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Apresidential election was held inIndiana on November 8, 1960, as part of the1960 United States presidential election. State voters chose 13[2] representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Indiana was won byincumbent Vice PresidentRichard Nixon (R–California), running with formerUnited States Ambassador to the United NationsHenry Cabot Lodge Jr., with 55.03% of the popular vote, againstSenatorJohn F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with SenatorLyndon B. Johnson, with 44.60% of the popular vote.[3][4]
Indiana's Democratic primary had 34 delegates at stake.[5]
Larry O'Brien's first campaign trip for the Kennedy campaign was a five-day trip to Indiana in April 1959.[5] He determined that, "there was no great groundswell for Kennedy" in the state. However he found no signs of an activeSymington effort in state. O'Brien found that the field was relatively clear in the state, with only whispers of a possiblefavorite son candidate running to lead a unified and uncommitted delegation to the convention, withVance Hartke being a favorite speculative individual to fill such a role.[5]
Stuart Symington ultimately made a decision to abandon plans of actively competing in primaries. This opened up Indiana to other candidates. Symington, aMissourian, would have had a distinct advantage winning the vote of winning votes in another Midwestern state with a similar electorate to his own state.[5]
| 1960 Indiana Democratic Presidential Primary Results[6] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |||
| Democratic | John F. Kennedy | 353,832 | 81.0% | |||
| Democratic | Others | 82,937 | 19.0% | |||
| Totals | 100.00% | |||||
Nixon ran unopposed in the Republican primary.
| 1960 Indiana Republican Presidential Primary Results[6] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | |||
| Republican | Richard Nixon | 408,408 | 95.4% | |||
| Republican | Others | 19677 | 4.6% | |||
| Totals | 100.00% | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Richard Nixon | 1,175,120 | 55.03% | |
| Democratic | John F. Kennedy | 952,358 | 44.60% | |
| Prohibition | Rutherford Decker | 6,746 | 0.32% | |
| Socialist Labor | Eric Hass | 1,136 | 0.05% | |
| Total votes | 2,135,360 | 100% | ||
| County | Richard Nixon Republican | John F. Kennedy Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 6,972 | 61.11% | 4,338 | 38.02% | 99 | 0.87% | 2,634 | 23.09% | 11,409 |
| Allen | 60,103 | 60.33% | 39,235 | 39.39% | 280 | 0.28% | 20,868 | 20.94% | 99,618 |
