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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 Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., with 53.78 percent of the popular vote, against Senator John 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 [update], 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. This marked the first time since its admission to the union in 1890 that Idaho would back a losing Republican in a presidential election. This was also the first time since 1900 that the state failed to back the winning candidate in a presidential election. 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 broken 40% of the total vote. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time a Democratic presidential candidate has lost Idaho by a single-digit margin.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Richard Nixon | 161,597 | 53.78% | |
Democratic | John F. Kennedy | 138,853 | 46.22% | |
Total votes | 300,450 | 100.00% |
County | Richard Nixon Republican |
John F. Kennedy Democratic |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||
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Ada | 27,703 | 61.95% | 17,017 | 38.05% | 10,686 | 23.90% | 44,720 |
Adams | 799 | 52.46% | 724 | 47.54% | 75 | 4.92% | 1,523 |
Bannock | 9,157 | 42.11% | 12,586 | 57.89% | -3,429 | -15.78% | 21,743 |
Bear Lake | 1,963 | 55.67% | 1,563 | 44.33% | 400 | 11.34% | 3,526 |
Benewah | 1,274 | 42.05% | 1,756 | 57.95% | -482 | -15.90% | 3,030 |
Bingham | 5,934 | 55.06% | 4,843 | 44.94% | 1,091 | 10.12% | 10,777 |
Blaine | 1,216 | 49.27% | 1,252 | 50.73% | -36 | -1.46% | 2,468 |
Boise | 456 | 51.35% | 432 | 48.65% | 24 | 2.70% | 888 |
Bonner | 3,575 | 46.80% | 4,064 | 53.20% | -489 | -6.40% | 7,639 |
Bonneville | 11,111 | 55.68% | 8,845 | 44.32% | 2,266 | 11.36% | 19,956 |
Boundary | 1,237 | 45.18% | 1,501 | 54.82% | -264 | -9.64% | 2,738 |
Butte | 680 | 40.45% | 1,001 | 59.55% | -321 | -19.10% | 1,681 |
Camas | 284 | 46.86% | 322 | 53.14% | -38 | -6.28% | 606 |
Canyon | 15,865 | 62.10% | 9,681 | 37.90% | 6,184 | 24.20% | 25,546 |
Caribou | 1,544 | 54.42% | 1,293 | 45.58% | 251 | 8.84% | 2,837 |
Cassia | 4,297 | 63.73% | 2,445 | 36.27% | 1,852 | 27.46% | 6,742 |
Clark | 283 | 61.66% | 176 | 38.34% | 107 | 23.32% | 459 |
Clearwater | 1,193 | 33.14% | 2,407 | 66.86% | -1,214 | -33.72% | 3,600 |
Custer | 651 | 43.72% | 838 | 56.28% | -187 | -12.56% | 1,489 |
Elmore | 2,226 | 47.71% | 2,440 | 52.29% | -214 | -4.58% | 4,666 |
Franklin | 2,633 | 66.07% | 1,352 | 33.93% | 1,281 | 32.14% | 3,985 |
Fremont | 2,230 | 54.17% | 1,887 | 45.83% | 343 | 8.34% | 4,117 |
Gem | 2,428 | 55.13% | 1,976 | 44.87% | 452 | 10.26% | 4,404 |
Gooding | 2,523 | 55.72% | 2,005 | 44.28% | 518 | 11.44% | 4,528 |
Idaho | 2,248 | 40.84% | 3,256 | 59.16% | -1,008 | -18.32% | 5,504 |
Jefferson | 2,625 | 52.51% | 2,374 | 47.49% | 251 | 5.02% | 4,999 |
Jerome | 3,031 | 58.49% | 2,151 | 41.51% | 880 | 16.98% | 5,182 |
Kootenai | 6,704 | 46.40% | 7,744 | 53.60% | -1,040 | -7.20% | 14,448 |
Latah | 4,789 | 50.81% | 4,636 | 49.19% | 153 | 1.62% | 9,425 |
Lemhi | 1,355 | 51.36% | 1,283 | 48.64% | 72 | 2.72% | 2,638 |
Lewis | 781 | 35.29% | 1,432 | 64.71% | -651 | -29.42% | 2,213 |
Lincoln | 970 | 55.33% | 783 | 44.67% | 187 | 10.66% | 1,753 |
Madison | 2,374 | 58.59% | 1,678 | 41.41% | 696 | 17.18% | 4,052 |
Minidoka | 3,360 | 57.66% | 2,467 | 42.34% | 893 | 15.32% | 5,827 |
Nez Perce | 5,203 | 39.58% | 7,944 | 60.42% | -2,741 | -20.84% | 13,147 |
Oneida | 1,111 | 58.17% | 799 | 41.83% | 312 | 16.34% | 1,910 |
Owyhee | 1,500 | 57.06% | 1,129 | 42.94% | 371 | 14.12% | 2,629 |
Payette | 3,472 | 61.94% | 2,133 | 38.06% | 1,339 | 23.88% | 5,605 |
Power | 1,065 | 52.59% | 960 | 47.41% | 105 | 5.18% | 2,025 |
Shoshone | 3,432 | 40.70% | 5,001 | 59.30% | -1,569 | -18.60% | 8,433 |
Teton | 714 | 55.65% | 569 | 44.35% | 145 | 11.30% | 1,283 |
Twin Falls | 12,171 | 62.15% | 7,413 | 37.85% | 4,758 | 24.30% | 19,584 |
Valley | 1,179 | 56.28% | 916 | 43.72% | 263 | 12.56% | 2,095 |
Washington | 2,251 | 55.86% | 1,779 | 44.14% | 472 | 11.72% | 4,030 |
Totals | 161,597 | 53.78% | 138,853 | 46.22% | 22,744 | 7.56% | 300,450 |
