The 1960 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Montana narrowly voted for the Republican nominee, Vice President Richard Nixon, over the Democratic nominee, Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy. Nixon won Montana by a slim margin of 2.50%. Kennedy thus became the first Democrat to win the White House without carrying Montana since Grover Cleveland in 1892, as well as the first ever Democrat to do so without carrying Carter, Liberty, Phillips, Richland, or Sanders Counties, the first to do so without carrying Fergus or Jefferson Counties since Cleveland in 1892, and the first to do so without carrying Custer, Missoula or Musselshell Counties since Woodrow Wilson in 1912. This is the first time since 1900 in which Montana would vote for the losing candidate in a presidential election.
Results
edit| 1960 United States presidential election in Montana[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Richard Nixon | 141,841 | 51.10% | 4 | |
| Democratic | John F. Kennedy | 134,891 | 48.60% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Rutherford Decker | 456 | 0.16% | 0 | |
| Militant Workers | Farrell Dobbs | 391 | 0.14% | 0 | |
| Totals | 277,579 | 100.00% | 4 | ||
Results by county
edit| County | Richard Nixon Republican |
John F. Kennedy Democratic |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Beaverhead | 1,731 | 56.88% | 1,307 | 42.95% | 5 | 0.16% | 424 | 13.93% | 3,043 |
| Big Horn | 1,724 | 53.47% | 1,497 | 46.43% | 3 | 0.09% | 227 | 7.04% | 3,224 |
| Blaine | 1,290 | 44.85% | 1,569 | 54.55% | 17 | 0.59% | -279 | -9.70% | 2,876 |
| Broadwater | 680 | 51.87% | 631 | 48.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 49 | 3.74% | 1,311 |
| Carbon | 2,050 | 51.75% | 1,903 | 48.04% | 8 | 0.20% | 147 | 3.71% | 3,961 |
| Carter | 688 | 64.00% | 383 | 35.63% | 4 | 0.37% | 305 | 28.37% | 1,075 |
| Cascade | 11,928 | 45.72% | 14,117 | 54.11% | 45 | 0.17% | -2,189 | -8.39% | 26,090 |
| Chouteau | 1,672 | 49.34% | 1,708 | 50.40% | 9 | 0.27% | -36 | -1.06% | 3,389 |
| Custer | 2,943 | 55.00% | 2,393 | 44.72% | 15 | 0.28% | 550 | 10.28% | 5,351 |
| Daniels | 763 | 44.26% | 960 | 55.68% | 1 | 0.06% | -197 | -11.42% | 1,724 |
| Dawson | 2,460 | 53.69% | 2,108 | 46.01% | 14 | 0.31% | 352 | 7.68% | 4,582 |
| Deer Lodge | 2,188 | 29.79% | 5,149 | 70.11% | 7 | 0.10% | -2,961 | -40.32% | 7,344 |
| Fallon | 918 | 60.55% | 597 | 39.38% | 1 | 0.07% | 321 | 21.17% | 1,516 |
| Fergus | 3,294 | 52.24% | 2,999 | 47.56% | 13 | 0.21% | 295 | 4.68% | 6,306 |
| Flathead | 7,554 | 52.95% | 6,689 | 46.88% | 24 | 0.17% | 865 | 6.07% | 14,267 |
| Gallatin | 6,870 | 64.49% | 3,761 | 35.31% | 21 | 0.20% | 3,109 | 29.18% | 10,652 |
| Garfield | 515 | 58.52% | 363 | 41.25% | 2 | 0.23% | 152 | 17.27% | 880 |
| Glacier | 1,775 | 43.95% | 2,260 | 55.95% | 4 | 0.10% | -485 | -12.00% | 4,039 |
| Golden Valley | 362 | 56.65% | 277 | 43.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 85 | 13.30% | 639 |
| Granite | 722 | 54.57% | 592 | 44.75% | 9 | 0.68% | 130 | 9.82% | 1,323 |
| Hill | 3,163 | 45.73% | 3,741 | 54.09% | 12 | 0.17% | -578 | -8.36% | 6,916 |
| Jefferson | 817 | 51.38% | 769 | 48.36% | 4 | 0.25% | 48 | 3.02% | 1,590 |
