The 1960 United States presidential election in Idaho took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. State voters chose four[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Idaho was won by incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (R–California), running with United States Ambassador to the United NationsHenry Cabot Lodge, Jr., with 53.78 percent of the popular vote, against SenatorJohn F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 46.22 percent of the popular vote.[3][4] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Custer County and Camas County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[5]
Nixon won Idaho by 22,744 votes, or 7.6%, which was significantly less than fellow Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956, who won the state by a margin of 22.4%, or 61,111 votes. 4 years later, Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson would win the state by a margin of 1.83%, or 5,363 votes, which as of the 2020 presidential election, is the last time a Democratic presidential candidate has carried the state, or even broke 40% of the total vote. Excluding Johnson's win in 1964, as of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time a Democratic presidential candidate has come within single digits of winning the state.