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1960 United States presidential election in Florida
County Results
Nixon
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
Kennedy
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
The 1960 United States presidential election in Florida was held on November 8, 1960. All contemporary fifty states took part, and Florida voters selected 10 electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Republican candidate Richard Nixon won against John F. Kennedy by 46,776 votes and by 3.02%.[ 1] As of the 2020 presidential election , this is the last election in which Escambia County , Clay County , Okaloosa County , and Santa Rosa County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. This was the first time that a Democrat was elected without winning Florida.[ 2] It was also the first time since 1924 that Florida failed to vote for the winner of the presidential election. This has since happened only twice, in 1992 and 2020 .[ 3]
Richard Nixon giving a campaign speech at Hemming Park in Jacksonville .
John F. Kennedy while campaigning in Tampa .
County
Richard Nixon Republican
John F. Kennedy Democratic
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
Alachua
10,072
52.05%
9,279
47.95%
793
4.10%
19,351
Baker
398
21.32%
1,469
78.68%
-1,071
-57.36%
1,867
Bay
5,435
33.94%
10,579
66.06%
-5,144
-32.12%
16,014
Bradford
1,131
30.85%
2,535
69.15%
-1,404
-38.30%
3,666
Brevard
17,585
61.37%
11,069
38.63%
6,516
22.74%
28,654
Broward
68,294
58.82%
47,811
41.18%
20,483
17.64%
116,105
Calhoun
634
28.46%
1,594
71.54%
-960
-43.08%
2,228
Charlotte
3,026
60.92%
1,941
39.08%
1,085
21.84%
4,967
Citrus
1,861
51.82%
1,730
48.18%
131
3.64%
3,591
Clay
2,515
47.97%
2,728
52.03%
-213
-4.06%
5,243
Collier
2,708
60.74%
1,750
39.26%
958
21.48%
4,458
Columbia
2,094
36.17%
3,695
63.83%
-1,601
-27.66%
5,789
DeSoto
1,687
50.10%
1,680
49.90%
7
0.20%
3,367
Dixie
392
28.65%
976
71.35%
-584
-42.70%
1,368
Duval
59,073
45.73%
70,091
54.27%
-11,018
-8.54%
129,164
Escambia
17,925
38.79%
28,288
61.21%
-10,363
-22.42%
46,213
Flagler
426
31.35%
933
68.65%
-507
-37.30%
1,359
Franklin
764
33.84%
1,494
66.16%
-730
-32.32%
2,258
Gadsden
2,010
46.18%
2,343
53.82%
-333
-7.64%
4,353
Gilchrist
277
24.93%
834
75.07%
-557
-50.14%
1,111
Glades
314
44.35%
394
55.65%
-80
-11.30%
708
Gulf
657
21.86%
2,348
78.14%
-1,691
-56.28%
3,005
Hamilton
656
33.01%
1,331
66.99%
-675
-33.98%
1,987
Hardee
1,960
52.96%
1,741
47.04%
219
5.92%
3,701
Hendry
1,043
44.38%
1,307
55.62%
-264
-11.24%
2,350
Hernando
1,809
48.00%
1,960
52.00%
-151
-4.00%
3,769
Highlands
4,369
58.32%
3,122
41.68%
1,247
16.64%
7,491
Hillsborough
48,887
43.99%
62,240
56.01%
-13,353
-12.02%
111,127
Holmes
1,235
34.26%
2,370
65.74%
-1,135
-31.48%
3,605
Indian River
4,656
61.05%
2,970
38.95%
1,686
22.10%
7,626
Jackson
2,851
32.23%
5,994
67.77%
-3,143
-35.54%
8,845
Jefferson
600
34.70%
1,129
65.30%
-529
-30.60%
1,729
Lafayette
297
27.25%
793
72.75%
-496
-45.50%
1,090
Lake
12,979
72.45%
4,936
27.55%
8,043
44.90%
17,915
Lee
10,357
65.34%
5,494
34.66%
4,863
30.68%
15,851
Leon
9,079
46.53%
10,433
53.47%
-1,354
-6.94%
19,512
Levy
996
33.21%
2,003
66.79%
-1,007
-33.58%
2,999
Liberty
243
21.99%
862
78.01%
-619
-56.02%
1,105
Madison
1,152
35.60%
2,084
64.40%
-932
-28.80%
3,236
Manatee
16,462
65.13%
8,814
34.87%
7,648
30.26%
25,276
Marion
7,043
49.43%
7,206
50.57%
-163
-1.14%
14,249
Martin
3,701
58.15%
2,664
41.85%
1,037
16.30%
6,365
Miami-Dade
134,506
42.35%
183,114
57.65%
-48,608
-15.30%
317,620
Monroe
3,416
32.88%
6,972
67.12%
-3,556
-34.24%
10,388
Nassau
1,666
33.67%
3,282
66.33%
-1,616
-32.66%
4,948
Okaloosa
4,685
36.18%
8,263
63.82%
-3,578
-27.64%
12,948
Okeechobee
631
35.93%
1,125
64.07%
-494
-28.14%
1,756
Orange
48,244
70.98%
19,729
29.02%
28,515
41.96%
67,973
Osceola
4,691
68.29%
2,178
31.71%
2,513
36.58%
6,869
Palm Beach
45,337
60.28%
29,871
39.72%
15,466
20.56%
75,208
Pasco
7,188
55.21%
5,832
44.79%
1,356
10.42%
13,020
Pinellas
101,779
63.68%
58,054
36.32%
43,725
27.36%
159,833
Polk
31,618
57.32%
23,546
42.68%
8,072
14.64%
55,164
Putnam
4,236
48.72%
4,459
51.28%
-223
-2.56%
8,695
St. Johns
4,125
42.49%
5,583
57.51%
-1,458
-15.02%
9,708
St. Lucie
6,354
54.24%
5,360
45.76%
994
8.48%
11,714
Santa Rosa
2,777
35.89%
4,960
64.11%
-2,183
-28.22%
7,737
Sarasota
19,995
70.70%
8,287
29.30%
11,708
41.40%
28,282
Seminole
8,936
64.63%
4,891
35.37%
4,045
29.26%
13,827
Sumter
1,120
32.95%
2,279
67.05%
-1,159
-34.10%
3,399
Suwannee
1,536
35.51%
2,789
64.49%
-1,253
-28.98%
4,325
Taylor
1,212
38.85%
1,908
61.15%
-696
-22.30%
3,120
Union
311
24.84%
941
75.16%
-630
-50.32%
1,252
Volusia
28,367
54.82%
23,377
45.18%
4,990
9.64%
51,744
Wakulla
379
24.85%
1,146
75.15%
-767
-50.30%
1,525
Walton
1,484
28.95%
3,642
71.05%
-2,158
-42.10%
5,126
Washington
1,230
36.96%
2,098
63.04%
-868
-26.08%
3,328
Totals
795,476
51.51%
748,700
48.49%
46,776
3.02%
1,544,176