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1960 United States presidential election in South Dakota
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Nominee Richard Nixon John F. Kennedy
Party Republican Democratic
Home state California Massachusetts
Running mate Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. Lyndon B. Johnson
Electoral vote 4 0
Popular vote 178,417 128,070
Percentage 58.21% 41.79%
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The 1960 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. Voters chose four[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

South Dakota was won by incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (R–California), running with United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. of Massachusetts, with 58.21% of the popular vote, against Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy (D), running with Texas Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 41.79% of the popular vote.[3][4]

As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which majority Native American Todd County voted for a Republican presidential candidate.[5] With 58.21% of the popular vote, South Dakota would prove to be Nixon's fifth strongest state in the 1960 election after Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Vermont.[6]

Primaries[edit]

Both the Republican and Democratic parties held primaries on June 7.[7][8]

Democratic primary[edit]

See also: 1960 Democratic Party presidential primaries

Hubert Humphrey was unopposed on the Democratic primary ballot.[7] Kennedy had decided against competing in the state because he recognized that Humphrey, who had grown up in the state, had a distinct advantage there.[7]

1960 South Dakota Democratic Presidential Primary Results[8]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Democratic Hubert Humphrey 24,773 100.00%
Totals 24,773 100%

Republican primary[edit]

See also: 1960 Republican Party presidential primaries

No candidates ran in the Republican primary.

1960 South Dakota Republican Presidential Primary Results[8]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Republican Unpledged delegates 48,461 100%
Totals 48,461 100%

Results[edit]

1960 United States presidential election in South Dakota
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Richard Nixon 178,417 58.21%
Democratic John F. Kennedy 128,070 41.79%
Total votes 306,487 100%

Results by county[edit]

