1960 United States presidential election in Minnesota
1960 United States presidential election in Minnesota Turnout 79.39%[ 1]
County Results
Kennedy
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
Nixon
50-60%
60-70%
The 1960 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 8, 1960 as part of the 1960 United States presidential election . Voters chose 11 electors, or representatives to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president.
Minnesota was won by the Democratic Party candidate U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts won the state over incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon by a margin of 22,018 votes, or 1.42%. Kennedy went on to win the election nationally, but by the closest margin since James Garfield 's 0.11% victory over Winfield Scott Hancock in 1880 . This was the last presidential election held in Minnesota before the elimination of the 9th congressional district in 1963. It was also the last time Mower County voted for a Republican presidential candidate until Donald Trump in 2016 .[ 2] This marks the last time heavily populated Hennepin County voted for a candidate who lost the state as a whole.[ 3] This election in the state would begin an ongoing streak of the state voting Democrat in every election starting with this one to the present day, with 1972 being the sole exception.
Results
Results by county
County[ 5]
John F. Kennedy DFL
Richard Nixon Republican
Farrell Dobbs Socialist Workers
Eric Hass Industrial Government
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Aitkin
2,980
48.75%
3,097
50.66%
25
0.41%
11
0.18%
-117
-1.91%
6,113
Anoka
20,324
58.89%
14,114
40.90%
55
0.16%
18
0.05%
6,210
17.99%
34,511
Becker
5,257
50.60%
5,090
48.99%
33
0.32%
9
0.09%
167
1.61%
10,389
Beltrami
4,653
50.81%
4,482
48.95%
16
0.17%
6
0.07%
171
1.86%
9,157
Benton
4,175
55.56%
3,324
44.23%
14
0.19%
2
0.03%
851
11.33%
7,515
Big Stone
2,437
56.91%
1,834
42.83%
9
0.21%
2
0.05%
603
14.08%
4,282
Blue Earth
8,052
41.48%
11,328
58.35%
25
0.13%
8
0.04%
-3,276
-16.87%
19,413
Brown
5,353
42.99%
7,084
56.89%
13
0.10%
3
0.02%
-1,731
-13.90%
12,453
Carlton
7,576
61.98%
4,613
37.74%
30
0.25%
5
0.04%
2,963
24.24%
12,224
Carver
3,982
38.94%
6,231
60.93%
8
0.08%
6
0.06%
-2,249
-21.99%
10,227
Cass
3,578
44.78%
4,399
55.05%
12
0.15%
2
0.03%
-821
-10.27%
7,991
Chippewa
3,643
48.10%
3,915
51.69%
13
0.17%
3
0.04%
-272
-3.59%
7,574
Chisago
2,907
43.04%
3,822
56.59%
18
0.27%
7
0.10%
-915
-13.55%
6,754
Clay
7,241
46.58%
8,278
53.26%
19
0.12%
6
0.04%
-1,037
-6.68%
15,544
Clearwater
2,466
59.64%
1,651
39.93%
15
0.36%
3
0.07%
815
