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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%

County Results Nixon   50-60%   60-70%   70-80% Kennedy   50-60%   60-70%

President before election Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Elected President John F. Kennedy Democratic

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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 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.

As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which majority Native American Todd County voted for a Republican presidential candidate. 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.

Primaries

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

Democratic primary

Hubert Humphrey was unopposed on the Democratic primary ballot. 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.

Republican primary

No candidates ran in the Republican primary.

Results

Results by county

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Davison
• Hamlin
• Stanley

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Todd
• Miner
• Spink

See also

• United States presidential elections in South Dakota

References

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. ^ Oliphant, Thomas; Wilkie, Curtis (2017). The road to Camelot: Inside JFK's Five-Year Campaign. Simon & Schuster.
8. ^ "RESULTS OF 1960 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION PRIMARIES". John F. Kennedy presidential library. Retrieved January 18, 2019.

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