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The 1960 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. Georgia voters chose twelve[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Georgia was won by Senator John F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 62.54% of the popular vote against incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (R–California), running with United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., with 37.43% of the popular vote.[3][4] This is the first election where any Georgia county cast more than one hundred thousand votes, namely Fulton.
Results
Results by county
|
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic |
Richard Milhous Nixon
Republican |
Various candidates
Write-ins |
Margin |
Total votes cast |
County |
# |
% |
# |
% |
# |
% |
# |
% |
# |
Appling |
1,973 |
73.35% |
717 |
26.65% |
|
|
1,256 |
46.69% |
2,690 |
Atkinson |
1,298 |
84.45% |
239 |
15.55% |
|
|
1,059 |
68.90% |
1,537 |
Bacon |
1,168 |
66.86% |
579 |
33.14% |
|
|
589 |
33.71% |
1,747 |
Baker |
720 |
91.60% |
66 |
8.40% |
|
|
654 |
83.21% |
786 |
Baldwin |
2,262 |
64.15% |
1,264 |
35.85% |
|
|
998 |
28.30% |
3,526 |
Banks |
1,170 |
84.11% |
221 |
15.89% |
|
|
949 |
68.22% |
1,391 |
Barrow |
2,759 |
82.70% |
577 |
17.30% |
|
|
2,182 |
65.41% |
3,336 |
Bartow |
3,545 |
73.29% |
1,292 |
26.71% |
|
|
2,253 |
46.58% |
4,837 |
Ben Hill |
1,881 |
77.12% |
558 |
22.88% |
|
|
1,323 |
54.24% |
2,439 |
Berrien |
2,787 |
88.34% |
368 |
11.66% |
|
|
2,419 |
76.67% |
3,155 |
Bibb |
14,387 |
57.76% |
10,523 |
42.24% |
|
|
3,864 |
15.51% |
24,910 |
Bleckley |
1,751 |
73.45% |
633 |
26.55% |
|
|
1,118 |
46.90% |
2,384 |
Brantley |
1,333 |
79.49% |
344 |
20.51% |
|
|
989 |
58.97% |
1,677 |
Brooks |
1,500 |
66.23% |
765 |
33.77% |
|
|
735 |
32.45% |
2,265 |
Bryan |
1,323 |
75.56% |
428 |
24.44% |
|
|
895 |
51.11% |
1,751 |
Bulloch |
3,373 |
69.13% |
1,506 |
30.87% |
|
|
1,867 |
38.27% |
4,879 |
Burke |
1,162 |
53.08% |
1,027 |
46.92% |
|
|
135 |
6.17% |
2,189 |
Butts |
1,673 |
81.41% |
382 |
18.59% |
|
|
1,291 |
62.82% |
2,055 |
Calhoun |
803 |
85.97% |
131 |
14.03% |
|
|
672 |
71.95% |
934 |
Camden |
1,321 |
58.17% |
950 |
41.83% |
|
|
371 |
16.34% |
2,271 |
Candler |
943 |
68.53% |
433 |
31.47% |
|
|
510 |
37.06% |
1,376 |
Carroll |
4,698 |
73.10% |
1,729 |
26.90% |
|
|
2,969 |
46.20% |
6,427 |
Catoosa |
2,114 |
50.48% |
2,074 |
49.52% |
|
|
40 |
0.96% |
4,188 |
