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|country=United States
|flag_year=1960
|type=presidential
|previous_election=
|previous_year= [[1956 United States presidential election|1956]]
|election_date=November 8, 1960
|next_election=
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|needed_votes=Plurality in popular vote
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|image1= RFK (cropped)exo.jpg
|nominee1='''[[Robert F. Kennedy]]'''
|party1=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]<br> <small>''([[Progressive Party (United States)|Progressive Party]] coalition)''</small>
|home_state1=Massachusetts
|running_mate1='''[[George McGovern]]''' ([[Progressive Party (United States)|P]])
|popular_vote1='''36,652,261'''
|percentage1='''54.8%'''
|title=President
|before_election=[[Happy Chandler]]
|before_party=[[America First Party|America First]]
|after_election=[[Robert F. Kennedy]]
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|nominee2=Russell B. Long
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|running_mate2= Strom Thurmond
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|popular_vote2=30,230,488
|home_state2=Louisiana
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Revision as of 01:33, 15 June 2024

1960 United States presidential election

← 1956 November 8, 1960 1964 →

544 members of the Electoral College
Plurality of electoral votes votes needed to win
Turnout62.5%
 
Nominee Barry Goldwater Lyndon B. Johnson Jim Folsom
Party Republican Democratic Progressive
Home state Arizona Texas Alabama
Running mate Wallace F. Bennett Russell B. Long Wayne Morse
Electoral vote 230 185 96
Popular vote 31,659,199 21,131,200 15,491,199
Percentage 42.1% 28.8% 20.6%

President before election

Happy Chandler
Democratic

Elected President

Barry Goldwater
Republican