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

Arkansas was won by Senator John F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 50.19% of the popular vote against incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (R–California), running with former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., with 43.06% of the popular vote. National States' Rights Party candidate Orval Faubus performed best in his home state of Arkansas, earning 6.76% of the vote. Nixon was however the first-ever Republican victor in the five northeastern counties of Clay, Craighead, Fulton, Randolph and Sharp due to powerful "Bible Belt" anti-Catholicism.Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 87 In 1928 this was muted by the presence of Arkansas Senator Joseph T. Robinson as Al Smith's running mate, and perhaps by perception of Hoover's ineffectiveness at relieving the great 1927 flood.Heersink, Boris; Peterson, Brenton D. and Jenkins, Jeffery A .; ‘Disasters and Elections: Estimating the Net Effect of Damage and Relief in Historical Perspective’; Political Analysis; volume 25, issue 2 (April 2017), pp. 260-268.

Nixon was also the first Republican victor in Marion County since Ulysses S. Grant in 1868. , this is the last time Democratic candidates simultaneously won the presidential election and the state's Class 2 senate seat.

Results

Results by county County John F. KennedyDemocratic Richard NixonRepublican Orval FaubusNational States' Rights Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Arkansas 2,789 52.44% 2,043 38.42% 486 9.14% 746 14.02% 5,318 Ashley 3,118 62.04% 1,288 25.63% 620 12.34% 1,830 36.41% 5,026 Baxter 1,694 43.67% 2,108 54.34% 77 1.99% -414 -10.67% 3,879 Benton 3,619 31.23% 7,832 67.58% 139 1.20% -4,213 -36.35% 11,590 Boone 2,774 44.51% 3,388 54.36% 71 1.14% -614 -9.85% 6,233 Bradley 2,960 70.31% 873 20.74% 377 8.95% 2,087 49.57% 4,210 Calhoun 1,151 72.03% 295 18.46% 152 9.51% 856 53.57% 1,598 Carroll 1,301 32.81% 2,615 65.95% 49 1.24% -1,314 -33.14% 3,965 Chicot 1,803 59.10% 979 32.09% 269 8.82% 824 27.01% 3,051 Clark 3,295 64.82% 1,357 26.70% 431 8.48% 1,938 38.12% 5,083 Clay 1,908 41.77% 2,543 55.67% 117 2.56% -635 -13.90% 4,568 Cleburne 1,144 50.13% 1,026 44.96% 112 4.91% 118 5.17% 2,282 Cleveland 1,216 70.90% 290 16.91% 209 12.19% 926 53.99% 1,715 Columbia 2,427 43.30% 2,372 42.32% 806 14.38% 55 0.98% 5,605 Conway 2,900 60.47% 1,685 35.13% 211 4.40% 1,215 25.34% 4,796 Craighead 4,898 45.61% 5,258 48.97% 582 5.42% -360 -3.36% 10,738 Crawford 2,430 41.14% 3,373 57.10% 104 1.76% -943 -15.96% 5,907 Crittenden 2,679 52.24% 2,234 43.56% 215 4.19% 445 8.68% 5,128 Cross 2,088 57.76% 1,287 35.60% 240 6.64% 801 22.16% 3,615 Dallas 1,639 62.68% 659 25.20% 317 12.12% 980 37.48% 2,615 Desha 2,502 63.57% 1,063 27.01% 371 9.43% 1,439 36.56% 3,936 Drew 2,107 62.49% 889 26.36% 376 11.15% 1,218 36.13% 3,372 Faulkner 3,820 57.80% 2,426 36.71% 363 5.49% 1,394 21.09% 6,609 Franklin 2,025 53.99% 1,631 43.48% 95 2.53% 394 10.51% 3,751 Fulton 703 38.02% 1,127 60.95% 19 1.03% -424 -22.93% 1,849 Garland 6,333 45.42% 7,204 51.66% 407 2.92% -871 -6.24% 13,944 Grant 1,394 61.44% 563 24.81% 312 13.75% 831 36.63% 2,269 Greene 2,774 49.81% 2,658 47.73% 137 2.46% 116 2.08% 