Charlton |
733 |
71.72% |
289 |
28.28% |
|
|
444 |
43.44% |
1,022 |
Chatham |
16,240 |
47.52% |
17,935 |
52.48% |
|
|
-1,695 |
-4.96% |
34,175 |
Chattahoochee |
190 |
74.22% |
66 |
25.78% |
|
|
124 |
48.44% |
256 |
Chattooga |
3,686 |
69.78% |
1,596 |
30.22% |
|
|
2,090 |
39.57% |
5,282 |
Cherokee |
3,077 |
56.79% |
2,341 |
43.21% |
|
|
736 |
13.58% |
5,418 |
Clarke |
4,812 |
68.14% |
2,250 |
31.86% |
|
|
2,562 |
36.28% |
7,062 |
Clay |
528 |
86.27% |
84 |
13.73% |
|
|
444 |
72.55% |
612 |
Clayton |
5,892 |
66.61% |
2,953 |
33.39% |
|
|
2,939 |
33.23% |
8,845 |
Clinch |
898 |
69.34% |
397 |
30.66% |
|
|
501 |
38.69% |
1,295 |
Cobb |
12,906 |
61.03% |
8,240 |
38.97% |
|
|
4,666 |
22.07% |
21,146 |
Coffee |
3,376 |
77.38% |
987 |
22.62% |
|
|
2,389 |
54.76% |
4,363 |
Colquitt |
4,397 |
72.30% |
1,685 |
27.70% |
|
|
2,712 |
44.59% |
6,082 |
Columbia |
1,190 |
50.75% |
1,155 |
49.25% |
|
|
35 |
1.49% |
2,345 |
Cook |
1,935 |
82.90% |
399 |
17.10% |
|
|
1,536 |
65.81% |
2,334 |
Coweta |
3,855 |
76.88% |
1,159 |
23.12% |
|
|
2,696 |
53.77% |
5,014 |
Crawford |
797 |
79.70% |
203 |
20.30% |
|
|
594 |
59.40% |
1,000 |
Crisp |
2,365 |
71.06% |
963 |
28.94% |
|
|
1,402 |
42.13% |
3,328 |
Dade |
943 |
50.92% |
909 |
49.08% |
|
|
34 |
1.84% |
1,852 |
Dawson |
916 |
69.55% |
401 |
30.45% |
|
|
515 |
39.10% |
1,317 |
Decatur |
2,780 |
75.18% |
918 |
24.82% |
|
|
1,862 |
50.35% |
3,698 |
DeKalb |
24,116 |
50.07% |
24,046 |
49.93% |
|
|
70 |
0.15% |
48,162 |
Dodge |
3,630 |
76.20% |
1,134 |
23.80% |
|
|
2,496 |
52.39% |
4,764 |
Dooly |
1,733 |
88.74% |
220 |
11.26% |
|
|
1,513 |
77.47% |
1,953 |
Dougherty |
4,522 |
51.12% |
4,323 |
48.88% |
|
|
199 |
2.25% |
8,845 |
Douglas |
2,576 |
69.40% |
1,136 |
30.60% |
|
|
1,440 |
38.79% |
3,712 |
Early |
1,904 |
88.23% |
254 |
11.77% |
|
|
1,650 |
76.46% |
2,158 |
Echols |
257 |
70.41% |
108 |
29.59% |
|
|
149 |
40.82% |
365 |
Effingham |
880 |
49.86% |
885 |
50.14% |
|
|
-5 |
-0.28% |
1,765 |
Elbert |
3,672 |
85.77% |
609 |
14.23% |
|
|
3,063 |
71.55% |
4,281 |
Emanuel |
2,513 |
69.17% |
1,120 |
30.83% |
|
|
1,393 |
38.34% |
3,633 |
Evans |
1,069 |
65.34% |
567 |
34.66% |
|
|
502 |
30.68% |
1,636 |
Fannin |
1,579 |
34.32% |
3,022 |
65.68% |
|
|
-1,443 |
-31.36% |
4,601 |
Fayette |
1,198 |
76.94% |
359 |
23.06% |
|
|
839 |
53.89% |
1,557 |
Floyd |
7,350 |
54.61% |
6,108 |
45.39% |
|
|
1,242 |
9.23% |
13,458 |
Forsyth |
2,309 |
73.30% |
841 |
26.70% |
|
|
1,468 |
