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

Washington was won by incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (R–California), running with United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., with 50.68% of the popular vote, against Senator John F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 48.27% of the popular vote.

This was the first time since 1892 that Washington state backed a losing Republican candidate, though it did back Progressive candidate and former Republican Theodore Roosevelt in his third party bid in 1912.

Results

Results by county County Richard NixonRepublican John F. KennedyDemocratic Other candidatesVarious parties Margin Total votescast # % # % # % # % Adams 2,479 58.80% 1,732 41.08% 5 0.12% 747 17.72% 4,216 Asotin 2,640 46.00% 3,093 53.89% 6 0.10% -453 -7.89% 5,739 Benton 13,797 52.37% 12,518 47.52% 29 0.11% 1,279 4.85% 26,344 Chelan 9,854 54.10% 8,177 44.89% 183 1.00% 1,677 9.21% 18,214 Clallam 6,227 47.61% 6,801 52.00% 52 0.40% -574 -4.39% 13,080 Clark 20,080 49.13% 20,771 50.82% 17 0.04% -691 -1.69% 40,868 Columbia 1,301 62.13% 793 37.87% 0 0.00% 508 24.26% 2,094 Cowlitz 12,103 49.79% 12,054 49.58% 153 0.63% 49 0.21% 24,310 Douglas 3,241 51.07% 3,087 48.64% 18 0.28% 154 2.43% 6,346 Ferry 623 40.30% 921 59.57% 2 0.13% -298 -19.27% 1,546 Franklin 4,201 44.65% 5,156 54.80% 52 0.55% -955 -10.15% 9,409 Garfield 914 56.88% 690 42.94% 3 0.19% 224 13.94% 1,607 Grant 7,568 50.44% 7,400 49.32% 37 0.25% 168 1.12% 15,005 Grays Harbor 10,067 41.94% 13,773 57.37% 166 0.69% -3,706 -15.43% 24,006 Island 3,596 59.01% 2,470 40.53% 28 0.46% 1,126 18.48% 6,094 Jefferson 2,103 48.83% 2,197 51.01% 7 0.16% -94 -2.18% 4,307 King 224,150 50.85% 208,756 47.36% 7,904 1.79% 15,394 3.49% 440,810 Kitsap 17,459 46.80% 19,662 52.71% 181 0.49% -2,203 -5.91% 37,302 Kittitas 4,640 51.83% 4,303 48.06% 10 0.11% 337 3.77% 8,953 Klickitat 2,836 50.69% 2,744 49.04% 15 0.27% 92 1.65% 5,595 Lewis 11,012 56.53% 8,411 43.18% 57 0.29% 2,601 13.35% 19,480 Lincoln 3,211 58.77% 2,248 41.14% 5 0.09% 963 17.63% 5,464 Mason 3,703 46.86% 4,183 52.94% 16 0.20% -480 -6.08% 7,902 Okanogan 5,169 48.32% 5,507 51.48% 22 0.21% -338 -3.16% 10,698 Pacific 3,224 45.47% 3,837 54.12% 29 0.41% -613 -8.65% 7,090 Pend Oreille 1,305 44.19% 1,641 55.57% 7 0.24% -336 -11.38% 2,953 Pierce 57,188 46.32% 64,292 52.07% 1,995 1.62% -7,104 -5.75% 123,475 San Juan 1,112 63.91% 624 35.86% 4 0.23% 488 28.05% 1,740 Skagit 12,168 52.40% 11,003 47.39% 49 0.21% 1,165 5.01% 23,220 Skamania 1,032 44.75% 1,269 55.03% 5 0.22% -237 -10.28% 2,306 Snohomish 33,731 46.10% 38,793 53.02% 639 0.87% -5,062 -6.92% 73,163 Spokane 59,557 51.62% 55,553 48.15% 259 0.22% 4,004 3.47% 115,369 Stevens 4,076 51.24% 3,861 48.54% 18 0.23% 215 2.70% 7,955 Thurston 13,921 54.37% 11,620 45.38% 65 0.25% 2,301 8.99% 25,606 Wahkiakum 796 46.23% 923 53.60% 3 0.17% -127 -7.37% 1,722 Walla Walla 11,786 63.64% 6,721 36.29% 12 0.06% 5,065 27.35% 18,519 Whatcom 16,651 52.82% 14,298 45.35% 577 1.83% 2,353 7.47% 31,526 Whitman 8,069 59.58% 5,458 40.30% 17 0.13% 2,611 19.28% 13,544 Yakima 31,683 58.68% 21,958 40.67% 354 0.66% 9,725 18.01% 53,995Totals629,27350.68%599,29848.27%13,0011.05%29,9752.41%1,241,572

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Cowlitz Douglas Grant

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Asotin Clallam Jefferson Mason Okanogan

See also United States presidential elections in Washington (state)

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