County[9] Richard Milhous Nixon
Republican 		John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # %
Aurora 1,267 49.94% 1,270 50.06% -3 -0.12% 2,537
Beadle 5,911 59.17% 4,079 40.83% 1,832 18.34% 9,990
Bennett 779 56.20% 607 43.80% 172 12.41% 1,386
Bon Homme 2,730 57.09% 2,052 42.91% 678 14.18% 4,782
Brookings 5,710 65.75% 2,974 34.25% 2,736 31.51% 8,684
Brown 8,037 50.45% 7,893 49.55% 144 0.90% 15,930
Brule 1,403 46.72% 1,600 53.28% -197 -6.56% 3,003
Buffalo 294 46.82% 334 53.18% -40 -6.37% 628
Butte 2,496 65.44% 1,318 34.56% 1,178 30.89% 3,814
Campbell 1,330 78.61% 362 21.39% 968 57.21% 1,692
Charles Mix 2,446 47.04% 2,754 52.96% -308 -5.92% 5,200
Clark 2,204 61.05% 1,406 38.95% 798 22.11% 3,610
Clay 2,772 59.61% 1,878 40.39% 894 19.23% 4,650
Codington 5,309 55.23% 4,304 44.77% 1,005 10.45% 9,613
Corson 1,290 54.13% 1,093 45.87% 197 8.27% 2,383
Custer 1,533 63.58% 878 36.42% 655 27.17% 2,411
Davison 4,105 49.98% 4,108 50.02% -3 -0.04% 8,213
Day 2,626 48.09% 2,835 51.91% -209 -3.83% 5,461
Deuel 1,907 61.92% 1,173 38.08% 734 23.83% 3,080
Dewey 1,168 52.80% 1,044 47.20% 124 5.61% 2,212
Douglas 2,002 78.73% 541 21.27% 1,461 57.45% 2,543
Edmunds 1,728 51.78% 1,609 48.22% 119 3.57% 3,337
Fall River 2,492 63.60% 1,426 36.40% 1,066 27.21% 3,918
Faulk 1,240 54.31% 1,043 45.69% 197 8.63% 2,283
Grant 2,611 55.26% 2,114 44.74% 497 10.52% 4,725
Gregory 2,063 53.71% 1,778 46.29% 285 7.42% 3,841
Haakon 980 62.22% 595 37.78% 385 24.44% 1,575
Hamlin 2,139 63.49% 1,230 36.51% 909 26.98% 3,369
Hand 1,872 57.27% 1,397 42.73% 475 14.53% 3,269
Hanson 1,087 48.53% 1,153 51.47% -66 -2.95% 2,240
Harding 676 63.89% 382 36.11% 294 27.79% 1,058
Hughes 3,320 61.99% 2,036 38.01% 1,284 23.97% 5,356
Hutchinson 3,948 71.72% 1,557 28.28% 2,391 43.43% 5,505
Hyde 773 53.94% 660 46.06% 113 7.89% 1,433
Jackson 581 61.35% 366 38.65% 215 22.70% 947
Jerauld 1,165 57.45% 863 42.55% 302 14.89% 2,028
Jones 644 60.36% 423 39.64% 221 20.71% 1,067
Kingsbury 2,887 63.26% 1,677 36.74% 1,210 26.51% 4,564
Lake 3,520 61.28% 2,224 38.72% 1,296 22.56% 5,744
Lawrence 5,083 66.06% 2,612 33.94% 2,471 32.11% 7,695
Lincoln 3,553 64.16% 1,985 35.84% 1,568 28.31% 5,538
Lyman 1,166 57.78% 852 42.22% 314 15.56% 2,018
Marshall 1,704 50.44% 1,674 49.56% 30 0.89% 3,378
McCook 2,375 56.93% 1,797 43.07% 578 13.85% 4,172
McPherson 2,354 79.26% 616 20.74% 1,738 58.52% 2,970
Meade 2,644 57.89% 1,923 42.11% 721 15.79% 4,567
Mellette 774 60.28% 510 39.72% 264 20.56% 1,284
Miner 1,377 51.13% 1,316 48.87% 61 2.27% 2,693
Minnehaha 23,238 60.53% 15,152 39.47% 8,086 21.06% 38,390
Moody 2,119 52.49% 1,918 47.51% 201 4.98% 4,037
Pennington 11,364 60.31% 7,478 39.69% 3,886 20.62% 18,842
Perkins 1,767 60.29% 1,164 39.71% 603 20.57% 2,931
Potter 1,326 56.91% 1,004 43.09% 322 13.82% 2,330
Roberts 2,857 48.05% 3,089 51.95% -232 -3.90% 5,946
Sanborn 1,254 50.10% 1,249 49.90% 5 0.20% 2,503
Shannon 655 36.59% 1,135 63.41% -480 -26.82% 1,790
Spink 2,738 51.65% 2,563 48.35% 175 3.30% 5,301
Stanley 678 48.15% 730 51.85% -52 -3.69% 1,408
Sully 864 64.14% 483 35.86% 381 28.29% 1,347
Todd 909 50.14% 904 49.86% 5 0.28% 1,813
Tripp 2,466 58.52% 1,748 41.48% 718 17.04% 4,214
Turner 4,120 72.70% 1,547 27.30% 2,573 45.40% 5,667
Union 2,688 53.56% 2,331 46.44% 357 7.11% 5,019
Walworth 2,406 62.11% 1,468 37.89% 938 24.21% 3,874
Washabaugh 260 54.97% 213 45.03% 47 9.94% 473
Yankton 4,065 57.04% 3,061 42.96% 1,004 14.09% 7,126
Ziebach 568 52.59% 512 47.41% 56 5.19% 1,080
Totals 178,417 58.21% 128,070 41.79% 50,347 16.43% 306,487

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1960 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved June 7, 2017.
  2. ^ "1960 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)". Retrieved June 7, 2017.
  3. ^ "1960 Presidential General Election Results - South Dakota". Retrieved June 7, 2017.
  4. ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1960". Retrieved June 7, 2017.
  5. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  6. ^ "1960 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  7. ^ a b c Oliphant, Thomas; Wilkie, Curtis (2017). The road to Camelot: Inside JFK's Five-Year Campaign. Simon & Schuster.
  8. ^ a b c "RESULTS OF 1960 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION PRIMARIES". John F. Kennedy presidential library. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  9. ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 410-411 ISBN 0405077114
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