1960 United States presidential election in Hawaii information
Election in Hawaii
Main article: 1960 United States presidential election
1960 United States presidential election in Hawaii
November 8, 1960
1964 →
Turnout
93.6%[1]
Nominee
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Party
Democratic
Republican
Home state
Massachusetts
California
Running mate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
Electoral vote
3
0
Popular vote
92,410
92,295
Percentage
50.03%
49.97%
County Results
State House District Results
Kennedy
50–60%
60–70%
Nixon
50–60%
President before election
Dwight Eisenhower
Republican
Elected President
John F. Kennedy
Democratic
Elections in Hawaii
Federal government
Presidential elections
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
Presidential primaries
Democratic
2000
2004
2008
2016
2020
Republican
2008
2012
2016
2024
U.S. Senate elections
1959
1962
1964
1968
1970
1974
1976
1980
1982
1986
1988
1990
1990 sp
1992
1994
1998
2000
2004
2006
2010
2012
2014 sp
2016
2018
2022
2024
2028
U.S. House of Representatives elections
1959
1960
1962
1964
1966
1968
1970
1972
1974
1976
1978
1980
1982
1984
1986
1st sp
1988
1990
2nd sp
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2nd sp
2003 (2nd sp)
2004
2006
2008
2010
1st sp
2012
2014
2016
1st sp
2018
2020
2022
2024
State government
Gubernatorial elections
1959
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022
2026
Senate elections
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024
House of Representatives elections
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024
Hawaiian Kingdom era
House of Representatives
1884
1886
Ballot measures
1998
Amendment 2
Honolulu
Mayoral elections
2008
2010 sp
2012
2016
2020
2024
v
t
e
The 1960 presidential election in Hawaii was held on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. This was the first presidential election in which Hawaii participated; the state had been admitted to the Union just over a year earlier. The islands favored Senator John F. Kennedy, a Democrat, by a narrow margin of 115 votes, or 0.06%, after a court-ordered recount overturned an initial result favoring Vice President Richard Nixon, a Republican. The result was considered an upset, as Nixon had been thought likely to win the state's electoral votes.[2]
This was one of only two presidential elections since statehood that Hawaii voted more Republican than the national average. The other was 1972, when it voted 0.8% more Republican than the national average. This is also one of only two elections in which Hawaii's counties did not all back the same candidate, the other being 1980, where the winner of each county was of the opposite party as in 1960. Unlike in the 1960 election, Honolulu voting Republican in 1980 was not sufficient to single-handedly carry the state, while all three other counties voted for Jimmy Carter.[3] Even as of 2020, Hawaii's first presidential election remains the closest in the state's history.
^Tuttle 1961, p. 331.
^Tuttle 1961, p. 331-338.
^"Presidential election of 1980 - Map by counties". Geoelections.free.fr. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
and 30 Related for: 1960 United States presidential election in Hawaii information
The 1960presidentialelectioninHawaii was held on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960UnitedStatespresidentialelection. This was the first presidential...
The 1976 UnitedStatespresidentialelectioninHawaii took place on November 2, 1976. All fifty states and the District of Columbia were part of the 1976...
The 2000 UnitedStatespresidentialelectioninHawaii was part of the 2000 UnitedStatespresidentialelection which took place on November 7, 2000. Voters...
The 2020 UnitedStatespresidentialelection was the 59th quadrennial presidentialelection, held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. The Democratic ticket of...
1960UnitedStatespresidentialelectionin New York took place on November 8, 1960. All 50 states were part of the 1960UnitedStatespresidential election...
During presidentialelection campaigns in the UnitedStates, it has become customary for the candidates to engage in one or more debates. The topics discussed...
The 2012 UnitedStatespresidentialelection was the 57th quadrennial presidentialelection, held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. Incumbent Democratic President...
Global Information