| Bartholomew | 13,606 | 59.09% | 9,290 | 40.35% | 130 | 0.56% | 4,316 | 18.74% | 23,026 |
| Benton | 3,626 | 60.11% | 2,399 | 39.77% | 7 | 0.12% | 1,227 | 20.34% | 6,032 |
| Blackford | 3,738 | 53.33% | 3,228 | 46.06% | 43 | 0.61% | 510 | 7.27% | 7,009 |
| Boone | 8,979 | 62.28% | 5,377 | 37.30% | 60 | 0.42% | 3,602 | 24.98% | 14,416 |
| Brown | 1,679 | 51.76% | 1,533 | 47.26% | 32 | 0.99% | 146 | 4.50% | 3,244 |
| Carroll | 5,411 | 61.88% | 3,299 | 37.73% | 34 | 0.39% | 2,112 | 24.15% | 8,744 |
| Cass | 11,392 | 58.19% | 8,091 | 41.33% | 94 | 0.48% | 3,301 | 16.86% | 19,577 |
| Clark | 12,803 | 46.89% | 14,431 | 52.85% | 70 | 0.26% | -1,628 | -5.96% | 27,304 |
| Clay | 7,434 | 57.92% | 5,342 | 41.62% | 58 | 0.45% | 2,092 | 16.30% | 12,834 |
| Clinton | 9,620 | 59.32% | 6,533 | 40.28% | 64 | 0.39% | 3,087 | 19.04% | 16,217 |
| Crawford | 2,915 | 55.47% | 2,305 | 43.86% | 35 | 0.67% | 610 | 11.61% | 5,255 |
| Daviess | 8,285 | 60.20% | 5,433 | 39.48% | 45 | 0.33% | 2,852 | 20.72% | 13,763 |
| Dearborn | 7,619 | 54.99% | 6,216 | 44.87% | 19 | 0.14% | 1,403 | 10.12% | 13,854 |
| Decatur | 6,240 | 60.17% | 4,080 | 39.34% | 50 | 0.48% | 2,160 | 20.83% | 10,370 |
| DeKalb | 8,957 | 62.66% | 5,277 | 36.92% | 61 | 0.43% | 3,680 | 25.74% | 14,295 |
| Delaware | 26,167 | 52.75% | 23,266 | 46.90% | 177 | 0.36% | 2,901 | 5.85% | 49,610 |
| Dubois | 5,117 | 38.32% | 8,214 | 61.51% | 22 | 0.16% | -3,097 | -23.19% | 13,353 |
| Elkhart | 28,056 | 62.77% | 16,264 | 36.39% | 373 | 0.83% | 11,792 | 26.38% | 44,693 |
| Fayette | 6,729 | 55.97% | 5,246 | 43.63% | 48 | 0.40% | 1,483 | 12.34% | 12,023 |
| Floyd | 11,629 | 48.38% | 12,346 | 51.36% | 62 | 0.26% | -717 | -2.98% | 24,037 |
| Fountain | 6,123 | 58.71% | 4,277 | 41.01% | 29 | 0.28% | 1,846 | 17.70% | 10,429 |
| Franklin | 4,108 | 53.73% | 3,523 | 46.08% | 14 | 0.18% | 585 | 7.65% | 7,645 |
| Fulton | 6,038 | 66.11% | 3,047 | 33.36% | 48 | 0.53% | 2,991 | 32.75% | 9,133 |
| Gibson | 8,838 | 53.89% | 7,479 | 45.61% | 82 | 0.50% | 1,359 | 8.28% | 16,399 |
| Grant | 19,021 | 57.92% | 13,642 | 41.54% | 178 | 0.54% | 5,379 | 16.38% | 32,841 |
| Greene | 8,810 | 57.81% | 6,325 | 41.51% | 104 | 0.68% | 2,485 | 16.30% | 15,239 |
| Hamilton | 13,409 | 70.63% | 5,511 | 29.03% | 64 | 0.34% | 7,898 | 41.60% | 18,984 |
| Hancock | 7,543 | 60.21% | 4,930 | 39.35% | 55 | 0.44% | 2,613 | 20.86% | 12,528 |
| Harrison | 5,374 | 53.80% | 4,566 | 45.71% | 49 | 0.49% | 808 | 8.09% | 9,989 |
| Hendricks | 12,490 | 65.51% | 6,481 | 33.99% | 95 | 0.50% | 6,009 | 31.52% | 19,066 |
| Henry | 13,752 | 58.44% | 9,629 | 40.92% | 149 | 0.63% | 4,123 | 17.52% | 23,530 |
