1960 United States presidential election in Utah
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The 1960 United States presidential election in Utah 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.
Utah was won by incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (R–California), running with United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., with 54.81 percent of the popular vote, against Senator John F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 45.17 percent of the popular vote.[3][4] This was the first election since 1912 where Utah voted for the losing candidate.
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Richard Nixon | 205,361 | 54.81% | |
| Democratic | John F. Kennedy | 169,248 | 45.17% | |
| Socialist Workers | Farrell Dobbs | 100 | 0.03% | |
| Total votes | 374,709 | 100% | ||
Results by county
[edit]| County | Richard Nixon Republican |
John F. Kennedy Democratic |
Farrell Dobbs Socialist Workers |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Beaver | 971 | 45.65% | 1,156 | 54.35% | 0 | 0.00% | -185 | -8.70% | 2,127 |
| Box Elder | 6,594 | 63.23% | 3,831 | 36.74% | 3 | 0.03% | 2,763 | 26.49% | 10,428 |
| Cache | 10,281 | 67.65% | 4,917 | 32.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 5,364 | 35.30% | 15,198 |
| Carbon | 2,953 | 32.79% | 6,039 | 67.06% | 14 | 0.16% | -3,086 | -34.27% | 9,006 |
| Daggett | 196 | 44.95% | 239 | 54.82% | 1 | 0.23% | -43 | -9.87% | 436 |
| Davis | 13,782 | 57.34% | 10,244 | 42.62% | 8 | 0.03% | 3,538 | 14.72% | 24,034 |
| Duchesne | 1,546 | 56.98% | 1,166 | 42.98% | 1 | 0.04% | 380 | 14.00% | 2,713 |
| Emery | 1,283 | 50.89% | 1,238 | 49.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 45 | 1.78% | 2,521 |
| Garfield | 1,083 | 69.69% | 471 | 30.31% | 0 | 0.00% | 612 | 39.38% | 1,554 |
| Grand | 1,130 | 58.40% | 805 | 41.60% | 0 | 0.00% | 325 | 16.80% | 1,935 |
| Iron | 3,079 | 63.91% | 1,738 | 36.07% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,341 | 27.84% | 4,818 |
| Juab | 1,203 | 50.95% | 1,158 | 49.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 45 | 1.90% | 2,361 |
| Kane | 876 | 80.44% | 213 | 19.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 663 | 60.88% | 1,089 |
| Millard | 2,248 | 61.15% | 1,425 | 38.76% | 3 | 0.08% | 823 | 22.39% | 3,676 |
| Morgan | 775 | 55.44% | 622 | 44.49% | 1 | 0.07% | 153 | 10.95% | 1,398 |
| Piute | 453 | 64.71% | 247 | 35.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 206 | 29.42% | 700 |
| Rich | 511 | 63.72% | 291 | 36.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 220 | 27.44% | 802 |
| Salt Lake | 90,845 | 54.49% | 75,868 | 45.51% | 0 | 0.00% | 14,977 | 8.98% | 166,713 |
| San Juan | 1,408 | 62.72% | 837 | 37.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 571 | 25.44% | 2,245 |
| Sanpete | 3,322 | 60.35% | 2,180 | 39.60% | 3 | 0.05% | 1,142 | 20.75% | 5,505 |
| Sevier | 3,166 | 65.18% | 1,690 | 34.80% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,476 | 30.38% | 4,857 |
| Summit | 1,607 | 56.91% | 1,217 | 43.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 390 | 13.82% | 2,824 |
| Tooele | 3,016 | 45.10% | 3,665 | 54.80% | 7 | 0.10% | -649 | -9.70% | 6,688 |
| Uintah | 2,882 | 67.62% | 1,380 | 32.38% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,502 | 35.24% | 4,262 |
| Utah | 23,057 | 53.99% | 19,626 | 45.95% | 25 | 0.06% | 3,431 | 8.04% | 42,708 |
| Wasatch | 1,480 | 58.11% | 1,066 | 41.85% | 1 | 0.04% | 414 | 16.26% | 2,547 |
| Washington | 2,876 | 68.90% | 1,298 | 31.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,578 | 37.80% | 4,174 |
| Wayne | 446 | 53.86% | 382 | 46.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 64 | 7.72% | 828 |
| Weber | 22,293 | 47.88% | 24,239 | 52.06% | 31 | 0.07% | -1,946 | -4.18% | 46,563 |
| Totals | 205,361 | 54.81% | 169,248 | 45.17% | 100 | 0.03% | 36,113 | 9.64% | 374,709 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1960 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved June 7, 2017.
- ^ "1960 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)". Retrieved June 7, 2017.
- ^ "1960 Presidential General Election Results – Utah". Retrieved June 7, 2017.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1960". Retrieved June 7, 2017.
