1960 United States presidential election in Georgia
County Results
Kennedy
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
90-100%
Nixon
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
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 12[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president . Georgia used the congressional district method of distributing electoral votes rather than the traditional winner-take-all system, with 10 electors elected by every one of the 10 congressional districts and 2 electors elected in the State at-large.
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 congressional districts
Results by county
County
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Democratic
Richard Milhous Nixon Republican
Margin
Total votes cast[6]
#
%
#
%
#
%
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%
184,166
25.11%
733,349
Notes
^ These write-in votes were not separated by county and only given as a statewide total.
References