale | 138 | 62.73% | 82 | 37.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 56 | 25.46% | 220 |
| Huerfano | 1,367 | 33.73% | 2,673 | 65.95% | 8 | 0.20% | 5 | 0.12% | -1,306 | -32.22% | 4,053 |
| Jackson | 504 | 58.27% | 360 | 41.62% | 1 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 144 | 16.65% | 865 |
| Jefferson | 34,105 | 59.62% | 22,962 | 40.14% | 107 | 0.19% | 30 | 0.05% | 11,143 | 19.48% | 57,204 |
| Kiowa | 865 | 63.42% | 498 | 36.51% | 1 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 367 | 26.91% | 1,364 |
| Kit Carson | 2,248 | 66.88% | 1,103 | 32.82% | 2 | 0.06% | 8 | 0.24% | 1,145 | 34.06% | 3,361 |
| La Plata | 4,772 | 58.83% | 3,329 | 41.04% | 6 | 0.07% | 4 | 0.05% | 1,443 | 17.79% | 8,111 |
| Lake | 954 | 34.03% | 1,842 | 65.72% | 2 | 0.07% | 5 | 0.18% | -888 | -31.69% | 2,803 |
| Larimer | 15,671 | 67.39% | 7,550 | 32.47% | 23 | 0.10% | 11 | 0.05% | 8,121 | 34.92% | 23,255 |
| Las Animas | 2,989 | 30.74% | 6,704 | 68.96% | 15 | 0.15% | 14 | 0.14% | -3,715 | -38.22% | 9,722 |
| Lincoln | 1,498 | 58.93% | 1,041 | 40.95% | 3 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 457 | 17.98% | 2,542 |
| Logan | 5,002 | 59.97% | 3,334 | 39.97% | 1 | 0.01% | 4 | 0.05% | 1,668 | 20.00% | 8,341 |
| Mesa | 13,015 | 58.81% | 9,072 | 40.99% | 32 | 0.14% | 13 | 0.06% | 3,943 | 17.82% | 22,132 |
| Mineral | 146 | 47.87% | 158 | 51.80% | 1 | 0.33% | 0 | 0.00% | -12 | -3.93% | 305 |
| Moffat | 1,754 | 59.32% | 1,200 | 40.58% | 2 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.03% | 554 | 18.74% | 2,343 |
| Montezuma | 2,778 | 56.69% | 2,115 | 43.16% | 5 | 0.10% | 2 | 0.04% | 663 | 13.53% | 4,900 |
| Montrose | 4,040 | 58.34% | 2,861 | 41.31% | 17 | 0.25% | 7 | 0.10% | 1,179 | 17.03% | 6,925 |
| Morgan | 5,092 | 61.65% | 3,151 | 38.15% | 11 | 0.13% | 5 | 0.06% | 1,941 | 23.50% | 8,259 |
| Otero | 6,015 | 58.80% | 4,199 | 41.05% | 7 | 0.07% | 8 | 0.08% | 1,816 | 17.75% | 10,229 |
| Ouray | 508 | 54.04% | 432 | 45.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 76 | 8.08% | 940 |
| Park | 642 | 59.33% | 438 | 40.48% | 2 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 204 | 18.85% | 1,082 |
| Phillips | 1,455 | 62.77% | 862 | 37.19% | 1 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 593 | 25.58% | 2,318 |
| Pitkin | 679 | 58.18% | 488 | 41.82% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 191 | 16.36% | 1,167 |
| Prowers | 3,567 | 59.15% | 2,457 | 40.75% | 3 | 0.05% | 3 | 0.05% | 1,110 | 18.40% | 6,030 |
| Pueblo | 20,579 | 42.36% | 27,421 | 56.44% | 541 | 1.11% | 41 | 0.08% | -6,842 | -14.08% | 48,582 |
| Rio Blanco | 1,391 | 63.57% | 794 | 36.29% | 2 | 0.09% | 1 | 0.05% | 597 | 27.28% | 2,188 |
| Rio Grande | 2,524 | 58.53% | 1,782 | 41.33% | 5 | 0.12% | 1 | 0.02% | 742 | 17.20% | 4,312 |
| Routt | 1,651 | 53.83% | 1,414 | 46.10% | 1 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.03% | 237 | 7.73% | 3,067 |
| Saguache | 956 | 49.05% | 984 | 50.49% | 6 | 0.31% | 3 | 0.15% | -28 | -1.44% | 1,949 |
| San Juan | 218 | 45.23% | 261 | 54.15% | 3 | 0.62% | 0 | 0.00% | -43 | -8.92% | 482 |
| San Miguel | 525 | 46.09% | 612 | 53.73% | 2 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | -87 | -7.64% | 1,139 |
| Sedgwick | 1,230 | 61.41% | 769 | 38.39% | 3 | 0.15% | 1 | 0.05% | 461 | 23.02% | 2,003 |
| Summit | 424 | 51.27% | 400 | 48.37% | 3 | 0.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 24 | 2.90% | 827 |
| Teller | 723 | 53.60% | 622 | 46.11% | 3 | 0.22% | 1 | 0.07% | 101 | 7.49% | 1,349 |
| Washington | 1,979 | 65.49% | 1,039 | 34.38% | 3 | 0.01% | 1 | 0.03% | 940 | 31.11% | 3,022 |
| Weld | 17,558 | 60.99% | 11,179 | 38.83% | 30 | 0.10% | 23 | 0.08% | 6,379 | 22.16% | 28,790 |
| Yuma | 2,806 | 65.18% | 1,489 | 34.59% | 5 | 0.12% | 5 | 0.12% | 1,317 | 30.59% | 4,305 |
| Total | 402,242 | 54.63% | 330,629 | 44.91% | 2,803 | 0.38% | 572 | 0.08% | 71,613 | 9.72% | 736,246 |
References edit
- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1960 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- ^ "1960 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)". Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- ^ "1960 Presidential General Election Results - Colorado". Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1960". Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- ^ Our Campaigns; CO US President, November 08, 1960