| Howard | 17,938 | 56.94% | 13,415 | 42.58% | 149 | 0.47% | 4,523 | 14.36% | 31,502 |
| Huntington | 10,658 | 59.44% | 7,163 | 39.95% | 109 | 0.61% | 3,495 | 19.49% | 17,930 |
| Jackson | 8,213 | 55.27% | 6,582 | 44.29% | 66 | 0.44% | 1,631 | 10.98% | 14,861 |
| Jasper | 5,364 | 64.32% | 2,959 | 35.48% | 16 | 0.19% | 2,405 | 28.84% | 8,339 |
| Jay | 6,519 | 56.73% | 4,899 | 42.63% | 74 | 0.64% | 1,620 | 14.10% | 11,492 |
| Jefferson | 6,333 | 55.11% | 5,119 | 44.54% | 40 | 0.35% | 1,214 | 10.57% | 11,492 |
| Jennings | 4,478 | 56.63% | 3,403 | 43.03% | 27 | 0.34% | 1,075 | 13.60% | 7,908 |
| Johnson | 12,426 | 62.38% | 7,400 | 37.15% | 93 | 0.47% | 5,026 | 25.23% | 19,919 |
| Knox | 11,490 | 53.40% | 9,918 | 46.10% | 108 | 0.50% | 1,572 | 7.30% | 21,516 |
| Kosciusko | 13,539 | 69.11% | 5,839 | 29.80% | 213 | 1.09% | 7,700 | 39.31% | 19,591 |
| LaGrange | 4,433 | 69.03% | 1,965 | 30.60% | 24 | 0.37% | 2,468 | 38.43% | 6,422 |
| Lake | 78,278 | 37.04% | 132,554 | 62.72% | 526 | 0.25% | -54,276 | -25.68% | 211,358 |
| LaPorte | 22,738 | 52.71% | 20,317 | 47.10% | 85 | 0.20% | 2,421 | 5.61% | 43,140 |
| Lawrence | 11,119 | 61.15% | 6,977 | 38.37% | 86 | 0.47% | 4,142 | 22.78% | 18,182 |
| Madison | 31,098 | 52.31% | 28,154 | 47.36% | 193 | 0.32% | 2,944 | 4.95% | 59,445 |
| Marion | 166,202 | 57.67% | 121,336 | 42.10% | 668 | 0.23% | 44,866 | 15.57% | 288,206 |
| Marshall | 10,460 | 62.47% | 6,210 | 37.09% | 74 | 0.44% | 4,250 | 25.38% | 16,744 |
| Martin | 2,756 | 51.55% | 2,585 | 48.35% | 5 | 0.09% | 171 | 3.20% | 5,346 |
| Miami | 8,844 | 58.45% | 6,191 | 40.92% | 96 | 0.63% | 2,653 | 17.53% | 15,131 |
| Monroe | 14,513 | 65.42% | 7,535 | 33.97% | 136 | 0.61% | 6,978 | 31.45% | 22,184 |
| Montgomery | 10,957 | 66.36% | 5,477 | 33.17% | 77 | 0.47% | 5,480 | 33.19% | 16,511 |
| Morgan | 9,416 | 63.36% | 5,375 | 36.17% | 69 | 0.46% | 4,041 | 27.19% | 14,860 |
| Newton | 3,517 | 65.12% | 1,870 | 34.62% | 14 | 0.26% | 1,647 | 30.50% | 5,401 |
| Noble | 8,069 | 60.27% | 5,264 | 39.32% | 54 | 0.40% | 2,805 | 20.95% | 13,387 |
| Ohio | 1,314 | 56.25% | 1,015 | 43.45% | 7 | 0.30% | 299 | 12.80% | 2,336 |
| Orange | 5,589 | 59.19% | 3,818 | 40.44% | 35 | 0.37% | 1,771 | 18.75% | 9,442 |
| Owen | 3,700 | 60.38% | 2,379 | 38.82% | 49 | 0.80% | 1,321 | 21.56% | 6,128 |
| Parke | 4,662 | 57.94% | 3,361 | 41.77% | 23 | 0.29% | 1,301 | 16.17% | 8,046 |
| Perry | 4,372 | 46.97% | 4,920 | 52.86% | 16 | 0.17% | -548 | -5.89% | 9,308 |
| Pike | 4,606 | 59.69% | 3,046 | 39.48% | 64 | 0.83% | 1,560 | 20.21% | 7,716 |
