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1960 United States presidential election in Colorado
Nixon 50–60% 60–70%	Kennedy 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%
President before election; Dwight D. Eisenhower; Republican	Elected President ; John F. Kennedy; Democratic

The 1960 United States presidential election in Colorado took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. State voters chose six^[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Colorado was won by incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (R–California), running with United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., with 54.63% of the popular vote, against Senator John F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 44.91% of the popular vote.^[3]^[4]

Results[edit]

1960 United States presidential election in Colorado
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Nixon	402,242	54.63%
	Democratic	John F. Kennedy	330,629	44.91%
	Socialist Labor	Eric Hass	2,803	0.38%
	Socialist Workers	Farrell Dobbs	572	0.08%
Total votes			736,246	100%

Results by county[edit]

County	Richard Milhous Nixon^[5] Republican		John Fitzgerald Kennedy^[5] Democratic		Eric Hass^[5] Socialist Labor		Farrell Dobbs^[5] Socialist Workers		Margin
County	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#
Larimer	67.39%	15,671	32.47%	7,550	0.10%	23	0.05%	11	34.92%	8,121
Kit Carson	66.88%	2,248	32.82%	1,103	0.06%	2	0.24%	8	34.07%	1,145
Cheyenne	65.69%	806	34.15%	419	0.16%		0.00%	0	31.54%	387
Baca	65.48%	1,815	34.34%	952	0.07%		0.11%	3	31.13%	863
Washington	65.49%	1,979	34.38%	1,039	0.10%	3	0.03%	1	31.11%	940
Yuma	65.18%	2,806	34.59%	1,489	0.12%	5	0.12%	5	30.59%	1,317
El Paso	64.93%	31,625	34.94%	17,018	0.08%	40	0.04%	21	29.99%	14,607
Douglas	64.42%	1,490	35.58%	823	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	28.84%	667
Elbert	64.32%	1,240	35.58%	686	0.10%	2	0.00%	0	28.73%	554
Rio Blanco	63.57%	1,391	36.29%	794	0.09%	2	0.05%	1	27.29%	597
Kiowa	63.42%	865	36.51%	498	0.07%	1	0.00%	0	26.91%	367
Delta	63.24%	4,644	36.62%	2,689	0.08%	6	0.05%	4	26.62%	1,955
Phillips	62.77%	1,455	37.19%	862	0.04%	1	0.00%	0	25.58%	593
Hinsdale	62.73%	138	37.27%	82	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	25.45%	56
Grand	62.62%	1,104	37.27%	657	0.06%	1	0.06%	1	25.35%	447
Custer	61.85%	509	38.15%	314	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	23.69%	195
Morgan	61.65%	5,092	38.15%	3,151	0.13%	11	0.06%	5	23.50%	1,941
Boulder	61.47%	19,791	38.13%	12,276	0.33%	105	0.08%	25	23.34%	7,515
Sedgwick	61.41%	1,230	38.39%	769	0.15%	3	0.05%	1	23.02%	461
Weld	60.99%	17,558	38.83%	11,179	0.10%	30	0.08%	23	22.16%	6,379
Crowley	60.89%	1,099	39.06%	705	0.06%	1	0.00%	0	21.83%	394
Fremont	60.19%	5,690	39.45%	3,730	0.14%	13	0.22%	21	20.73%	1,960
Arapahoe	60.07%	26,379	39.62%	17,400	0.25%	109	0.06%	28	20.45%	8,979
Logan	59.97%	5,002	39.97%	3,334	0.01%	1	0.05%	4	20.00%	1,668
Jefferson	59.62%	34,105	40.14%	22,962	0.19%	107	0.05%	30	19.48%	11,143
Park	59.33%	642	40.48%	438	0.18%	2	0.00%	0	18.85%	204
Moffat	59.32%	1,754	40.58%	1,200	0.07%	2	0.03%	1	18.74%	554
Prowers	59.15%	3,567	40.75%	2,457	0.05%	3	0.05%	3	18.41%	1,110
