1960 United States presidential election in West Virginia
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Elections in West Virginia |
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The 1960 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. West Virginia voters chose eight[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Democratic Primary
The
In West Virginia, Kennedy sought to show that he could win the support of Protestant voters and to remove Humphrey from the race, securing the party's liberal wing and setting up a showdown with Johnson for the nomination. Humphrey had high expectations, given that the state's population was rural, working class, ninety-five percent Protestant, and its delegates had backed him against Kennedy in the vice presidential contest four years prior.[6]
Kennedy met the religious issue head-on, hoping to redefine the race as one of "tolerance against intolerance," rather than Catholic against Protestant. He also brought
Kennedy continued to outspend Humphrey heavily in West Virginia; though he publicly claimed expenditures of $100,000, later estimates placed his family's overall spending at $1.5 million, dwarfing Humphrey's $23,000.[9] Humphrey traveled the state in a rented bus, while the Kennedys used a family-owned airplane.[10] Humphrey later wrote of the West Virginia campaign, "as a professional politician I was able to accept and indeed respect the efficacy of the Kennedy campaign. But underneath the beautiful exterior, there was an element of ruthlessness and toughness that I had trouble either accepting or forgetting."[11]
On May 4, 1960, Humphrey and Kennedy took part in a televised one-on-one debate at WCHS-TV in Charleston, West Virginia, ahead of the state's primary.[12]
Kennedy defeated Humphrey soundly in West Virginia, and Humphrey announced his withdrawal from the race that night.
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John F. Kennedy | 441,786 | 52.73% | |
Republican | Richard Nixon | 395,995 | 47.27% | |
Total votes | 837,781 | 100.00% |
Results by county
County | John Fitzgerald Kennedy Democratic |
Richard Milhous Nixon Republican |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Barbour | 3,818 | 48.80% | 4,006 | 51.20% | -188 | -2.40% | 7,824 |
Berkeley | 7,072 | 45.80% | 8,369 | 54.20% | -1,297 | -8.40% | 15,441 |
Boone | 8,058 | 66.26% | 4,104 | 33.74% | 3,954 | 32.51% | 12,162 |
Braxton | 4,185 | 58.43% | 2,977 | 41.57% | 1,208 | 16.87% | 7,162 |
Brooke | 7,838 | 57.67% | 5,754 | 42.33% | 2,084 | 15.33% | 13,592 |
Cabell | 20,911 | 43.66% | 26,988 | 56.34% | -6,077 | -12.69% | 47,899 |
Calhoun | 1,975 | 50.37% | 1,946 | 49.63% | 29 | 0.74% | 3,921 |
Clay | 2,859 | 54.30% | 2,406 | 45.70% | 453 | 8.60% | 5,265 |
Doddridge | 1053 | 30.48% | 2,402 | 69.52% | -1,349 | -39.04% | 3,455 |
Fayette | 18,109 | 70.61% | 7,537 | 29.39% | 10,572 | 41.22% | 25,646 |
Gilmer | 2,075 | 58.93% | 1,446 | 41.07% | 629 | 17.86% | 3,521 |
Grant | 908 | 21.41% | 3,333 | 78.59% | -2,425 | -57.18% | 4,241 |
Greenbrier | 8,343 | 55.71% | 6,633 | 44.29% | 1,710 | 11.42% | 14,976 |
Hampshire | 2,849 | 52.86% | 2,541 | 47.14% | 308 | 5.71% | 5,390 |
Hancock | 11,176 | 58.19% | 8,031 | 41.81% | 3,145 | 16.37% | 19,207 |
Hardy | 2,465 | 54.69% | 2,042 | 45.31% | 423 | 9.39% | 4,507 |
Harrison | 20,727 | 53.00% | 18,378 | 47.00% | 2,349 | 6.01% | 39,105 |
Jackson | 3,615 | 39.51% | 5,535 | 60.49% | -1,920 | -20.98% | 9,150 |
Jefferson | 4,352 | 60.12% | 2,887 | 39.88% | 1,465 | 20.24% | 7,239 |
Kanawha | 54,484 | 48.81% | 57,130 | 51.19% | -2,646 | -2.37% | 111,614 |
Lewis | 3,649 | 41.44% | 5,157 | 58.56% | -1,508 | -17.12% | 8,806 |