46.60% |
3,150 |
Franklin |
3,209 |
91.24% |
308 |
8.76% |
|
|
2,901 |
82.49% |
3,517 |
Fulton |
55,803 |
50.85% |
53,940 |
49.15% |
|
|
1,863 |
1.70% |
109,743 |
Gilmer |
1,472 |
44.31% |
1,850 |
55.69% |
|
|
-378 |
-11.38% |
3,322 |
Glascock |
299 |
62.42% |
180 |
37.58% |
|
|
119 |
24.84% |
479 |
Glynn |
3,584 |
55.05% |
2,926 |
44.95% |
|
|
658 |
10.11% |
6,510 |
Gordon |
2,153 |
65.22% |
1,148 |
34.78% |
|
|
1,005 |
30.45% |
3,301 |
Grady |
2,541 |
81.10% |
592 |
18.90% |
|
|
1,949 |
62.21% |
3,133 |
Greene |
1,979 |
85.78% |
328 |
14.22% |
|
|
1,651 |
71.56% |
2,307 |
Gwinnett |
6,479 |
73.50% |
2,336 |
26.50% |
|
|
4,143 |
47.00% |
8,815 |
Habersham |
2,530 |
73.87% |
895 |
26.13% |
|
|
1,635 |
47.74% |
3,425 |
Hall |
6,303 |
68.47% |
2,903 |
31.53% |
|
|
3,400 |
36.93% |
9,206 |
Hancock |
780 |
73.17% |
286 |
26.83% |
|
|
494 |
46.34% |
1,066 |
Haralson |
2,783 |
59.82% |
1,869 |
40.18% |
|
|
914 |
19.65% |
4,652 |
Harris |
1,362 |
64.95% |
735 |
35.05% |
|
|
627 |
29.90% |
2,097 |
Hart |
3,963 |
93.51% |
275 |
6.49% |
|
|
3,688 |
87.02% |
4,238 |
Heard |
1,224 |
87.12% |
181 |
12.88% |
|
|
1,043 |
74.23% |
1,405 |
Henry |
2,957 |
73.96% |
1,041 |
26.04% |
|
|
1,916 |
47.92% |
3,998 |
Houston |
4,033 |
69.65% |
1,757 |
30.35% |
|
|
2,276 |
39.31% |
5,790 |
Irwin |
1,625 |
82.20% |
352 |
17.80% |
|
|
1,273 |
64.39% |
1,977 |
Jackson |
3,653 |
88.56% |
472 |
11.44% |
|
|
3,181 |
77.12% |
4,125 |
Jasper |
949 |
77.79% |
271 |
22.21% |
|
|
678 |
55.57% |
1,220 |
Jeff Davis |
825 |
67.24% |
402 |
32.76% |
|
|
423 |
34.47% |
1,227 |
Jefferson |
1,270 |
56.29% |
986 |
43.71% |
|
|
284 |
12.59% |
2,256 |
Jenkins |
1,354 |
81.22% |
313 |
18.78% |
|
|
1,041 |
62.45% |
1,667 |
Johnson |
1,298 |
72.68% |
488 |
27.32% |
|
|
810 |
45.35% |
1,786 |
Jones |
1,415 |
74.32% |
489 |
25.68% |
|
|
926 |
48.63% |
1,904 |
Lamar |
1,363 |
74.00% |
479 |
26.00% |
|
|
884 |
47.99% |
1,842 |
Lanier |
1,049 |
84.12% |
198 |
15.88% |
|
|
851 |
68.24% |
1,247 |
Laurens |
4,648 |
71.16% |
1,884 |
28.84% |
|
|
2,764 |
42.31% |
6,532 |
Lee |
404 |
67.90% |
191 |
32.10% |
|
|
213 |
35.80% |
595 |
Liberty |
1,590 |
63.12% |
929 |
36.88% |
|
|
661 |
26.24% |
2,519 |
Lincoln |
669 |
77.25% |
197 |
22.75% |
|
|
472 |
54.50% |
866 |
Long |
278 |
23.64% |
898 |
76.36% |
|
|
-620 |
-52.72% |
1,176 |
Lowndes |
3,605 |
55.35% |
2,908 |
44.65% |
|
|
697 |
10.70% |
6,513 |
Lumpkin |
875 |
63.87% |
495 |
36.13% |
|
|
380 |
27.74% |
