1960 United States presidential election

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1960 United States presidential election
← 1956 November 8, 1960 1964 →
544 members of the Electoral College
Plurality of electoral votes votes needed to win
Turnout65.8% ▲ 4.6 pp
 
Nominee Richard Nixon Lyndon B. Johnson Sid McMath
Party Republican Democratic Progressive
Home state California Texas Arkansas
Running mate Barry Goldwater Russell B. Long Glen H. Taylor
Electoral vote 274 204 66
Popular vote 35,628,738 26,117,348 12,820,679
Percentage 50.3% 37.4% 10.1%
President before election

Happy Chandler
Democratic

Elected President

Richard Nixon
Republican

The 1960 United States presidential election was the 44th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 1960.

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