Lincoln	58.93%	1,498	40.95%	1,041	0.12%	3	0.00%	0	17.98%	457
Mesa	58.81%	13,015	40.99%	9,072	0.14%	32	0.06%	13	17.82%	3,943
La Plata	58.83%	4,772	41.04%	3,329	0.07%	6	0.05%	4	17.79%	1,443
Otero	58.80%	6,015	41.05%	4,199	0.07%	7	0.08%	8	17.75%	1,816
Rio Grande	58.53%	2,524	41.33%	1,782	0.12%	5	0.02%	1	17.21%	742
Gilpin	58.55%	315	41.45%	223	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	17.10%	92
Montrose	58.34%	4,040	41.31%	2,861	0.25%	17	0.10%	7	17.03%	1,179
Clear Creek	58.35%	964	41.65%	688	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	16.71%	276
Jackson	58.27%	504	41.62%	360	0.12%	1			16.65%	144
Pitkin	58.18%	679	41.82%	488	0.00%	0			16.37%	191
Garfield	58.04%	3,215	41.76%	2,313	0.16%	9	0.04%	2	16.28%	902
Bent	57.54%	1,671	42.29%	1,228	0.14%	4	0.03%	1	15.25%	443
Montezuma	56.69%	2,778	43.16%	2,115	0.10%	5	0.04%	2	13.53%	663
Alamosa	55.58%	2,271	44.32%	1,811	0.07%	3	0.02%	1	11.26%	460
Gunnison	55.31%	1,296	44.56%	1,044	0.04%	1	0.09%	2	10.76%	252
Dolores	55.22%	476	44.78%	386	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	10.44%	90
Ouray	54.04%	508	45.96%	432	0.00%	0	0.00%	0	8.09%	76
Routt	53.83%	1,651	46.10%	1,414	0.03%	1	0.03%	1	7.73%	237
Teller	53.60%	723	46.11%	622	0.22%	3	0.07%	1	7.49%	101
Eagle	52.86%	989	47.03%	880	0.11%	2	0.00%	0	5.83%	109
Chaffee	52.14%	2,094	47.76%	1,918	0.07%	3	0.02%	1	4.38%	176
Summit	51.27%	424	48.37%	400	0.36%	3	0.00%	0	2.90%	24
Denver	49.59%	109,446	49.68%	109,637	0.65%	1,429	0.09%	189	-0.09%	-191
Saguache	49.05%	956	50.49%	984	0.31%	6	0.15%	3	-1.44%	-28
Mineral	47.87%	146	51.80%	158	0.33%	1	0.00%	0	-3.93%	-12
Adams	46.36%	18,452	53.19%	21,168	0.41%	164	0.04%	14	-6.82%	-2,716
Archuleta	46.26%	489	53.64%	567	0.09%	1	0.00%	0	-7.38%	-78
San Miguel	46.09%	525	53.73%	612	0.18%	2	0.00%		-7.64%	-87
San Juan	45.23%	218	54.15%	261	0.62%	3	0.00%		-8.92%	-43
Pueblo	42.36%	20,579	56.44%	27,421	1.11%	541	0.08%	41	-14.08%	-6,842
Conejos	38.80%	1,367	58.73%	2,069	1.19%	42	1.28%	45	-19.93%	-702
Lake	34.03%	954	65.72%	1,842	0.07%	2	0.18%	5	-31.68%	-888
Huerfano	33.73%	1,367	65.95%	2,673	0.20%	8	0.12%	5	-32.22%	-1,306
Costilla	31.83%	637	67.52%	1,351	0.50%	10	0.15%	3	-35.68%	-714
Las Animas	30.74%	2,989	68.96%	6,704	0.15%	15	0.14%	14	-38.21%	-3,715

References[edit]

^ "United States Presidential election of 1960 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved June 6, 2017.
^ "1960 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)". Retrieved June 6, 2017.
^ "1960 Presidential General Election Results - Colorado". Retrieved June 6, 2017.
^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1960". Retrieved June 6, 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Our Campaigns; CO US President, November 08, 1960

[1] "United States Presidential election of 1960 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved June 6, 2017.

[2] "1960 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)". Retrieved June 6, 2017.

[3] "1960 Presidential General Election Results - Colorado". Retrieved June 6, 2017.

[4] "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1960". Retrieved June 6, 2017.

[Our-5] Our Campaigns; CO US President, November 08, 1960

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