Who won Kansas in the 1960 presidential election?

Nixon (Republican) carried Kansas in 1960, winning its 8 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Kansas have in 1960?

Kansas cast 8 electoral votes in the 1960 presidential election.

Did Kansas vote for the national winner in 1960?

No. Kansas backed Nixon, while John F. Kennedy won the presidency nationally.

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1960

Kansas: Nixon carries 8 EV.

Kansas cast its 8 electoral votes for Nixon (Republican). National winner: John F. Kennedy (Democratic) — Kansas voted against the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Kansas, 1960

In 1960, Kansas awarded its 8 electoral votes to Nixon of the Republican party. Nationally the result broke the other way — John F. Kennedy (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Kansas among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 7th consecutive election in which Kansas backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1936. The region divided — Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Colorado joined Kansas for the Republican ticket, while Missouri did not. Across the 41 presidential elections Kansas has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (34 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.

The 1960 national map

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