| Porter | 15,666 | 59.18% | 10,733 | 40.54% | 75 | 0.28% | 4,933 | 18.64% | 26,474 |
| Posey | 5,369 | 54.47% | 4,457 | 45.22% | 31 | 0.31% | 912 | 9.25% | 9,857 |
| Pulaski | 3,905 | 57.67% | 2,746 | 40.56% | 120 | 1.77% | 1,159 | 17.11% | 6,771 |
| Putnam | 6,583 | 57.63% | 4,798 | 42.00% | 42 | 0.37% | 1,785 | 15.63% | 11,423 |
| Randolph | 9,528 | 64.92% | 5,035 | 34.31% | 114 | 0.78% | 4,493 | 30.61% | 14,677 |
| Ripley | 6,053 | 55.95% | 4,730 | 43.72% | 35 | 0.32% | 1,323 | 12.23% | 10,818 |
| Rush | 6,215 | 63.54% | 3,516 | 35.94% | 51 | 0.52% | 2,699 | 27.60% | 9,782 |
| St. Joseph | 53,621 | 45.64% | 63,553 | 54.09% | 325 | 0.28% | -9,932 | -8.45% | 117,499 |
| Scott | 3,213 | 50.99% | 3,064 | 48.63% | 24 | 0.38% | 149 | 2.36% | 6,301 |
| Shelby | 9,421 | 56.75% | 7,111 | 42.83% | 70 | 0.42% | 2,310 | 13.92% | 16,602 |
| Spencer | 5,050 | 53.88% | 4,303 | 45.91% | 20 | 0.21% | 747 | 7.97% | 9,373 |
| Starke | 4,592 | 53.28% | 3,995 | 46.35% | 32 | 0.37% | 597 | 6.93% | 8,619 |
| Steuben | 5,464 | 67.63% | 2,588 | 32.03% | 27 | 0.33% | 2,876 | 35.60% | 8,079 |
| Sullivan | 6,012 | 49.85% | 5,975 | 49.54% | 73 | 0.61% | 37 | 0.31% | 12,060 |
| Switzerland | 1,929 | 49.40% | 1,955 | 50.06% | 21 | 0.54% | -26 | -0.66% | 3,905 |
| Tippecanoe | 24,572 | 63.55% | 14,041 | 36.31% | 55 | 0.14% | 10,531 | 27.24% | 38,668 |
| Tipton | 4,924 | 59.88% | 3,299 | 40.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,625 | 19.76% | 8,223 |
| Union | 2,087 | 63.73% | 1,180 | 36.03% | 8 | 0.24% | 907 | 27.70% | 3,275 |
| Vanderburgh | 41,068 | 52.90% | 36,330 | 46.80% | 237 | 0.31% | 4,738 | 6.10% | 77,635 |
| Vermillion | 4,798 | 46.92% | 5,391 | 52.71% | 38 | 0.37% | -593 | -5.79% | 10,227 |
| Vigo | 24,940 | 49.70% | 25,105 | 50.03% | 133 | 0.27% | -165 | -0.33% | 50,178 |
| Wabash | 10,420 | 68.12% | 4,788 | 31.30% | 89 | 0.58% | 5,632 | 36.82% | 15,297 |
| Warren | 2,870 | 64.29% | 1,574 | 35.26% | 20 | 0.45% | 1,296 | 29.03% | 4,464 |
| Warrick | 6,482 | 56.10% | 5,042 | 43.64% | 30 | 0.26% | 1,440 | 12.46% | 11,554 |
| Washington | 5,057 | 56.74% | 3,821 | 42.87% | 35 | 0.39% | 1,236 | 13.87% | 8,913 |
| Wayne | 19,764 | 60.66% | 12,721 | 39.05% | 95 | 0.29% | 7,043 | 21.61% | 32,580 |
| Wells | 6,034 | 58.91% | 4,128 | 40.30% | 80 | 0.78% | 1,906 | 18.61% | 10,242 |
| White | 6,678 | 62.93% | 3,914 | 36.88% | 20 | 0.19% | 2,764 | 26.05% | 10,612 |
| Whitley | 6,621 | 60.50% | 4,266 | 38.98% | 56 | 0.51% | 2,355 | 21.52% | 10,943 |
| Totals | 1,175,120 | 55.03% | 952,358 | 44.60% | 7,882 | 0.37% | 222,762 | 10.43% | 2,135,360 |
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