1960 United States presidential election in Colorado
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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.
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[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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[]
County | Richard Milhous Nixon[5] Republican |
John Fitzgerald Kennedy[5] Democratic |
Eric Hass[5] Socialist Labor |
Farrell Dobbs[5] Socialist Workers |
Margin | |||||
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% | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | |
Larimer | 67.39% | 15,671 | 32.47% | 7,550 | 0.10% | 23 | 0.05% | 11 | 34.92% | 8,121 |
Kit Carson | 66.88% | 2,248 | 32.82% | 1,103 | 0.06% | 2 | 0.24% | 8 | 34.07% | 1,145 |
Cheyenne | 65.69% | 806 | 34.15% | 419 | 0.16% | 0.00% | 0 | 31.54% | 387 | |
Baca | 65.48% | 1,815 | 34.34% | 952 | 0.07% | 0.11% | 3 | 31.13% | 863 | |
Washington | 65.49% | 1,979 | 34.38% | 1,039 | 0.10% | 3 | 0.03% | 1 | 31.11% | 940 |
Yuma | 65.18% | 2,806 | 34.59% | 1,489 | 0.12% | 5 | 0.12% | 5 | 30.59% | 1,317 |
El Paso | 64.93% | 31,625 | 34.94% | 17,018 | 0.08% | 40 | 0.04% | 21 | 29.99% | 14,607 |
Douglas | 64.42% | 1,490 | 35.58% | 823 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 28.84% | 667 |
Elbert | 64.32% | 1,240 | 35.58% | 686 | 0.10% | 2 | 28.73% | 554 | ||
Rio Blanco | 63.57% | 1,391 | 36.29% | 794 | 0.09% | 0.05% | 1 | 27.29% | 597 | |
Kiowa | 63.42% | 865 | 36.51% | 498 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | 26.91% | 367 |
Delta | 63.24% | 4,644 | 36.62% | 2,689 | 0.08% | 6 | 0.05% | 4 | 26.62% | 1,955 |
Phillips | 62.77% | 1,455 | 37.19% | 862 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | 25.58% | 593 |
Hinsdale | 62.73% | 138 | 37.27% | 82 | 0.00% | 0 | 25.45% | 56 | ||
Grand | 62.62% | 1,104 | 37.27% | 657 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.06% | 1 | 25.35% | 447 |
Custer | 61.85% | 509 | 38.15% | 314 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 23.69% | 195 |
Morgan | 61.65% | 5,092 | 38.15% | 3,151 | 0.13% | 11 | 0.06% | 5 | 23.50% | 1,941 |
Boulder | 61.47% | 19,791 | 38.13% | 12,276 | 0.33% | 105 | 0.08% | 25 | 23.34% | 7,515 |
Sedgwick | 61.41% | 1,230 | 38.39% | 769 | 0.15% | 3 | 0.05% | 1 | 23.02% | 461 |
Weld | 60.99% | 17,558 | 38.83% | 11,179 | 0.10% | 30 | 0.08% | 23 | 22.16% | 6,379 |
Crowley | 60.89% | 1,099 | 39.06% | 705 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | 21.83% | 394 |
Fremont | 60.19% | 5,690 | 39.45% | 3,730 | 0.14% | 13 | 0.22% | 21 | 20.73% | 1,960 |
Arapahoe | 60.07% | 26,379 | 39.62% | 17,400 | 0.25% | 109 | 0.06% | 28 | 20.45% | 8,979 |
Logan | 59.97% | 5,002 | 39.97% | 3,334 | 0.01% | 1 | 0.05% | 4 | 20.00% | 1,668 |
Jefferson | 59.62% | 34,105 | 40.14% | 22,962 | 0.19% | 107 | 0.05% | 30 | 19.48% | 11,143 |
Park | 59.33% | 642 | 40.48% | 438 | 0.18% | 2 | 0.00% | 0 | 18.85% | 204 |
Moffat | 59.32% | 1,754 | 40.58% | 1,200 | 0.07% | 0.03% | 1 | 18.74% | 554 | |
Prowers | 59.15% | 3,567 | 40.75% | 2,457 | 0.05% | 3 | 0.05% | 3 | 18.41% | 1,110 |
Lincoln | 58.93% | 1,498 | 40.95% | 1,041 | 0.12% | 0.00% | 0 | 17.98% | 457 | |
