The 1960 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. Voters chose six representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Nebraska was won by incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (R–California), running with former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., with 62.07% of the popular vote, against Senator John F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 37.93% of the popular vote.

With 62.07% of the popular vote, Nebraska would prove to be Nixon's strongest state in the 1960 election.

Primaries Democratic primary

Kennedy won the state's Democratic primary.

While an effort by Stuart Symington or Hubert Humphrey could have, on paper, been successful in Nebraska's primary, Kennedy had managed to outmaneuver them, laying early groundwork which gave him a solid lead in the state.

Kennedy managed, in early 1958, to secure Bernard Boyle's support.

By the time that others such as Humphrey, Symington, and Johnson began to inquire with Boyle about their own prospective candidacies, they learned that they had an arrived a year too late.

Kennedy went in to win the primary, unchallenged. With the exception of Kennedy, all candidates were write-ins.

1960 Nebraska Democratic Presidential Primary ResultsPartyCandidateVotesPercentage Democratic John F. Kennedy 80,408 88.7% Democratic Stuart Symington 4,083 4.5% Democratic Hubert Humphrey 3,202 3.5% Democratic Adlai Stevenson 1,368 1.5% Democratic Lyndon B. Johnson 962 1.1% Democratic Others 669 0.7% Totals 90,692 100.00%

Republican primary

Nixon won the state's Republican primary. All candidates were write-ins.

1960 Nebraska Republican Presidential Primary ResultsPartyCandidateVotesPercentage Republican Richard Nixon 74,356 93.8% Republican Nelson Rockefeller 2,028 2.6% Republican Barry Goldwater 1,068 1.3% Republican Others 1,805 2.3% Totals 79,257 100.00%

