1960 Presidential Election Results for Washington

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County	Turnout	John Kennedy (D)		Richard Nixon (R)		Other		TOTAL
Adams	79%	1,732	41.1%	2,479	58.8%	5	0.1%	4,216
Asotin	76%	3,093	53.9%	2,640	46.0%	6	0.1%	5,739
Benton	75%	12,518	47.5%	13,797	52.4%	29	0.1%	26,344
Chelan	73%	8,177	44.9%	9,854	54.1%	183	1.0%	18,214
Clallam	73%	6,801	52.0%	6,227	47.6%	52	0.4%	13,080
Clark	77%	20,771	50.8%	20,080	49.1%	17	0.0%	40,868
Columbia	76%	793	37.9%	1,301	62.1%	0	0.0%	2,094
Cowlitz	73%	12,054	49.6%	12,103	49.8%	153	0.6%	24,310
Douglas	74%	3,087	48.6%	3,241	51.1%	18	0.3%	6,346
Ferry	74%	921	59.6%	623	40.3%	2	0.1%	1,546
Franklin	74%	5,156	54.8%	4,201	44.6%	52	0.6%	9,409
Garfield	90%	690	42.9%	914	56.9%	3	0.2%	1,607
Grant	58%	7,400	49.3%	7,568	50.4%	37	0.2%	15,005
Grays Harbor	75%	13,773	57.4%	10,067	41.9%	166	0.7%	24,006
Island	52%	2,470	40.5%	3,596	59.0%	28	0.5%	6,094
Jefferson	72%	2,197	51.0%	2,103	48.8%	7	0.2%	4,307
King	76%	208,756	47.4%	224,150	50.8%	7,904	1.8%	440,810
Kitsap	76%	19,662	52.7%	17,459	46.8%	181	0.5%	37,302
Kittitas	69%	4,303	48.1%	4,640	51.8%	10	0.1%	8,953
Klickitat	73%	2,744	49.0%	2,836	50.7%	15	0.3%	5,595
Lewis	81%	8,411	43.2%	11,012	56.5%	57	0.3%	19,480
Lincoln	84%	2,248	41.1%	3,211	58.8%	5	0.1%	5,464
Mason	81%	4,183	52.9%	3,703	46.9%	16	0.2%	7,902
Okanogan	73%	5,507	51.5%	5,169	48.3%	22	0.2%	10,698
Pacific	79%	3,837	54.1%	3,224	45.5%	29	0.4%	7,090
Pend Oreille	76%	1,641	55.6%	1,305	44.2%	7	0.2%	2,953
Pierce	65%	64,292	52.1%	57,188	46.3%	1,995	1.6%	123,475
San Juan	95%	624	35.9%	1,112	63.9%	4	0.2%	1,740
Skagit	76%	11,003	47.4%	12,168	52.4%	49	0.2%	23,220
Skamania	78%	1,269	55.0%	1,032	44.8%	5	0.2%	2,306
Snohomish	73%	38,793	53.0%	33,731	46.1%	639	0.9%	73,163
Spokane	70%	55,553	48.2%	59,557	51.6%	259	0.2%	115,369
Stevens	82%	3,861	48.5%	4,076	51.2%	18	0.2%	7,955
Thurston	80%	11,620	45.4%	13,921	54.4%	65	0.3%	25,606
Wahkiakum	89%	923	53.6%	796	46.2%	3	0.2%	1,722
Walla Walla	71%	6,721	36.3%	11,786	63.6%	12	0.1%	18,519
Whatcom	74%	14,298	45.4%	16,651	52.8%	577	1.8%	31,526
Whitman	65%	5,458	40.3%	8,069	59.6%	17	0.1%	13,544
Yakima	65%	21,958	40.7%	31,683	58.7%	354	0.7%	53,995
TOTAL	72%	599,298	48.3%	629,273	50.7%	13,001	1.0%	1,241,572

1960 Presidential Election Results by Congressional District in WA

Data for 3rd party candidates is often unavailable explicitly.

Click on a district in the table below to see 1960 U.S. House election results for that district.