| Judith Basin | 721 | 46.10% | 842 | 53.84% | 1 | 0.06% | -121 | -7.74% | 1,564 |
| Lake | 3,240 | 56.75% | 2,462 | 43.12% | 7 | 0.12% | 778 | 13.63% | 5,709 |
| Lewis and Clark | 7,260 | 54.65% | 6,008 | 45.22% | 17 | 0.13% | 1,252 | 9.43% | 13,285 |
| Liberty | 597 | 54.27% | 501 | 45.55% | 2 | 0.18% | 96 | 8.72% | 1,100 |
| Lincoln | 1,902 | 41.84% | 2,623 | 57.70% | 21 | 0.46% | -721 | -15.86% | 4,546 |
| McCone | 743 | 49.04% | 764 | 50.43% | 8 | 0.53% | -21 | -1.39% | 1,515 |
| Madison | 1,456 | 58.97% | 1,010 | 40.91% | 3 | 0.12% | 446 | 18.06% | 2,469 |
| Meagher | 613 | 58.49% | 431 | 41.13% | 4 | 0.38% | 182 | 17.36% | 1,048 |
| Mineral | 549 | 44.27% | 686 | 55.32% | 5 | 0.40% | -137 | -11.05% | 1,240 |
| Missoula | 10,396 | 53.76% | 8,876 | 45.90% | 65 | 0.34% | 1,520 | 7.86% | 19,337 |
| Musselshell | 1,107 | 50.09% | 1,100 | 49.77% | 3 | 0.14% | 7 | 0.32% | 2,210 |
| Park | 3,329 | 59.44% | 2,249 | 40.15% | 23 | 0.41% | 1,080 | 19.29% | 5,601 |
| Petroleum | 255 | 53.57% | 221 | 46.43% | 0 | 0.00% | 34 | 7.14% | 476 |
| Phillips | 1,457 | 49.81% | 1,455 | 49.74% | 13 | 0.44% | 2 | 0.07% | 2,925 |
| Pondera | 1,452 | 46.76% | 1,653 | 53.24% | 0 | 0.00% | -201 | -6.48% | 3,105 |
| Powder River | 665 | 60.18% | 438 | 39.64% | 2 | 0.18% | 227 | 20.54% | 1,105 |
| Powell | 1,497 | 49.49% | 1,522 | 50.31% | 6 | 0.20% | -25 | -0.82% | 3,025 |
| Prairie | 649 | 65.75% | 338 | 34.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 311 | 31.50% | 987 |
| Ravalli | 3,121 | 56.46% | 2,381 | 43.07% | 26 | 0.47% | 740 | 13.39% | 5,528 |
| Richland | 2,395 | 56.10% | 1,863 | 43.64% | 11 | 0.26% | 532 | 12.46% | 4,269 |
| Roosevelt | 1,876 | 45.40% | 2,227 | 53.90% | 29 | 0.70% | -351 | -8.50% | 4,132 |
| Rosebud | 1,386 | 57.77% | 1,002 | 41.77% | 11 | 0.46% | 384 | 16.00% | 2,399 |
| Sanders | 1,497 | 50.17% | 1,469 | 49.23% | 18 | 0.60% | 28 | 0.94% | 2,984 |
| Sheridan | 1,196 | 43.43% | 1,549 | 56.25% | 9 | 0.33% | -353 | -12.82% | 2,754 |
| Silver Bow | 7,290 | 34.40% | 13,754 | 64.91% | 146 | 0.69% | -6,464 | -30.51% | 21,190 |
| Stillwater | 1,455 | 58.41% | 1,036 | 41.59% | 0 | 0.00% | 419 | 16.82% | 2,491 |
| Sweet Grass | 1,096 | 67.78% | 521 | 32.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 575 | 35.56% | 1,617 |
| Teton | 1,623 | 49.54% | 1,648 | 50.31% | 5 | 0.15% | -25 | -0.77% | 3,276 |
| Toole | 1,577 | 47.10% | 1,767 | 52.78% | 4 | 0.12% | -190 | -5.68% | 3,348 |
| Treasure | 300 | 52.63% | 270 | 47.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 30 | 5.26% | 570 |
| Valley | 2,387 | 44.65% | 2,953 | 55.24% | 6 | 0.11% | -566 | -10.59% | 5,346 |
| Wheatland | 793 | 52.24% | 724 | 47.69% | 1 | 0.07% | 69 | 4.55% | 1,518 |
| Wibaux | 387 | 48.01% | 419 | 51.99% | 0 | 0.00% | -32 | -3.98% | 806 |
| Yellowstone | 19,467 | 60.82% | 12,356 | 38.61% | 183 | 0.57% | 7,111 | 22.21% | 32,006 |
| Totals | 141,841 | 51.10% | 134,891 | 48.60% | 847 | 0.31% | 6,950 | 2.50% | 277,579 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ David Leip. "1960 Presidential General Election Results – Montana". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved March 18, 2018.