19.71%
4,135
Cook
650
39.61%
987
60.15%
4
0.24%
0
0.00%
-337
-20.54%
1,641
Cottonwood
2,768
35.16%
5,087
64.62%
11
0.14%
6
0.08%
-2,319
-29.46%
7,872
Crow Wing
6,835
46.77%
7,727
52.87%
41
0.28%
11
0.08%
-892
-6.10%
14,614
Dakota
20,150
57.13%
15,032
42.62%
72
0.20%
19
0.05%
5,118
14.51%
35,273
Dodge
2,170
36.51%
3,769
63.42%
3
0.05%
1
0.02%
-1,599
-26.91%
5,943
Douglas
4,871
46.36%
5,594
53.25%
32
0.30%
9
0.09%
-723
-6.89%
10,506
Faribault
4,301
38.11%
6,975
61.80%
8
0.07%
3
0.03%
-2,674
-23.69%
11,287
Fillmore
3,926
34.31%
7,507
65.60%
7
0.06%
4
0.03%
-3,581
-31.29%
11,444
Freeborn
8,018
47.14%
8,970
52.73%
13
0.08%
9
0.05%
-952
-5.59%
17,010
Goodhue
5,562
34.60%
10,473
65.16%
26
0.16%
12
0.07%
-4,911
-30.56%
16,073
Grant
2,333
50.98%
2,239
48.93%
4
0.09%
0
0.00%
94
2.05%
4,576
Hennepin
188,250
48.50%
198,992
51.26%
645
0.17%
294
0.08%
-10,742
-2.76%
388,181
Houston
3,080
39.04%
4,807
60.93%
3
0.04%
0
0.00%
-1,727
-21.89%
7,890
Hubbard
2,029
42.39%
2,749
57.43%
8
0.17%
1
0.02%
-720
-15.04%
4,787
Isanti
2,599
45.64%
3,067
53.86%
17
0.30%
11
0.19%
-468
-8.22%
5,694
Itasca
10,761
61.82%
6,615
38.00%
23
0.13%
9
0.05%
4,146
23.82%
17,408
Jackson
3,898
51.96%
3,591
47.87%
5
0.07%
8
0.11%
307
4.09%
7,502
Kanabec
1,890
45.08%
2,278
54.33%
20
0.48%
5
0.12%
-388
-9.25%
4,193
Kandiyohi
6,738
49.66%
6,786
50.02%
35
0.26%
8
0.06%
-48
-0.36%
13,567
Kittson
2,218
53.25%
1,937
46.51%
8
0.19%
2
0.05%
281
6.74%
4,165
Koochiching
4,578
59.80%
3,055
39.90%
22
0.29%
1
0.01%
1,523
19.90%
7,656
Lac qui Parle
3,253
50.44%
3,185
49.39%
9
0.14%
2
0.03%
68
1.05%
6,449
Lake
3,888
62.91%
2,276
36.83%
13
0.21%
3
0.05%
1,612
26.08%
6,180
Lake of the Woods
1,053
55.30%
835
43.86%
15
0.79%
1
0.05%
218
11.44%
1,904
Le Sueur
5,234
54.13%
4,426
45.77%
9
0.09%
1
0.01%
808
8.36%
9,670
Lincoln
2,500
53.68%
2,147
46.10%
7
0.15%
3
0.06%
353
7.58%
4,657
Lyon
5,550
53.86%
4,740
46.00%
13
0.13%
2
0.02%
810
7.86%
10,305
Mahnomen
1,864
67.81%
880
32.01%
4
0.15%
1
0.04%
984
35.80%
2,749
Marshall
3,759
55.47%
3,006
44.36%
6
0.09%
6
0.09%
753
11.11%
6,777
Martin
4,194
33.04%
8,479
66.81%
13
0.10%
6
0.05%
-4,285
-33.77%
12,692
McLeod
4,276
37.15%
7,214
62.67%
16
0.14%
5
0.04%
-2,938
-25.52%
11,511
Meeker
3,678
42.97%
4,857
56.74%
21
0.25%
4
0.05%
-1,179
-13.77%
8,560
Mille Lacs
2,886
42.25%
3,913
57.29%
22
0.32%
9
0.13%
-1,027
-15.04%
6,830
Morrison
7,337
62.37%
4,403
37.43%
17
0.14%
7
0.06%
2,934
24.94%
11,764
Mower
9,961
47.28%
11,040
52.40%
57
0.27%
10
0.05%
-1,079
-5.12%
21,068
Murray
3,009
47.19%
3,357
52.64%
6
0.09%
5
0.08%
-348
-5.45%
6,377
Nicollet
3,961
42.80%
5,283
57.08%
4
0.04%
7
0.08%
-1,322
-14.28%
9,255
