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{{Infobox election
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; float: right;"
|election_name=1960 United States presidential election
|-
|colspan=6|'''1960 United States presidential election'''
|country=United States
|flag_year=1960
|-
|type=presidential
|colspan=6|< [[1956 United States presidential election|1956]] [[File: Possible 52-star U.S. flag.svg |border|35x35px]] [[1964 United States presidential election|1964]] >
|previous_election=
|-
|previous_year= [[1956 United States presidential election|1956]]
|rowspan=3| <small>'''Nominee'''</small>
|election_date=November 8, 1960
|[[File:Happy Chandler.jpg|175x175px]]
|next_election=
|[[File: JPK Jr.jpg |175x175px]]
|next_year= [[1964 United States presidential election|1964]] |votes_for_election=
|[[File: Wayne Morse.jpeg |175x175px]]
|needed_votes=Plurality in popular vote
|-
|image_size=x175px
| style="background:#000080;" |
| style="background:#ff3333;" |
| style="background:#28c128;" |
|-
|'''Happy Chandler'''
|Joe Kennedy, Jr.
|Wayne Morse
|-
| rowspan="1" |'''Party'''
|'''America First'''
|Republican
|Progressive
|-
| rowspan="1" |'''State'''
|Kentucky
|Massachusetts
|Oregon
|-
| rowspan="1" |<small>'''Run. Mate'''</small>
|'''Russell B. Long'''
|Nelson Rockefeller
|William H. Meyer
|-


|image1= RFK (cropped)exo.jpg
| rowspan="1" |'''1st Round'''
|nominee1='''[[Robert F. Kennedy]]'''
|'''29,220,984'''
|party1=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]<br> <small>''([[Progressive Party (United States)|Progressive Party]] coalition)''</small>
|29,108,157
|home_state1=Massachusetts
|10,278,392
|running_mate1='''[[George McGovern]]''' ([[Progressive Party (United States)|P]])
|-
|'''2nd Round'''
|popular_vote1='''36,652,261'''
|'''33,473,193'''
|percentage1='''54.8%'''
|title=President
|32,382,446
|before_election=[[Happy Chandler]]
|''(eliminated)''
|before_party=[[America First Party|America First]]
|-
|after_election=[[Robert F. Kennedy]]
|}
|after_party=Republican Party (United States)
|ongoing=

|nominee2=Russell B. Long
|party2=[[America First Party|America First]]
|running_mate2= Strom Thurmond
|image2=Russell B Long.jpg
|popular_vote2=30,230,488
|home_state2=Louisiana
|percentage2=45.2%
|color2=3c3b6e}}

Revision as of 22:55, 7 April 2023

1960 United States presidential election

← 1956 November 8, 1960 1964 →
 
Nominee Robert F. Kennedy Russell B. Long
Party Republican
(Progressive Party coalition)
America First
Home state Massachusetts Louisiana
Running mate George McGovern (P) Strom Thurmond
Popular vote 36,652,261 30,230,488
Percentage 54.8% 45.2%

President before election

Happy Chandler
America First

Elected President

Robert F. Kennedy
Republican