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United States presidential election, 1960 (view source)
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| John F. Kennedy
| John F. Kennedy
| 34, 220, 984 <ref>This number includes the total Democratic vote for Alabama, which state's slate of electors was by prearrangement split, with 5 pledged to Kennedy and 6 unpledged. (The unpledged electors ultimately voted for Harry Byrd.) If the Alabama votes are proportionally allocated between Kennedy and the unpledged slate, Kennedy receives fewer popular votes nationally than Nixon.</ref>
| 34,220,984 <ref>This number includes the total Democratic vote for Alabama, which state's slate of electors was by prearrangement split, with 5 pledged to Kennedy and 6 unpledged. (The unpledged electors ultimately voted for Harry Byrd.) If the Alabama votes are proportionally allocated between Kennedy and the unpledged slate, Kennedy receives fewer popular votes nationally than Nixon.</ref>
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| Richard M. Nixon
| Richard M. Nixon
| 34, 108, 157
| 34,108,157
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| 219
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| Unpledged electors / [[Harry F. Byrd]]
| Unpledged electors / [[Harry F. Byrd]]
| 286, 359
| 286,359
| 15 <ref>Virginia Sen. Harry Byrd received the votes of 8 unpledged electors in Mississippi, 6 unpledged Democratic electors in Alabama, and one "faithless" Nixon elector in Oklahoma.</ref>
| 15 <ref>Virginia Sen. Harry Byrd received the votes of 8 unpledged electors in Mississippi, 6 unpledged Democratic electors in Alabama, and one "faithless" Nixon elector in Oklahoma.</ref>
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| [[Others]]
| [[Others]]
| 216, 982
| 216,982
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* [[John F. Kennedy]]
* [[John F. Kennedy]]
* [[Richard M. Nixon]]
* [[Richard M. Nixon]]
==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* Donaldson, Gary A. ''The First Modern Campaign: Kennedy, Nixon, and the Election of 1960'' (2007), the standard scholarly history
* Donaldson, Gary A. ''The First Modern Campaign: Kennedy, Nixon, and the Election of 1960'' (2007), the standard scholarly history