Nobles
4,947
46.70%
5,636
53.20%
9
0.08%
2
0.02%
-689
-6.50%
10,594
Norman
2,932
52.49%
2,642
47.30%
5
0.09%
7
0.13%
290
5.19%
5,586
Olmsted
10,918
40.34%
16,080
59.41%
59
0.22%
8
0.03%
-5,162
-19.07%
27,065
Otter Tail
8,054
36.87%
13,747
62.94%
30
0.14%
12
0.05%
-5,693
-26.07%
21,843
Pennington
3,204
55.63%
2,537
44.05%
11
0.19%
7
0.12%
667
11.58%
5,759
Pine
4,211
54.78%
3,450
44.88%
18
0.23%
8
0.10%
761
9.90%
7,687
Pipestone
2,443
39.85%
3,677
59.97%
8
0.13%
3
0.05%
-1,234
-20.12%
6,131
Polk
9,346
55.27%
7,528
44.52%
26
0.15%
9
0.05%
1,818
10.75%
16,909
Pope
2,883
48.39%
3,062
51.39%
9
0.15%
4
0.07%
-179
-3.00%
5,958
Ramsey
108,464
58.15%
77,408
41.50%
557
0.30%
98
0.05%
31,056
16.65%
186,527
Red Lake
1,865
73.17%
679
26.64%
2
0.08%
3
0.12%
1,186
46.53%
2,549
Redwood
3,839
39.39%
5,893
60.47%
8
0.08%
6
0.06%
-2,054
-21.08%
9,746
Renville
4,958
45.67%
5,885
54.20%
11
0.10%
3
0.03%
-927
-8.53%
10,857
Rice
6,752
44.92%
8,248
54.87%
22
0.15%
9
0.06%
-1,496
-9.95%
15,031
Rock
1,823
34.42%
3,469
65.49%
2
0.04%
3
0.06%
-1,646
-31.07%
5,297
Roseau
3,198
58.34%
2,274
41.48%
8
0.15%
2
0.04%
924
16.86%
5,482
St. Louis
69,270
63.23%
39,620
36.17%
557
0.51%
98
0.09%
29,650
27.06%
109,545
Scott
6,061
62.21%
3,671
37.68%
7
0.07%
4
0.04%
2,390
24.53%
9,743
Sherburne
2,568
47.41%
2,837
52.37%
10
0.18%
2
0.04%
-269
-4.96%
5,417
Sibley
2,541
33.69%
4,987
66.12%
12
0.16%
2
0.03%
-2,446
-32.43%
7,542
Stearns
19,026
58.40%
13,522
41.50%
22
0.07%
11
0.03%
5,504
16.90%
32,581
Steele
4,491
39.74%
6,795
60.13%
14
0.12%
1
0.01%
-2,304
-20.39%
11,301
Stevens
2,405
46.92%
2,710
52.87%
6
0.12%
5
0.10%
-305
-5.95%
5,126
Swift
4,062
58.63%
2,848
41.11%
15
0.22%
3
0.04%
1,214
17.52%
6,928
Todd
5,051
48.88%
5,255
50.85%
21
0.20%
7
0.07%
-204
-1.97%
10,334
Traverse
2,122
59.11%
1,463
40.75%
4
0.11%
1
0.03%
659
18.36%
3,590
Wabasha
3,628
44.26%
4,566
55.70%
3
0.04%
0
0.00%
-938
-11.44%
8,197
Wadena
2,240
42.03%
3,082
57.83%
6
0.11%
1
0.02%
-842
-15.80%
5,329
Waseca
2,793
36.58%
4,838
63.36%
3
0.04%
2
0.03%
-2,045
-26.78%
7,636
Washington
11,870
51.31%
11,202
48.42%
46
0.20%
15
0.06%
668
2.89%
23,133
Watonwan
2,412
36.57%
4,173
63.28%
10
0.15%
0
0.00%
-1,761
-26.71%
6,595
Wilkin
2,319
49.69%
2,340
50.14%
7
0.15%
1
0.02%
-21
-0.45%
4,667
Winona
8,484
47.72%
9,271
52.14%
14
0.08%
11
0.06%
-787
-4.42%
17,780
Wright
6,452
47.24%
7,180
52.57%
19
0.14%
7
0.05%
-728
-5.33%
13,658
Yellow Medicine
3,649
48.82%
3,800
50.84%
22
0.29%
4
0.05%
-151
-2.02%
7,475
Totals
779,933
50.58%
757,915
49.16%
3,077
0.20%
962
0.06%
22,018
1.42%
1,541,887
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
See also
References