Mesa | 58.81% | 13,015 | 40.99% | 9,072 | 0.14% | 32 | 0.06% | 13 | 17.82% | 3,943 |
La Plata | 58.83% | 4,772 | 41.04% | 3,329 | 0.07% | 6 | 0.05% | 4 | 17.79% | 1,443 |
Otero | 58.80% | 6,015 | 41.05% | 4,199 | 0.07% | 7 | 0.08% | 8 | 17.75% | 1,816 |
Rio Grande | 58.53% | 2,524 | 41.33% | 1,782 | 0.12% | 5 | 0.02% | 1 | 17.21% | 742 |
Gilpin | 58.55% | 315 | 41.45% | 223 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 17.10% | 92 |
Montrose | 58.34% | 4,040 | 41.31% | 2,861 | 0.25% | 17 | 0.10% | 7 | 17.03% | 1,179 |
Clear Creek | 58.35% | 964 | 41.65% | 688 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 16.71% | 276 |
Jackson | 58.27% | 504 | 41.62% | 360 | 0.12% | 1 | 16.65% | 144 | ||
Pitkin | 58.18% | 679 | 41.82% | 488 | 0.00% | 0 | 16.37% | 191 | ||
Garfield | 58.04% | 3,215 | 41.76% | 2,313 | 0.16% | 9 | 0.04% | 2 | 16.28% | 902 |
Bent | 57.54% | 1,671 | 42.29% | 1,228 | 0.14% | 4 | 0.03% | 1 | 15.25% | 443 |
Montezuma | 56.69% | 2,778 | 43.16% | 2,115 | 0.10% | 5 | 0.04% | 2 | 13.53% | 663 |
Alamosa | 55.58% | 2,271 | 44.32% | 1,811 | 0.07% | 3 | 0.02% | 1 | 11.26% | 460 |
Gunnison | 55.31% | 1,296 | 44.56% | 1,044 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.09% | 2 | 10.76% | 252 |
Dolores | 55.22% | 476 | 44.78% | 386 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 10.44% | 90 |
Ouray | 54.04% | 508 | 45.96% | 432 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 8.09% | 76 | ||
Routt | 53.83% | 1,651 | 46.10% | 1,414 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.03% | 1 | 7.73% | 237 |
Teller | 53.60% | 723 | 46.11% | 622 | 0.22% | 3 | 0.07% | 7.49% | 101 | |
Eagle | 52.86% | 989 | 47.03% | 880 | 0.11% | 2 | 0.00% | 0 | 5.83% | 109 |
Chaffee | 52.14% | 2,094 | 47.76% | 1,918 | 0.07% | 3 | 0.02% | 1 | 4.38% | 176 |
Summit | 51.27% | 424 | 48.37% | 400 | 0.36% | 0.00% | 0 | 2.90% | 24 | |
Denver | 49.59% | 109,446 | 49.68% | 109,637 | 0.65% | 1,429 | 0.09% | 189 | -0.09% | -191 |
Saguache | 49.05% | 956 | 50.49% | 984 | 0.31% | 6 | 0.15% | 3 | -1.44% | -28 |
Mineral | 47.87% | 146 | 51.80% | 158 | 0.33% | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | -3.93% | -12 |
Adams | 46.36% | 18,452 | 53.19% | 21,168 | 0.41% | 164 | 0.04% | 14 | -6.82% | -2,716 |
Archuleta | 46.26% | 489 | 53.64% | 567 | 0.09% | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | -7.38% | -78 |
San Miguel | 46.09% | 525 | 53.73% | 612 | 0.18% | 2 | 0.00% | -7.64% | -87 | |
San Juan | 45.23% | 218 | 54.15% | 261 | 0.62% | 3 | 0.00% | -8.92% | -43 | |
Pueblo | 42.36% | 20,579 | 56.44% | 27,421 | 1.11% | 541 | 0.08% | 41 | -14.08% | -6,842 |
Conejos | 38.80% | 1,367 | 58.73% | 2,069 | 1.19% | 42 | 1.28% | 45 | -19.93% | -702 |
Lake | 34.03% | 954 | 65.72% | 1,842 | 0.07% | 2 | 0.18% | 5 | -31.68% | -888 |
Huerfano | 33.73% | 1,367 | 65.95% | 2,673 | 0.20% | 8 | 0.12% | -32.22% | -1,306 | |
Costilla | 31.83% | 637 | 67.52% | 1,351 | 0.50% | 10 | 0.15% | 3 | -35.68% | -714 |
Las Animas | 30.74% | 2,989 | 68.96% | 6,704 | 0.15% | 15 | 0.14% | 14 | -38.21% | -3,715 |
References[]
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c d Our Campaigns; CO US President, November 08, 1960
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