The 1960 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election, which was held throughout all 50 states. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Connecticut voted for the Democratic nominee, Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts, over the Republican nominee, Vice President Richard Nixon of California. Kennedy ran with Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas, while Nixon's running mate was Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. of Massachusetts. Kennedy carried Connecticut by a comfortable margin of 7.47%.
To date, this is the last time that the town of Mansfield voted Republican.
Background Connecticut had not voted for the Democratic presidential nominee since the 1944 election.
Results 1960 United States presidential election in ConnecticutPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic John F. Kennedy 657,055 53.73% 8 Republican Richard Nixon 565,813 46.26% 0 Write-ins Write-ins 15 0.01% 0 Totals 1,222,883 100.00% 8
By county County John F. KennedyDemocratic Richard NixonRepublican Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Fairfield 146,442 46.60% 167,778 53.39% 6 0.01% -21,336 -6.79% 314,226 Hartford 195,403 58.88% 136,459 41.12% 2 0.00% 58,944 17.76% 331,864 Litchfield 29,062 46.05% 34,043 53.94% 3 0.01% -4,981 -7.89% 63,108 Middlesex 22,158 50.13% 22,045 49.87% 1 0.00% 113 0.26% 44,204 New Haven 188,685 57.96% 136,852 42.04% 2 0.00% 51,833 15.92% 325,539 New London 40,625 51.62% 38,070 48.38% 1 0.00% 2,555 3.24% 78,696 Tolland 14,575 48.65% 15,386 51.35% 0 0.00% -811 -2.70% 29,961 Windham 20,105 56.98% 15,180 43.02% 0 0.00% 4,925 13.96% 35,285Totals657,05553.73%565,81346.27%150.00%91,2427.46%1,222,883
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Middlesex New Haven New London Hartford Windham
Results by congressional district DistrictKennedyNixon1st58.9%41.1%2nd51.8%48.2%3rd55%45%4th46.6%53.4%5th42.5%57.5%
See also United States presidential elections in Connecticut
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