Nebraska — 1960 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1960 presidential electionNebraska · PresidentNixonR+24.1
How it voted
Share of the 1960 vote
| Richard Nixon ✓Republican | 62.1% | 380,553 |
|---|---|---|
| John F. KennedyDemocratic | 37.9% | 232,542 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 0.0% | 0 |
1960presidential margin
D+60R+60
93 counties, each filled by 1960 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Nebraska cast 6 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (93 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adams County, NE | Republican | R+29.0 |
| Antelope County, NE | Republican | R+42.2 |
| Arthur County, NE | Republican | R+61.3 |
| Banner County, NE | Republican | R+33.5 |
| Blaine County, NE | Republican | R+57.6 |
| Boone County, NE | Republican | R+29.0 |
| Box Butte County, NE | Republican | R+25.2 |
| Boyd County, NE | Republican | R+28.9 |
| Brown County, NE | Republican | R+54.3 |
| Buffalo County, NE | Republican | R+32.2 |
| Burt County, NE | Republican | R+45.1 |
| Butler County, NE | Democratic | D+9.8 |
| Cass County, NE | Republican | R+23.4 |
| Cedar County, NE | Republican | R+2.0 |
| Chase County, NE | Republican | R+38.6 |
| Cherry County, NE | Republican | R+44.2 |
| Cheyenne County, NE | Republican | R+19.3 |
| Clay County, NE | Republican | R+38.6 |
| Colfax County, NE | Republican | R+11.8 |
| Cuming County, NE | Republican | R+34.9 |
| Custer County, NE | Republican | R+41.7 |
| Dakota County, NE | Republican | R+12.3 |
| Dawes County, NE | Republican | R+41.7 |
| Dawson County, NE | Republican | R+46.1 |
| Deuel County, NE | Republican | R+52.4 |
| Dixon County, NE | Republican | R+32.4 |
| Dodge County, NE | Republican | R+34.4 |
| Douglas County, NE | Republican | R+5.8 |
| Dundy County, NE | Republican | R+43.8 |
| Fillmore County, NE | Republican | R+22.2 |
| Franklin County, NE | Republican | R+28.4 |
| Frontier County, NE | Republican | R+47.0 |
| Furnas County, NE | Republican | R+44.7 |
| Gage County, NE | Republican | R+33.5 |
| Garden County, NE | Republican | R+52.7 |
| Garfield County, NE | Republican | R+54.9 |
| Gosper County, NE | Republican | R+43.2 |
| Grant County, NE | Republican | R+52.7 |
| Greeley County, NE | Democratic | D+13.6 |
| Hall County, NE | Republican | R+28.0 |
| Hamilton County, NE | Republican | R+45.3 |
| Harlan County, NE | Republican | R+32.8 |
| Hayes County, NE | Republican | R+42.7 |
| Hitchcock County, NE | Republican | R+41.3 |
| Holt County, NE | Republican | R+26.0 |
| Hooker County, NE | Republican | R+72.4 |
| Howard County, NE | Republican | R+4.9 |
| Jefferson County, NE | Republican | R+36.2 |
| Johnson County, NE | Republican | R+29.1 |
| Kearney County, NE | Republican | R+24.1 |
| Keith County, NE | Republican | R+37.8 |
| Keya Paha County, NE | Republican | R+45.7 |
| Kimball County, NE | Republican | R+35.9 |
| Knox County, NE | Republican | R+28.9 |
| Lancaster County, NE | Republican | R+25.1 |
| Lincoln County, NE | Republican | R+23.0 |
| Logan County, NE | Republican | R+41.2 |
| Loup County, NE | Republican | R+55.1 |
| Madison County, NE | Republican | R+46.5 |
| McPherson County, NE | Republican | R+63.8 |
| Merrick County, NE | Republican | R+38.0 |
| Morrill County, NE | Republican | R+25.5 |
| Nance County, NE | Republican | R+25.3 |
| Nemaha County, NE | Republican | R+37.5 |
| Nuckolls County, NE | Republican | R+21.7 |
| Otoe County, NE | Republican | R+33.1 |
| Pawnee County, NE | Republican | R+26.3 |
| Perkins County, NE | Republican | R+30.2 |
| Phelps County, NE | Republican | R+50.4 |