District	Turnout	John Kennedy (D)		Richard Nixon (R)		Other		TOTAL
District 01 (Pelly-R)	n/a	n/a	56.7%	n/a	43.3%	n/a	0.0%	n/a
District 02 (Westland-R)	n/a	n/a	50.1%	n/a	49.9%	n/a	0.0%	n/a
District 03 (Hansen-D)	75%	76,841	50.1%	75,938	49.5%	511	0.3%	153,290
District 04 (May-R)	70%	72,566	44.0%	91,914	55.7%	511	0.3%	164,991
District 05 (Horan-R)	70%	80,995	48.1%	87,036	51.6%	514	0.3%	168,545
District 06 (Tollefson-R)	n/a	n/a	53.2%	n/a	46.8%	n/a	0.0%	n/a
District 07 (Magnuson-D)	n/a	n/a	53.1%	n/a	46.9%	n/a	0.0%	n/a

1960 President, Adams County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Kennedy (D)	1,732	41.1%
Richard Nixon (R)	2,479	58.8%
Other	5	0.1%
TOTAL	4,216
Turnout: 79% Diff (St): 8 Diff (US): 9

1960 President, Asotin County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Kennedy (D)	3,093	53.9%
Richard Nixon (R)	2,640	46.0%
Other	6	0.1%
TOTAL	5,739
Turnout: 76% Diff (St): -5 Diff (US): -4

1960 President, Benton County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Kennedy (D)	12,518	47.5%
Richard Nixon (R)	13,797	52.4%
Other	29	0.1%
TOTAL	26,344
Turnout: 75% Diff (St): 2 Diff (US): 3

1960 President, Chelan County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Kennedy (D)	8,177	44.9%
Richard Nixon (R)	9,854	54.1%
Other	183	1.0%
TOTAL	18,214
Turnout: 73% Diff (St): 3 Diff (US): 5

1960 President, Clallam County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Kennedy (D)	6,801	52.0%
Richard Nixon (R)	6,227	47.6%
Other	52	0.4%
TOTAL	13,080
Turnout: 73% Diff (St): -3 Diff (US): -2

1960 President, Clark County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Kennedy (D)	20,771	50.8%
Richard Nixon (R)	20,080	49.1%
Other	17	0.0%
TOTAL	40,868
Turnout: 77% Diff (St): -2 Diff (US): 0

1960 President, Columbia County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Kennedy (D)	793	37.9%
Richard Nixon (R)	1,301	62.1%
TOTAL	2,094
Turnout: 76% Diff (St): 11 Diff (US): 13

1960 President, Cowlitz County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Kennedy (D)	12,054	49.6%
Richard Nixon (R)	12,103	49.8%
Other	153	0.6%
TOTAL	24,310
Turnout: 73% Diff (St): -1 Diff (US): 0

1960 President, Douglas County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Kennedy (D)	3,087	48.6%
Richard Nixon (R)	3,241	51.1%
Other	18	0.3%
TOTAL	6,346
Turnout: 74% Diff (St): 0 Diff (US): 1

1960 President, Ferry County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Kennedy (D)	921	59.6%
Richard Nixon (R)	623	40.3%
Other	2	0.1%
TOTAL	1,546
Turnout: 74% Diff (St): -10 Diff (US): -9

1960 President, Franklin County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Kennedy (D)	5,156	54.8%
Richard Nixon (R)	4,201	44.6%
Other	52	0.6%
TOTAL	9,409
Turnout: 74% Diff (St): -6 Diff (US): -5

1960 President, Garfield County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Kennedy (D)	690	42.9%
Richard Nixon (R)	914	56.9%
Other	3	0.2%
TOTAL	1,607
Turnout: 90% Diff (St): 6 Diff (US): 7

1960 President, Grant County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Kennedy (D)	7,400	49.3%
Richard Nixon (R)	7,568	50.4%
Other	37	0.2%
TOTAL	15,005
Turnout: 58% Diff (St): 0 Diff (US): 1

1960 President, Grays Harbor County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Kennedy (D)	13,773	57.4%
Richard Nixon (R)	10,067	41.9%
Other	166	0.7%
TOTAL	24,006
Turnout: 75% Diff (St): -9 Diff (US): -8

1960 President, Island County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Kennedy (D)	2,470	40.5%
Richard Nixon (R)	3,596	59.0%
Other	28	0.5%
TOTAL	6,094
Turnout: 52% Diff (St): 8 Diff (US): 9

1960 President, Jefferson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Kennedy (D)	2,197	51.0%
Richard Nixon (R)	2,103	48.8%
Other	7	0.2%
TOTAL	4,307
Turnout: 72% Diff (St): -2 Diff (US): -1

1960 President, King County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Kennedy (D)	208,756	47.4%
Richard Nixon (R)	224,150	50.8%
Other	7,904	1.8%
TOTAL	440,810
Turnout: 76% Diff (St): 0 Diff (US): 1

1960 President, Kitsap County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Kennedy (D)	19,662	52.7%
Richard Nixon (R)	17,459	46.8%
Other	181	0.5%
TOTAL	37,302
Turnout: 76% Diff (St): -4 Diff (US): -3

1960 President, Kittitas County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Kennedy (D)	4,303	48.1%
Richard Nixon (R)	4,640	51.8%
Other	10	0.1%
TOTAL	8,953
Turnout: 69% Diff (St): 1 Diff (US): 2