5,569 Hempstead 2,596 54.55% 1,948 40.93% 215 4.52% 648 13.62% 4,759 Hot Spring 3,454 59.00% 1,732 29.59% 668 11.41% 1,722 29.41% 5,854 Howard 1,366 49.95% 1,225 44.79% 144 5.27% 141 5.16% 2,735 Independence 2,487 47.02% 2,639 49.90% 163 3.08% -152 -2.88% 5,289 Izard 1,340 59.61% 808 35.94% 100 4.45% 532 23.67% 2,248 Jackson 2,860 55.44% 1,986 38.50% 313 6.07% 874 16.94% 5,159 Jefferson 8,442 55.41% 4,839 31.76% 1,954 12.83% 3,603 23.65% 15,235 Johnson 1,938 55.01% 1,490 42.29% 95 2.70% 448 12.72% 3,523 Lafayette 1,286 55.31% 713 30.67% 326 14.02% 573 24.64% 2,325 Lawrence 2,074 51.02% 1,800 44.28% 191 4.70% 274 6.74% 4,065 Lee 1,409 52.17% 1,034 38.28% 258 9.55% 375 13.89% 2,701 Lincoln 1,780 67.27% 626 23.66% 240 9.07% 1,154 43.61% 2,646 Little River 1,514 65.17% 692 29.79% 117 5.04% 822 35.38% 2,323 Logan 2,636 55.33% 2,014 42.28% 114 2.39% 622 13.05% 4,764 Lonoke 2,991 55.93% 1,560 29.17% 797 14.90% 1,431 26.76% 5,348 Madison 1,702 40.51% 2,445 58.20% 54 1.29% -743 -17.69% 4,201 Marion 968 48.21% 1,016 50.60% 24 1.20% -48 -2.39% 2,008 Miller 4,550 56.06% 3,113 38.35% 454 5.59% 1,437 17.71% 8,117 Mississippi 5,138 48.54% 4,983 47.08% 464 4.38% 155 1.46% 10,585 Monroe 1,856 60.50% 833 27.15% 379 12.35% 1,023 33.35% 3,068 Montgomery 788 46.99% 836 49.85% 53 3.16% -48 -2.86% 1,677 Nevada 1,605 58.34% 937 34.06% 209 7.60% 668 24.28% 2,751 Newton 844 31.41% 1,814 67.51% 29 1.08% -970 -36.10% 2,687 Ouachita 5,169 63.10% 2,439 29.77% 584 7.13% 2,730 33.33% 8,192 Perry 789 56.97% 501 36.17% 95 6.86% 288 20.80% 1,385 Phillips 4,105 61.48% 2,168 32.47% 404 6.05% 1,937 29.01% 6,677 Pike 997 47.43% 1,013 48.19% 92 4.38% -16 -0.76% 2,102 Poinsett 2,817 51.75% 2,430 44.64% 197 3.62% 387 7.11% 5,444 Polk 1,635 45.02% 1,882 51.82% 115 3.17% -247 -6.80% 3,632 Pope 2,760 49.38% 2,573 46.04% 256 4.58% 187 3.34% 5,589 Prairie 1,680 63.73% 734 27.85% 222 8.42% 946 35.88% 2,636 Pulaski 26,034 46.67% 22,146 39.70% 7,608 13.64% 3,888 6.97% 55,788 Randolph 1,556 47.47% 1,620 49.42% 102 3.11% -64 -1.95% 3,278 St. Francis 2,432 53.83% 1,786 39.53% 300 6.64% 646 14.30% 4,518 Saline 3,898 57.40% 2,195 32.32% 698 10.28% 1,703 25.08% 6,791 Scott 1,116 49.29% 1,137 50.22% 11 0.49% -21 -0.93% 2,264 Searcy 1,022 30.50% 2,297 68.55% 32 0.95% -1,275 -38.05% 3,351 Sebastian 8,726 42.16% 11,744 56.75% 226 1.09% -3,018 -14.59% 20,696 Sevier 1,580 55.73% 1,141 40.25% 114 4.02% 439 15.48% 2,835 Sharp 807 45.18% 911 51.01% 68 3.81% -104 -5.83% 1,786 Stone 897 46.17% 959 49.36% 87 4.48% -62 -3.19% 1,943 Union 6,500 47.92% 5,631 41.51% 1,434 10.57% 869 6.41% 13,565 Van Buren 1,158 51.08% 1,009 44.51% 100 4.41% 149 6.57% 2,267 Washington 5,391 34.38% 10,088 64.34% 200 1.28% -4,697 -29.96% 15,679 White 5,244 53.33% 3,985 40.52% 605 6.15% 1,259 12.81% 9,834 Woodruff 1,613 63.63% 667 26.31% 255 10.06% 946 37.32% 2,535 Yell 2,008 58.49% 1,303 37.96% 122 3.55% 705 20.53% 3,433Totals215,04950.19%184,50843.06%28,9526.76%30,5417.13%428,509

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Clay Craighead Fulton Marion Pike Randolph Sharp Stone

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Arkansas Crittenden Pulaski

See also United States presidential elections in Arkansas

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