The 1960 United States presidential election in Wyoming took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. State voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Wyoming was won by the incumbent Vice President, Republican Party (United States) Richard Nixon, running with former United Nations Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., with 55.01 percent of the popular vote, against the Democratic nominee, Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy, running with Texas Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 44.99% of the popular vote, a 10% margin of victory. Nixon's victory was significantly smaller than Dwight Eisenhower's 20.2% margin of victory in 1956.
With Nixon's victory in the state, Republicans would see a full sweep of statewide offices that were on the ballot, including the sole House of Representatives election and the Class II Senate seat.
Campaign At the Democratic National Convention the Wyoming delegation had the ceremonial role of giving Kennedy the minimum amount needed to win the Democratic presidential nomination with Teno Roncalio casting the votes although Tracy S. McCraken, Wyoming's national committeeman, was incorrectly stated to have been the one to cast the votes by Time magazine. Governor John J. Hickey stated that the issue over Kennedy's Catholicism would not be important in Wyoming due to Hickey, who was also a Catholic, having won in 1958. During the campaign Nixon conducted a fifty-state strategy and visited every state at least once including Wyoming.
The Republican Party selected Harry B. Henderson, Mary Ellen Hinrichs, and James B. Griffith Sr. as their presidential electors.
Endorsements
Results
Results by county CountyRichard NixonRepublicanJohn F. KennedyDemocraticMarginTotal votescast # % # % # % Albany 4,356 50.43% 4,282 49.57% 74 0.86% 8,638 Big Horn 3,449 62.79% 2,044 37.21% 1,405 25.58% 5,493 Campbell 1,575 64.66% 861 35.34% 714 29.32% 2,436 Carbon 3,147 45.12% 3,828 54.88% -681 -9.76% 6,975 Converse 1,933 67.61% 926 32.39% 1,007 35.22% 2,859 Crook 1,537 72.84% 573 27.16% 964 45.68% 2,110 Fremont 5,738 57.46% 4,248 42.54% 1,490 14.92% 9,986 Goshen 3,178 56.83% 2,414 43.17% 764 13.66% 5,592 Hot Springs 1,659 59.19% 1,144 40.81% 515 18.38% 2,803 Johnson 1,806 69.35% 798 30.65% 1,008 38.70% 2,604 Laramie 11,637 49.05% 12,086 50.95% -449 -1.90% 23,723 Lincoln 2,010 50.78% 1,948 49.22% 62 1.56% 3,958 Natrona 11,809 56.74% 9,002 43.26% 2,807 13.48% 20,811 Niobrara 1,362 70.57% 568 29.43% 794 41.14% 1,930 Park 4,510 64.37% 2,496 35.63% 2,014 28.74% 7,006 Platte 1,771 53.20% 1,558 46.80% 213 6.40% 3,329 Sheridan 5,690 60.05% 3,786 39.95% 1,904 20.10% 9,476 Sublette 978 60.22% 646 39.78% 332 20.44% 1,624 Sweetwater 2,545 32.04% 5,398 67.96% -2,853 -35.92% 7,943 Teton 1,158 66.51% 583 33.49% 575 33.02% 1,741 Uinta 1,606 50.09% 1,600 49.91% 6 0.18% 3,206 Washakie 2,254 62.70% 1,341 37.30% 913 25.40% 3,595Weston 1,743 59.21% 1,201 40.79% 542 18.42% 2,944Totals77,45155.01%63,33144.99%14,12010.02%140,782
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Carbon Laramie
See also United States presidential elections in Wyoming
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