1,370 |
McDuffie |
1,079 |
50.94% |
1,039 |
49.06% |
|
|
40 |
1.89% |
2,118 |
McIntosh |
794 |
63.78% |
451 |
36.22% |
|
|
343 |
27.55% |
1,245 |
Macon |
1,488 |
77.26% |
438 |
22.74% |
|
|
1,050 |
54.52% |
1,926 |
Madison |
2,418 |
92.18% |
205 |
7.82% |
|
|
2,213 |
84.37% |
2,623 |
Marion |
645 |
80.73% |
154 |
19.27% |
|
|
491 |
61.45% |
799 |
Meriwether |
3,100 |
81.45% |
706 |
18.55% |
|
|
2,394 |
62.90% |
3,806 |
Miller |
1,116 |
94.74% |
62 |
5.26% |
|
|
1,054 |
89.47% |
1,178 |
Mitchell |
3,264 |
88.36% |
430 |
11.64% |
|
|
2,834 |
76.72% |
3,694 |
Monroe |
1,642 |
73.86% |
581 |
26.14% |
|
|
1,061 |
47.73% |
2,223 |
Montgomery |
1,451 |
79.20% |
381 |
20.80% |
|
|
1,070 |
58.41% |
1,832 |
Morgan |
1,488 |
79.96% |
373 |
20.04% |
|
|
1,115 |
59.91% |
1,861 |
Murray |
1,876 |
66.98% |
925 |
33.02% |
|
|
951 |
33.95% |
2,801 |
Muscogee |
8,553 |
47.17% |
9,578 |
52.83% |
|
|
-1,025 |
-5.65% |
18,131 |
Newton |
3,185 |
81.81% |
708 |
18.19% |
|
|
2,477 |
63.63% |
3,893 |
Oconee |
1,218 |
80.40% |
297 |
19.60% |
|
|
921 |
60.79% |
1,515 |
Oglethorpe |
1,406 |
90.83% |
142 |
9.17% |
|
|
1,264 |
81.65% |
1,548 |
Paulding |
2,396 |
74.69% |
812 |
25.31% |
|
|
1,584 |
49.38% |
3,208 |
Peach |
1,433 |
69.53% |
628 |
30.47% |
|
|
805 |
39.06% |
2,061 |
Pickens |
1,473 |
43.12% |
1,943 |
56.88% |
|
|
-470 |
-13.76% |
3,416 |
Pierce |
1,449 |
72.70% |
544 |
27.30% |
|
|
905 |
45.41% |
1,993 |
Pike |
1,028 |
80.12% |
255 |
19.88% |
|
|
773 |
60.25% |
1,283 |
Polk |
4,351 |
71.36% |
1,746 |
28.64% |
|
|
2,605 |
42.73% |
6,097 |
Pulaski |
1,156 |
77.58% |
334 |
22.42% |
|
|
822 |
55.17% |
1,490 |
Putnam |
1,104 |
78.35% |
305 |
21.65% |
|
|
799 |
56.71% |
1,409 |
Quitman |
388 |
85.27% |
67 |
14.73% |
|
|
321 |
70.55% |
455 |
Rabun |
1,552 |
76.98% |
464 |
23.02% |
|
|
1,088 |
53.97% |
2,016 |
Randolph |
1,436 |
75.86% |
457 |
24.14% |
|
|
979 |
51.72% |
1,893 |
Richmond |
9,868 |
45.17% |
11,978 |
54.83% |
|
|
-2,110 |
-9.66% |
21,846 |
Rockdale |
1,765 |
78.06% |
496 |
21.94% |
|
|
1,269 |
56.13% |
2,261 |
Schley |
467 |
77.19% |
138 |
22.81% |
|
|
329 |
54.38% |
605 |
Screven |
1,490 |
60.89% |
957 |
39.11% |
|
|
533 |
21.78% |
2,447 |
Seminole |
1,579 |
95.35% |
77 |
4.65% |
|
|
1,502 |
90.70% |
1,656 |
Spalding |
4,426 |
71.63% |
1,753 |
28.37% |
|
|
2,673 |
43.26% |
6,179 |
Stephens |
3,087 |
79.11% |
815 |
20.89% |
|
|
2,272 |
58.23% |
3,902 |
Stewart |
646 |
68.14% |
302 |
31.86% |
|
|
344 |