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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 Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., with 53.78 percent of the popular vote, against Senator John 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 [update], 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. This marked the first time since its admission to the union in 1890 that Idaho would back a losing Republican in a presidential election. This was also the first time since 1900 that the state failed to back the winning candidate in a presidential election. 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 broken 40% of the total vote. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time a Democratic presidential candidate has lost Idaho by a single-digit margin.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Richard Nixon | 161,597 | 53.78% | |
Democratic | John F. Kennedy | 138,853 | 46.22% | |
Total votes | 300,450 | 100.00% |
County | Richard Nixon Republican |
John F. Kennedy Democratic |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Ada | 27,703 | 61.95% | 17,017 | 38.05% | 10,686 | 23.90% | 44,720 |
Adams | 799 | 52.46% | 724 | 47.54% | 75 | 4.92% | 1,523 |
Bannock | 9,157 | 42.11% | 12,586 | 57.89% | -3,429 | -15.78% | 21,743 |
Bear Lake | 1,963 | 55.67% | 1,563 | 44.33% | 400 | 11.34% | 3,526 |
Benewah | 1,274 | 42.05% | 1,756 | 57.95% | -482 | -15.90% | 3,030 |
Bingham | 5,934 | 55.06% | 4,843 | 44.94% | 1,091 | 10.12% | 10,777 |
Blaine | 1,216 | 49.27% | 1,252 | 50.73% | -36 | -1.46% | 2,468 |
Boise | 456 | 51.35% | 432 | 48.65% | 24 | 2.70% | 888 |
Bonner | 3,575 | 46.80% | 4,064 | 53.20% | -489 | -6.40% | 7,639 |
Bonneville | 11,111 | 55.68% | 8,845 | 44.32% | 2,266 | 11.36% | 19,956 |
Boundary | 1,237 | 45.18% | 1,501 | 54.82% | -264 | -9.64% | 2,738 |
Butte | 680 | 40.45% | 1,001 | 59.55% | -321 | -19.10% | 1,681 |
Camas | 284 | 46.86% | 322 | 53.14% | -38 | -6.28% | 606 |
Canyon | 15,865 | 62.10% | 9,681 | 37.90% | 6,184 | 24.20% | 25,546 |
Caribou | 1,544 | 54.42% | 1,293 | 45.58% | 251 | 8.84% | 2,837 |
Cassia | 4,297 | 63.73% | 2,445 | 36.27% | 1,852 | 27.46% | 6,742 |
Clark | 283 | 61.66% | 176 | 38.34% | 107 | 23.32% | 459 |
Clearwater | 1,193 | 33.14% | 2,407 | 66.86% | -1,214 | -33.72% | 3,600 |
Custer | 651 | 43.72% | 838 | 56.28% | -187 | -12.56% | 1,489 |
Elmore | 2,226 | 47.71% | 2,440 | 52.29% | -214 | -4.58% | 4,666 |
Franklin | 2,633 | 66.07% | 1,352 | 33.93% | 1,281 | 32.14% | 3,985 |
Fremont | 2,230 | 54.17% | 1,887 | 45.83% | 343 | 8.34% | 4,117 |
Gem | 2,428 | 55.13% | 1,976 | 44.87% | 452 | 10.26% | 4,404 |
Gooding | 2,523 | 55.72% | 2,005 | 44.28% | 518 | 11.44% | 4,528 |
Idaho | 2,248 | 40.84% | 3,256 | 59.16% | -1,008 | -18.32% | 5,504 |
Jefferson | 2,625 | 52.51% | 2,374 | 47.49% | 251 | 5.02% | 4,999 |
Jerome | 3,031 | 58.49% | 2,151 | 41.51% | 880 | 16.98% | 5,182 |
Kootenai | 6,704 | 46.40% | 7,744 | 53.60% | -1,040 | -7.20% | 14,448 |
Latah | 4,789 | 50.81% | 4,636 | 49.19% | 153 | 1.62% | 9,425 |
Lemhi | 1,355 | 51.36% | 1,283 | 48.64% | 72 | 2.72% | 2,638 |
Lewis | 781 | 35.29% | 1,432 | 64.71% | -651 | -29.42% | 2,213 |
Lincoln | 970 | 55.33% | 783 | 44.67% | 187 | 10.66% | 1,753 |
Madison | 2,374 | 58.59% | 1,678 | 41.41% | 696 | 17.18% | 4,052 |
Minidoka | 3,360 | 57.66% | 2,467 | 42.34% | 893 | 15.32% | 5,827 |
Nez Perce | 5,203 | 39.58% | 7,944 | 60.42% | -2,741 | -20.84% | 13,147 |
Oneida | 1,111 | 58.17% | 799 | 41.83% | 312 | 16.34% | 1,910 |
Owyhee | 1,500 | 57.06% | 1,129 | 42.94% | 371 | 14.12% | 2,629 |
Payette | 3,472 | 61.94% | 2,133 | 38.06% | 1,339 | 23.88% | 5,605 |
Power | 1,065 | 52.59% | 960 | 47.41% | 105 | 5.18% | 2,025 |
Shoshone | 3,432 | 40.70% | 5,001 | 59.30% | -1,569 | -18.60% | 8,433 |
Teton | 714 | 55.65% | 569 | 44.35% | 145 | 11.30% | 1,283 |
Twin Falls | 12,171 | 62.15% | 7,413 | 37.85% | 4,758 | 24.30% | 19,584 |
Valley | 1,179 | 56.28% | 916 | 43.72% | 263 | 12.56% | 2,095 |
Washington | 2,251 | 55.86% | 1,779 | 44.14% | 472 | 11.72% | 4,030 |
Totals | 161,597 | 53.78% | 138,853 | 46.22% | 22,744 | 7.56% | 300,450 |