| Pierce County, NE | Republican | R+45.6 |
| Platte County, NE | Republican | R+16.6 |
| Polk County, NE | Republican | R+33.9 |
| Red Willow County, NE | Republican | R+33.9 |
| Richardson County, NE | Republican | R+25.3 |
| Rock County, NE | Republican | R+62.2 |
| Saline County, NE | Democratic | D+10.0 |
| Sarpy County, NE | Republican | R+10.6 |
| Saunders County, NE | Republican | R+13.9 |
| Scotts Bluff County, NE | Republican | R+21.4 |
| Seward County, NE | Republican | R+26.3 |
| Sheridan County, NE | Republican | R+43.0 |
| Sherman County, NE | Democratic | D+11.6 |
| Sioux County, NE | Republican | R+28.4 |
| Stanton County, NE | Republican | R+32.4 |
| Thayer County, NE | Republican | R+34.8 |
| Thomas County, NE | Republican | R+49.7 |
| Thurston County, NE | Republican | R+14.4 |
| Valley County, NE | Republican | R+24.2 |
| Washington County, NE | Republican | R+38.0 |
| Wayne County, NE | Republican | R+52.3 |
| Webster County, NE | Republican | R+29.5 |
| Wheeler County, NE | Republican | R+27.9 |
| York County, NE | Republican | R+49.4 |
Nebraska results by county
93 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | Richard Nixon+3,568 | 7,93264.5% | 4,36435.5% | 00.0% | 12,296 |
| Antelope County | Richard Nixon+2,147 | 3,61771.1% | 1,47028.9% | 00.0% | 5,087 |
| Arthur County | Richard Nixon+215 | 28380.6% | 6819.4% | 00.0% | 351 |
| Banner County | Richard Nixon+213 | 42466.8% | 21133.2% | 00.0% | 635 |
| Blaine County | Richard Nixon+307 | 42078.8% | 11321.2% | 00.0% | 533 |
| Boone County | Richard Nixon+1,262 | 2,80964.5% | 1,54735.5% | 00.0% | 4,356 |
| Box Butte County | Richard Nixon+1,271 | 3,15762.6% | 1,88637.4% | 00.0% | 5,043 |
| Boyd County | Richard Nixon+625 | 1,39364.5% | 76835.5% | 00.0% | 2,161 |
| Brown County | Richard Nixon+1,221 | 1,73577.1% | 51422.9% | 00.0% | 2,249 |
| Buffalo County | Richard Nixon+3,704 | 7,59566.1% | 3,89133.9% | 00.0% | 11,486 |
| Burt County | Richard Nixon+2,247 | 3,61372.6% | 1,36627.4% | 00.0% | 4,979 |
| Butler County | John F. Kennedy+489 | 2,25345.1% | 2,74254.9% | 00.0% | 4,995 |
| Cass County | Richard Nixon+1,707 | 4,50661.7% | 2,79938.3% | 00.0% | 7,305 |
| Cedar County | Richard Nixon+121 | 3,06051.0% | 2,93949.0% | 00.0% | 5,999 |
| Chase County | Richard Nixon+825 | 1,48269.3% | 65730.7% | 00.0% | 2,139 |
| Cherry County | Richard Nixon+1,651 | 2,69572.1% | 1,04427.9% | 00.0% | 3,739 |
| Cheyenne County | Richard Nixon+1,234 | 3,81459.6% | 2,58040.4% | 00.0% | 6,394 |
| Clay County | Richard Nixon+1,674 | 3,00569.3% | 1,33130.7% | 00.0% | 4,336 |
| Colfax County | Richard Nixon+529 | 2,50455.9% | 1,97544.1% | 00.0% | 4,479 |
| Cuming County | Richard Nixon+2,015 | 3,89467.5% | 1,87932.5% | 00.0% | 5,773 |
| Custer County | Richard Nixon+3,366 | 5,71670.9% | 2,35029.1% | 00.0% | 8,066 |
| Dakota County | Richard Nixon+650 | 2,97756.1% | 2,32743.9% | 00.0% | 5,304 |
| Dawes County | Richard Nixon+1,827 | 3,10670.8% | 1,27929.2% | 00.0% | 4,385 |
| Dawson County | Richard Nixon+4,092 | 6,48073.1% | 2,38826.9% | 00.0% | 8,868 |
| Deuel County | Richard Nixon+878 | 1,27676.2% | 39823.8% | 00.0% | 1,674 |
| Dixon County | Richard Nixon+1,329 | 2,71366.2% | 1,38433.8% | 00.0% | 4,097 |
| Dodge County | Richard Nixon+4,936 | 9,63867.2% | 4,70232.8% | 00.0% | 14,340 |
| Douglas County | Richard Nixon+7,945 | 72,00552.9% | 64,06047.1% | 00.0% | 136,065 |
| Dundy County | Richard Nixon+759 | 1,24571.9% | 48628.1% | 00.0% | 1,731 |
| Fillmore County | Richard Nixon+1,032 | 2,84261.1% | 1,81038.9% | 00.0% | 4,652 |
| Franklin County | Richard Nixon+795 | 1,79864.2% | 1,00335.8% | 00.0% | 2,801 |