36.29% |
948 |
Sumter |
2,274 |
70.27% |
962 |
29.73% |
|
|
1,312 |
40.54% |
3,236 |
Talbot |
771 |
78.83% |
207 |
21.17% |
|
|
564 |
57.67% |
978 |
Taliaferro |
655 |
81.57% |
148 |
18.43% |
|
|
507 |
63.14% |
803 |
Tattnall |
1,908 |
68.71% |
869 |
31.29% |
|
|
1,039 |
37.41% |
2,777 |
Taylor |
1,201 |
76.69% |
365 |
23.31% |
|
|
836 |
53.38% |
1,566 |
Telfair |
2,922 |
78.70% |
791 |
21.30% |
|
|
2,131 |
57.39% |
3,713 |
Terrell |
1,352 |
82.59% |
285 |
17.41% |
|
|
1,067 |
65.18% |
1,637 |
Thomas |
3,226 |
58.54% |
2,285 |
41.46% |
|
|
941 |
17.07% |
5,511 |
Tift |
2,964 |
67.56% |
1,423 |
32.44% |
|
|
1,541 |
35.13% |
4,387 |
Toombs |
2,209 |
68.03% |
1,038 |
31.97% |
|
|
1,171 |
36.06% |
3,247 |
Towns |
1,052 |
45.27% |
1,272 |
54.73% |
|
|
-220 |
-9.47% |
2,324 |
Treutlen |
927 |
81.10% |
216 |
18.90% |
|
|
711 |
62.20% |
1,143 |
Troup |
5,745 |
67.17% |
2,808 |
32.83% |
|
|
2,937 |
34.34% |
8,553 |
Turner |
1,545 |
82.49% |
328 |
17.51% |
|
|
1,217 |
64.98% |
1,873 |
Twiggs |
845 |
76.26% |
263 |
23.74% |
|
|
582 |
52.53% |
1,108 |
Union |
1,185 |
43.53% |
1,537 |
56.47% |
|
|
-352 |
-12.93% |
2,722 |
Upson |
3,262 |
76.52% |
1,001 |
23.48% |
|
|
2,261 |
53.04% |
4,263 |
Walker |
4,566 |
53.14% |
4,027 |
46.86% |
|
|
539 |
6.27% |
8,593 |
Walton |
3,095 |
88.48% |
403 |
11.52% |
|
|
2,692 |
76.96% |
3,498 |
Ware |
5,099 |
69.53% |
2,235 |
30.47% |
|
|
2,864 |
39.05% |
7,334 |
Warren |
471 |
55.67% |
375 |
44.33% |
|
|
96 |
11.35% |
846 |
Washington |
2,004 |
67.70% |
956 |
32.30% |
|
|
1,048 |
35.41% |
2,960 |
Wayne |
2,862 |
67.40% |
1,384 |
32.60% |
|
|
1,478 |
34.81% |
4,246 |
Webster |
297 |
79.41% |
77 |
20.59% |
|
|
220 |
58.82% |
374 |
Wheeler |
970 |
81.10% |
226 |
18.90% |
|
|
744 |
62.21% |
1,196 |
White |
1,784 |
72.94% |
662 |
27.06% |
|
|
1,122 |
45.87% |
2,446 |
Whitfield |
3,604 |
46.49% |
4,148 |
53.51% |
|
|
-544 |
-7.02% |
7,752 |
Wilcox |
1,714 |
84.85% |
306 |
15.15% |
|
|
1,408 |
69.70% |
2,020 |
Wilkes |
1,786 |
81.89% |
395 |
18.11% |
|
|
1,391 |
63.78% |
2,181 |
Wilkinson |
1,324 |
67.72% |
631 |
32.28% |
|
|
693 |
35.45% |
1,955 |
Worth |
2,110 |
86.19% |
338 |
13.81% |
|
|
1,772 |
72.39% |
2,448 |
Totals |
458,638 |
62.54% |
274,472 |
37.43% |
239[lower-alpha 1] |
0.03% |
184,166 |
25.11% |
733,349 |
Notes
- ↑ These write-in votes were not separated by county and only given as a statewide total.
References
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