United States presidential election in Ohio, 1960

United States presidential election in Ohio, 1960

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Nominee Richard Nixon John F. Kennedy Party Republican Democratic Home state California Massachusetts Running mate Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. Lyndon B. Johnson Electoral vote 25 0 Popular vote 2,217,611 1,944,248 Percentage 53.28% 46.72%
Election results by county
President before election Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican Elected President John F. Kennedy Democratic

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican

John F. Kennedy
Democratic

The 1960 United States presidential election in Ohio of November 8, 1960 was part of the 1960 General Election, and was won by Richard Nixon with a 53.28 percent popular vote plurality over John F. Kennedy’s 46.72 percent. All of Ohio's twenty-five electoral votes were assigned to Nixon.

This was last time that Ohio, a bellwether state, was on the losing end of the presidential election. This anomaly was due to strong anti-Catholic voting amidst an overall nationwide pro-Democratic swing in the Appalachia-influenced and heavily Baptist southern and western parts of the state. From 1964 onward, the candidate who won Ohio won the election nationwide.