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Kennedy won 303 to 219 in the Electoral College, and he won the reported national popular vote by 112,827, a margin of 0.17 percent. Fourteen unpledged electors from Mississippi and Alabama cast their vote for Senator Harry F. Byrd, as did a faithless elector from Oklahoma.
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Jan 27, 2021 · 1960 Electoral College Results. Byrd received electoral votes for President from Alabama (6), Mississippi (8) and Oklahoma (1). Thurmond received electoral votes for Vice President from Alabama (6) and Mississippi (8). Goldwater received 1 electoral vote for Vice President from Oklahoma.
StateElectoral Vote Of Each StateFor President ...(john F. Kennedy Of Massachusetts)For President ...(richard M. Nixon Of California)Alabama115-Alaska3-3Arizona4-4Arkansas88-- Winner: 303
- John F. Kennedy [D]
- Richard M. Nixon [R]
- Harry F. Byrd (15)
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List. The table below is a list of United States presidential elections by popular vote margin. It is sorted to display elections by their presidential term / year of election, name, margin by percentage in popular vote, popular vote, margin in popular vote by number, and the runner up in the Electoral College.
Results of the presidential election of 1960, won by John F. Kennedy with 303 electoral votes.
Presidential Candidate Vice Presidential Candidate Political Party Popular Vote Electoral Vote; John Kennedy: Lyndon Johnson: Democratic: 34,220,984: 49.72%: 303: 56.4%: Richard Nixon: Henry Lodge: Republican: 34,108,157: 49.55%: 219: 40.8%: Unpledged Electors-Democratic: 286,359: 0.42%: 15: 2.8%: Other - - 216,983: 0.32%: 0: 0.0%: Total ...
Electoral Vote: Popular Vote Presidential: Vice Presidential Democratic: John F. Kennedy: Lyndon B. Johnson: 303: 56.4%: 34,226,731: 49.7% Republican Richard M. Nixon: Henry Cabot Lodge: 219: 40.8%: 34,108,157: 49.5% Democratic Harry F. Byrd: Strom Thurmond: 15: 2.8%: 0: 0%
Popular vote. Electoral vote : Number (1,000) Percent : Number (1,000) Percent : 1940† F.D. Roosevelt: Willkie: 49,900. 27,313. 54.7. 449. 22,348. 44.8. 82. 1944† F.D. Roosevelt: Dewey: 47,977. 25,613. 53.4. 432. 22,018. 45.9. 99. 1948: Truman: Dewey: 48,834. 24,106. 49.6. 303. 21,969. 45.0. 189. 1952: Stevenson: Eisenhower: 61,552. 27,315 ...