The 1960 United States presidential election in Utah took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. State voters chose four representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Utah was won by incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (R–California), running with United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., with 54.81 percent of the popular vote, against Senator John F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 45.17 percent of the popular vote. This was the first election since 1912 where Utah voted for the losing candidate.

Results

Results by county County Richard NixonRepublican John F. KennedyDemocratic Farrell DobbsSocialist Workers Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Beaver 971 45.65% 1,156 54.35% 0 0.00% -185 -8.70% 2,127 Box Elder 6,594 63.23% 3,831 36.74% 3 0.03% 2,763 26.49% 10,428 Cache 10,281 67.65% 4,917 32.35% 0 0.00% 5,364 35.30% 15,198 Carbon 2,953 32.79% 6,039 67.06% 14 0.16% -3,086 -34.27% 9,006 Daggett 196 44.95% 239 54.82% 1 0.23% -43 -9.87% 436 Davis 13,782 57.34% 10,244 42.62% 8 0.03% 3,538 14.72% 24,034 Duchesne 1,546 56.98% 1,166 42.98% 1 0.04% 380 14.00% 2,713 Emery 1,283 50.89% 1,238 49.11% 0 0.00% 45 1.78% 2,521 Garfield 1,083 69.69% 471 30.31% 0 0.00% 612 39.38% 1,554 Grand 1,130 58.40% 805 41.60% 0 0.00% 325 16.80% 1,935 Iron 3,079 63.91% 1,738 36.07% 1 0.02% 1,341 27.84% 4,818 Juab 1,202 50.95% 1,158 49.05% 0 0.00% 44 1.90% 2,360 Kane 876 80.44% 213 19.56% 0 0.00% 663 60.88% 1,089 Millard 2,248 61.15% 1,425 38.76% 3 0.08% 823 22.39% 3,676 Morgan 775 55.44% 622 44.49% 1 0.07% 153 10.95% 1,398 Piute 453 64.71% 247 35.29% 0 0.00% 206 29.42% 700 Rich 511 63.72% 291 36.28% 0 0.00% 220 27.44% 802 Salt Lake 90,845 54.49% 75,868 45.51% 0 0.00% 14,977 8.98% 166,713 San Juan 1,408 62.72% 837 37.28% 0 0.00% 571 25.44% 2,245 Sanpete 3,322 60.35% 2,180 39.60% 3 0.05% 1,142 20.75% 5,505 Sevier 3,166 65.18% 1,690 34.80% 1 0.02% 1,476 30.38% 4,857 Summit 1,607 56.91% 1,217 43.09% 0 0.00% 390 13.82% 2,824 Tooele 3,016 45.10% 3,665 54.80% 7 0.10% -649 -9.70% 6,688 Uintah 2,882 67.62% 1,380 32.38% 0 0.00% 1,502 35.24% 4,262 Utah 23,057 53.99% 19,626 45.95% 25 0.06% 3,431 8.04% 42,708 Wasatch 1,480 58.11% 1,066 41.85% 1 0.04% 414 16.26% 2,547 Washington 2,876 68.90% 1,298 31.10% 0 0.00% 1,578 37.80% 4,174 Wayne 446 53.86% 382 46.14% 0 0.00% 64 7.72% 828 Weber 22,293 47.88% 24,239 52.06% 31 0.07% -1,946 -4.18% 46,563Totals205,36154.81%169,24845.17%1000.03%36,1139.64%374,709

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Beaver Daggett Carbon Tooele Weber

See also United States presidential elections in Utah

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