1960 President, Klickitat County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Kennedy (D)	2,744	49.0%
Richard Nixon (R)	2,836	50.7%
Other	15	0.3%
TOTAL	5,595
Turnout: 73% Diff (St): 0 Diff (US): 1

1960 President, Lewis County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Kennedy (D)	8,411	43.2%
Richard Nixon (R)	11,012	56.5%
Other	57	0.3%
TOTAL	19,480
Turnout: 81% Diff (St): 6 Diff (US): 7

1960 President, Lincoln County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Kennedy (D)	2,248	41.1%
Richard Nixon (R)	3,211	58.8%
Other	5	0.1%
TOTAL	5,464
Turnout: 84% Diff (St): 8 Diff (US): 9

1960 President, Mason County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Kennedy (D)	4,183	52.9%
Richard Nixon (R)	3,703	46.9%
Other	16	0.2%
TOTAL	7,902
Turnout: 81% Diff (St): -4 Diff (US): -3

1960 President, Okanogan County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Kennedy (D)	5,507	51.5%
Richard Nixon (R)	5,169	48.3%
Other	22	0.2%
TOTAL	10,698
Turnout: 73% Diff (St): -2 Diff (US): -1

1960 President, Pacific County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Kennedy (D)	3,837	54.1%
Richard Nixon (R)	3,224	45.5%
Other	29	0.4%
TOTAL	7,090
Turnout: 79% Diff (St): -5 Diff (US): -4

1960 President, Pend Oreille County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Kennedy (D)	1,641	55.6%
Richard Nixon (R)	1,305	44.2%
Other	7	0.2%
TOTAL	2,953
Turnout: 76% Diff (St): -6 Diff (US): -5

1960 President, Pierce County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Kennedy (D)	64,292	52.1%
Richard Nixon (R)	57,188	46.3%
Other	1,995	1.6%
TOTAL	123,475
Turnout: 65% Diff (St): -4 Diff (US): -3

1960 President, San Juan County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Kennedy (D)	624	35.9%
Richard Nixon (R)	1,112	63.9%
Other	4	0.2%
TOTAL	1,740
Turnout: 95% Diff (St): 13 Diff (US): 14

1960 President, Skagit County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Kennedy (D)	11,003	47.4%
Richard Nixon (R)	12,168	52.4%
Other	49	0.2%
TOTAL	23,220
Turnout: 76% Diff (St): 2 Diff (US): 3

1960 President, Skamania County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Kennedy (D)	1,269	55.0%
Richard Nixon (R)	1,032	44.8%
Other	5	0.2%
TOTAL	2,306
Turnout: 78% Diff (St): -6 Diff (US): -5

1960 President, Snohomish County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Kennedy (D)	38,793	53.0%
Richard Nixon (R)	33,731	46.1%
Other	639	0.9%
TOTAL	73,163
Turnout: 73% Diff (St): -5 Diff (US): -3

1960 President, Spokane County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Kennedy (D)	55,553	48.2%
Richard Nixon (R)	59,557	51.6%
Other	259	0.2%
TOTAL	115,369
Turnout: 70% Diff (St): 1 Diff (US): 2

1960 President, Stevens County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Kennedy (D)	3,861	48.5%
Richard Nixon (R)	4,076	51.2%
Other	18	0.2%
TOTAL	7,955
Turnout: 82% Diff (St): 1 Diff (US): 2

1960 President, Thurston County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Kennedy (D)	11,620	45.4%
Richard Nixon (R)	13,921	54.4%
Other	65	0.3%
TOTAL	25,606
Turnout: 80% Diff (St): 4 Diff (US): 5

1960 President, Wahkiakum County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Kennedy (D)	923	53.6%
Richard Nixon (R)	796	46.2%
Other	3	0.2%
TOTAL	1,722
Turnout: 89% Diff (St): -4 Diff (US): -3

1960 President, Walla Walla County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Kennedy (D)	6,721	36.3%
Richard Nixon (R)	11,786	63.6%
Other	12	0.1%
TOTAL	18,519
Turnout: 71% Diff (St): 13 Diff (US): 14

1960 President, Whatcom County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Kennedy (D)	14,298	45.4%
Richard Nixon (R)	16,651	52.8%
Other	577	1.8%
TOTAL	31,526
Turnout: 74% Diff (St): 2 Diff (US): 3

1960 President, Whitman County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Kennedy (D)	5,458	40.3%
Richard Nixon (R)	8,069	59.6%
Other	17	0.1%
TOTAL	13,544
Turnout: 65% Diff (St): 9 Diff (US): 10

1960 President, Yakima County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
John Kennedy (D)	21,958	40.7%
Richard Nixon (R)	31,683	58.7%
Other	354	0.7%
TOTAL	53,995
Turnout: 65% Diff (St): 8 Diff (US): 9

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