| Frontier County | Richard Nixon+1,033 | 1,61573.5% | 58226.5% | 00.0% | 2,197 |
| Furnas County | Richard Nixon+1,763 | 2,85472.3% | 1,09127.7% | 00.0% | 3,945 |
| Gage County | Richard Nixon+3,893 | 7,75466.8% | 3,86133.2% | 00.0% | 11,615 |
| Garden County | Richard Nixon+950 | 1,37676.4% | 42623.6% | 00.0% | 1,802 |
| Garfield County | Richard Nixon+742 | 1,04777.4% | 30522.6% | 00.0% | 1,352 |
| Gosper County | Richard Nixon+515 | 85471.6% | 33928.4% | 00.0% | 1,193 |
| Grant County | Richard Nixon+283 | 41076.4% | 12723.6% | 00.0% | 537 |
| Greeley County | John F. Kennedy+303 | 96043.2% | 1,26356.8% | 00.0% | 2,223 |
| Hall County | Richard Nixon+4,267 | 9,76364.0% | 5,49636.0% | 00.0% | 15,259 |
| Hamilton County | Richard Nixon+2,026 | 3,24972.7% | 1,22327.3% | 00.0% | 4,472 |
| Harlan County | Richard Nixon+873 | 1,76666.4% | 89333.6% | 00.0% | 2,659 |
| Hayes County | Richard Nixon+418 | 69971.3% | 28128.7% | 00.0% | 980 |
| Hitchcock County | Richard Nixon+956 | 1,63470.7% | 67829.3% | 00.0% | 2,312 |
| Holt County | Richard Nixon+1,712 | 4,15063.0% | 2,43837.0% | 00.0% | 6,588 |
| Hooker County | Richard Nixon+372 | 44386.2% | 7113.8% | 00.0% | 514 |
| Howard County | Richard Nixon+158 | 1,67652.5% | 1,51847.5% | 00.0% | 3,194 |
| Jefferson County | Richard Nixon+2,152 | 4,04768.1% | 1,89531.9% | 00.0% | 5,942 |
| Johnson County | Richard Nixon+947 | 2,09864.6% | 1,15135.4% | 00.0% | 3,249 |
| Kearney County | Richard Nixon+802 | 2,06562.0% | 1,26338.0% | 00.0% | 3,328 |
| Keith County | Richard Nixon+1,469 | 2,68068.9% | 1,21131.1% | 00.0% | 3,891 |
| Keya Paha County | Richard Nixon+405 | 64672.8% | 24127.2% | 00.0% | 887 |
| Kimball County | Richard Nixon+1,136 | 2,15267.9% | 1,01632.1% | 00.0% | 3,168 |
| Knox County | Richard Nixon+1,725 | 3,84764.4% | 2,12235.6% | 00.0% | 5,969 |
| Lancaster County | Richard Nixon+15,161 | 37,72562.6% | 22,56437.4% | 00.0% | 60,289 |
| Lincoln County | Richard Nixon+2,873 | 7,68561.5% | 4,81238.5% | 00.0% | 12,497 |
| Logan County | Richard Nixon+228 | 39170.6% | 16329.4% | 00.0% | 554 |
| Loup County | Richard Nixon+316 | 44577.5% | 12922.5% | 00.0% | 574 |
| Madison County | Richard Nixon+5,300 | 8,35073.2% | 3,05026.8% | 00.0% | 11,400 |
| McPherson County | Richard Nixon+236 | 30381.9% | 6718.1% | 00.0% | 370 |
| Merrick County | Richard Nixon+1,510 | 2,74469.0% | 1,23431.0% | 00.0% | 3,978 |
| Morrill County | Richard Nixon+821 | 2,02062.8% | 1,19937.2% | 00.0% | 3,219 |
| Nance County | Richard Nixon+687 | 1,69962.7% | 1,01237.3% | 00.0% | 2,711 |
| Nemaha County | Richard Nixon+1,654 | 3,03168.8% | 1,37731.2% | 00.0% | 4,408 |
| Nuckolls County | Richard Nixon+871 | 2,44160.9% | 1,57039.1% | 00.0% | 4,011 |
| Otoe County | Richard Nixon+2,514 | 5,05766.5% | 2,54333.5% | 00.0% | 7,600 |
| Pawnee County | Richard Nixon+719 | 1,72863.1% | 1,00936.9% | 00.0% | 2,737 |
| Perkins County | Richard Nixon+604 | 1,30165.1% | 69734.9% | 00.0% | 1,998 |
| Phelps County | Richard Nixon+2,543 | 3,79575.2% | 1,25224.8% | 00.0% | 5,047 |
| Pierce County | Richard Nixon+1,856 | 2,96372.8% | 1,10727.2% | 00.0% | 4,070 |
| Platte County | Richard Nixon+1,742 | 6,12958.3% | 4,38741.7% | 00.0% | 10,516 |
| Polk County | Richard Nixon+1,213 | 2,39766.9% | 1,18433.1% | 00.0% | 3,581 |
| Red Willow County | Richard Nixon+1,968 | 3,89066.9% | 1,92233.1% | 00.0% | 5,812 |
| Richardson County | Richard Nixon+1,811 | 4,48162.7% | 2,67037.3% | 00.0% | 7,151 |
| Rock County | Richard Nixon+831 | 1,08481.1% | 25318.9% | 00.0% | 1,337 |
| Saline County | John F. Kennedy+642 | 2,88145.0% | 3,52355.0% | 00.0% | 6,404 |
| