The 1960 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election, which was held throughout all 50 states. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Connecticut voted for the Democratic nominee, Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts, over the Republican nominee, Vice President Richard Nixon of California. Kennedy ran with Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas, while Nixon's running mate was Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. of Massachusetts.
Kennedy carried Connecticut by a comfortable margin of 7.47%, making him the first Democratic winner in the state since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944. Middlesex County voted Democratic for the first time since 1936.
As of the 2020 presidential election, this marks the last time in which the town of Mansfield was carried by the Republican nominee, as well as the last time in which Connecticut voted for a different candidate than Maine. This is also the most recent occasion that Connecticut voted more Democratic than neighboring New York.
Background edit
Connecticut had not voted for the Democratic presidential nominee since the 1944 election.[1]
Results edit
| 1960 United States presidential election in Connecticut[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | John F. Kennedy | 657,055 | 53.73% | 8 | |
| Republican | Richard Nixon | 565,813 | 46.26% | 0 | |
| Write-ins | Write-ins | 15 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,222,883 | 100.00% | 8 | ||
By county edit
| 1960 United States presidential election in Connecticut (by county) [3] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Kennedy % | Kennedy # | Nixon % | Nixon # | Total # | ||
| Fairfield | 46.6% | 146,442 | 53.4% | 167,778 | 314,220 | ||
| Hartford | 58.9% | 195,403 | 41.1% | 136,459 | 331,862 | ||
| Litchfield | 46.1% | 29,062 | 53.9% | 34,043 | 63,105 | ||
| Middlesex | 50.1% | 22,158 | 49.9% | 22,045 | 44,203 | ||
| New Haven | 58.0% | 188,685 | 42.0% | 136,852 | 325,537 | ||
| New London | 51.6% | 40,625 | 48.4% | 38,070 | 78,695 | ||
| Tolland | 48.6% | 14,575 | 51.4% | 15,386 | 29,961 | ||
| Windham | 57.0% | 20,105 | 43.0% | 15,180 | 35,285 | ||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Williams 1961, p. 29.
- ^ "1960 Presidential General Election Results - Connecticut". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
- ^ "1960 Statement of Vote" (PDF). CT.gov - Connecticut's Official State Website. p. 13. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
Works cited edit
- Williams, John (1961). "Aspects of the American Presidential Election of 1960". Australian Quarterly. 33 (1). Australian Institute of Policy and Science: 25–36. doi:10.2307/20633678. JSTOR 20633678.
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