1960
Iowa in 1960
The 1960 contest saw Iowa line up behind Nixon, delivering 10 electoral votes to the Republican ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — John F. Kennedy (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Iowa among the states he did not carry.
It marked the 3rd consecutive election in which Iowa backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1952. The region divided — Nebraska and South Dakota joined Iowa for the Republican ticket, while Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Missouri did not. Across the 47 presidential elections Iowa has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (32 times). The vote fell within the New Deal Coalition — FDR, civil rights, and the long Democratic majority.
In the national count, John F. Kennedy took 303 of the 537 electoral votes, against Richard Nixon's 219. John F. Kennedy led the national popular vote with 49.72% of the ballots cast.
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