Lincoln | 5,023 | 52.31% | 4,579 | 47.69% | 444 | 4.62% | 9,602 |
Logan | 16,360 | 67.61% | 7,836 | 32.39% | 8,524 | 35.23% | 24,196 |
Marion | 17,903 | 55.88% | 14,138 | 44.12% | 3,765 | 11.75% | 32,041 |
Marshall | 9,197 | 50.14% | 9,147 | 49.86% | 50 | 0.27% | 18,344 |
Mason | 4,522 | 41.31% | 6,424 | 58.69% | -1,902 | -17.38% | 10,946 |
McDowell | 19,501 | 74.84% | 6,555 | 25.16% | 12,946 | 49.69% | 26,056 |
Mercer | 17,289 | 59.60% | 11,719 | 40.40% | 5,570 | 19.20% | 29,008 |
Mineral | 4,164 | 39.80% | 6,299 | 60.20% | -2,135 | -20.41% | 10,463 |
Mingo | 11,259 | 69.66% | 4,903 | 30.34% | 6,356 | 39.33% | 16,162 |
Monongalia | 13,103 | 53.21% | 11,523 | 46.79% | 1,580 | 6.42% | 24,626 |
Monroe | 2,910 | 48.11% | 3,139 | 51.89% | -229 | -3.79% | 6,049 |
Morgan | 1,369 | 33.22% | 2,752 | 66.78% | -1,383 | -33.56% | 4,121 |
Nicholas | 5,774 | 57.33% | 4,297 | 42.67% | 1,477 | 14.67% | 10,071 |
Ohio | 18,423 | 51.48% | 17,367 | 48.52% | 1,056 | 2.95% | 35,790 |
Pendleton | 2,057 | 51.59% | 1,930 | 48.41% | 127 | 3.19% | 3,987 |
Pleasants | 1,742 | 46.78% | 1,982 | 53.22% | -240 | -6.44% | 3,724 |
Pocahontas | 2,822 | 53.34% | 2,469 | 46.66% | 353 | 6.67% | 5,291 |
Preston | 4,221 | 37.93% | 6,908 | 62.07% | -2,687 | -24.14% | 11,129 |
Putnam | 4,968 | 46.56% | 5,702 | 53.44% | -734 | -6.88% | 10,670 |
Raleigh | 20,448 | 62.85% | 12,088 | 37.15% | 8,360 | 25.69% | 32,536 |
Randolph | 6,989 | 58.21% | 5,018 | 41.79% | 1,971 | 16.42% | 12,007 |
Ritchie | 1,591 | 28.60% | 3,972 | 71.40% | -2,381 | -42.80% | 5,563 |
Roane | 3,280 | 42.47% | 4,443 | 57.53% | -1,163 | -15.06% | 7,723 |
Summers | 4,622 | 59.57% | 3,137 | 40.43% | 1,485 | 19.14% | 7,759 |
Taylor | 3,489 | 46.64% | 3,992 | 53.36% | -503 | -6.72% | 7,481 |
Tucker | 2,090 | 52.55% | 1,887 | 47.45% | 203 | 5.10% | 3,977 |
Tyler | 1,558 | 30.58% | 3,537 | 69.42% | -1,979 | -38.84% | 5,095 |
Upshur | 2,590 | 33.58% | 5,123 | 66.42% | -2,533 | -32.84% | 7,713 |
Wayne | 9,140 | 52.93% | 8,128 | 47.07% | 1,012 | 5.86% | 17,268 |
Webster | 3,479 | 67.32% | 1,689 | 32.68% | 1,790 | 34.64% | 5,168 |
Wetzel | 4,338 | 45.73% | 5,149 | 54.27% | -811 | -8.55% | 9,487 |
Wirt | 1,045 | 43.69% | 1,347 | 56.31% | -302 | -12.63% | 2,392 |
Wood | 15,396 | 41.03% | 22,131 | 58.97% | -6,735 | -17.95% | 37,527 |
Wyoming | 8,603 | 62.86% | 5,083 | 37.14% | 3,520 | 25.72% | 13,686 |
Totals | 441,786 | 52.73% | 395,995 | 47.27% | 45,791 | 5.47% | 837,781 |
References
- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1960 — Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved June 8, 2017.
- ^ "1960 Election for the Forty-Fourth Term (1961-65)". Retrieved June 8, 2017.
- ^ "1960 Presidential General Election Results — West Virginia". Retrieved June 8, 2017.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project — Election of 1960". Retrieved June 8, 2017.
- ISBN 0-618-21928-5.
- ^ a b Solberg 1984, p. 209.
- ISBN 978-0195054651.
- ^ Schlesinger, Arthur M. Jr. (1996). Robert Kennedy and His Times. New York: Ballantine Books. p. 201.
- ^ Solberg 1984, pp. 210–11.
- ^ Bryan Ward Jr. (April 26, 2013). "Battleground West Virginia Electing the President in 1960". wvculture.org. Archived from the original on November 12, 2012. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
- ^ Humphrey 1976, p. 208.
- . Retrieved September 10, 2020.
- ^ "WV US President — November 08, 1960". Our Campaigns.
Works cited
- Humphrey, Hubert H. (1976). Education of a Public Man: My Life and Politics. Doubleday & Company. p. 207. ISBN 9780816618972.
- Solberg, Carl (1984). Hubert Humphrey: A Biography. Borealis Books. p. 208. ISBN 0-87351-473-4.