Results

Results by county CountyRichard NixonRepublicanJohn F. KennedyDemocraticMarginTotal votes cast#%#%#%Adams7,93264.51%4,36435.49%3,56829.02%12,296Antelope3,61771.10%1,47028.90%2,14742.20%5,087Arthur28380.63%6819.37%21561.26%351Banner42466.77%21133.23%21333.54%635Blaine42078.80%11321.20%30757.60%533Boone2,80964.49%1,54735.51%1,26228.98%4,356Box Butte3,15762.60%1,88637.40%1,27125.20%5,043Boyd1,39364.46%76835.54%62528.92%2,161Brown1,73577.15%51422.85%1,22154.30%2,249Buffalo7,59566.12%3,89133.88%3,70432.24%11,486Burt3,61372.56%1,36627.44%2,24745.12%4,979Butler2,25345.11%2,74254.89%-489-9.78%4,995Cass4,50661.68%2,79938.32%1,70723.36%7,305Cedar3,06051.01%2,93948.99%1212.02%5,999Chase1,48269.28%65730.72%82538.56%2,139Cherry2,69572.08%1,04427.92%1,65144.16%3,739Cheyenne2,81452.17%2,58047.83%2344.34%5,394Clay3,00569.30%1,33130.70%1,67438.60%4,336Colfax2,50455.91%1,97544.09%52911.82%4,479Cuming3,89467.45%1,87932.55%2,01534.90%5,773Custer5,71670.87%2,35029.13%3,36641.74%8,066Dakota2,97756.13%2,32743.87%65012.26%5,304Dawes3,10670.83%1,27929.17%1,82741.66%4,385Dawson6,48073.07%2,38826.93%4,09246.14%8,868Deuel1,27676.22%39823.78%87852.44%1,674Dixon2,71366.22%1,38433.78%1,32932.44%4,097Dodge9,63867.21%4,70232.79%4,93634.42%14,340Douglas72,00552.92%64,06047.08%7,9455.84%136,065Dundy1,24571.92%48628.08%75943.84%1,731Fillmore2,84261.09%1,81038.91%1,03222.18%4,652Franklin1,79864.19%1,00335.81%79528.38%2,801Frontier1,61573.51%58226.49%1,03347.02%2,197Furnas2,85472.34%1,09127.66%1,76344.68%3,945Gage7,75466.76%3,86133.24%3,89333.52%11,615Garden1,37676.36%42623.64%95052.72%1,802Garfield1,04777.44%30522.56%74254.88%1,352Gosper85471.58%33928.42%51543.16%1,193Grant41076.35%12723.65%28352.70%537Greeley96043.18%1,26356.82%-303-13.64%2,223Hall9,76363.98%5,49636.02%4,26727.96%15,259Hamilton3,24972.65%1,22327.35%2,02645.30%4,472Harlan1,76666.42%89333.58%87332.84%2,659Hayes69971.33%28128.67%41842.66%980Hitchcock1,63470.67%67829.33%95641.34%2,312Holt4,15062.99%2,43837.01%1,71225.98%6,588Hooker44386.19%7113.81%37272.38%514Howard1,67652.47%1,51847.53%1584.94%3,194Jefferson4,04768.11%1,89531.89%2,15236.22%5,942Johnson2,09864.57%1,15135.43%94729.14%3,249Kearney2,06562.05%1,26337.95%80224.10%3,328Keith2,68068.88%1,21131.12%1,46937.76%3,891Keya Paha64672.83%24127.17%40545.66%887Kimball2,15267.93%1,01632.07%1,13635.86%3,168Knox3,84764.45%2,12235.55%1,72528.90%5,969Lancaster37,72562.57%22,56437.43%15,16125.14%60,289Lincoln7,68561.49%4,81238.51%2,87322.98%12,497Logan39170.58%16329.42%22841.16%554Loup44577.53%12922.47%31655.06%574Madison8,35073.25%3,05026.75%5,30046.50%11,400McPherson30381.89%6718.11%23663.78%370Merrick2,74468.98%1,23431.02%1,51037.96%3,978Morrill2,02062.75%1,19937.25%82125.50%3,219Nance1,69962.67%1,01237.33%68725.34%2,711Nemaha3,03168.76%1,37731.24%1,65437.52%4,408Nuckolls2,44160.86%1,57039.14%87121.72%4,011Otoe5,05766.54%2,54333.46%2,51433.08%7,600Pawnee1,72863.13%1,00936.87%71926.26%2,737Perkins1,30165.12%69734.88%60430.24%1,998Phelps3,79575.19%1,25224.81%2,54350.38%5,047Pierce2,96372.80%1,10727.20%1,85645.60%4,070Platte6,12958.28%4,38741.72%1,74216.56%10,516Polk2,39766.94%1,18433.06%1,21333.88%3,581Red Willow3,89066.93%1,92233.07%1,96833.86%5,812Richardson4,48162.66%2,67037.34%1,81125.32%7,151Rock1,08481.08%25318.92%83162.16%1,337Saline2,88144.99%3,52355.01%-642-10.02%6,404Sarpy4,67255.30%3,77744.70%89510.60%8,449Saunders4,70256.94%3,55643.06%1,14613.88%8,258Scotts Bluff8,72860.72%5,64639.28%3,08221.44%14,374Seward3,58863.14%2,09536.86%1,49326.28%5,683Sheridan2,87071.50%1,14428.50%1,72643.00%4,014Sherman1,13144.21%1,42755.79%-296-11.58%2,558Sioux74564.22%41535.78%33028.44%1,160Stanton1,68066.22%85733.78%82332.44%2,537Thayer3,20267.38%1,55032.62%1,65234.76%4,752Thomas42074.87%14125.13%27949.74%561Thurston1,75757.19%1,31542.81%44214.38%3,072Valley2,04562.10%1,24837.90%79724.20%3,293Washington3,77269.01%1,69430.99%2,07838.02%5,466Wayne3,27476.16%1,02523.84%2,24952.32%4,299Webster2,02664.75%1,10335.25%92329.50%3,129Wheeler42463.95%23936.05%18527.90%663York5,20574.69%1,76425.31%3,44149.38%6,969Totals380,55362.07%232,54237.93%148,01124.14%613,095

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Butler Greeley Sherman

See also United States presidential elections in Nebraska

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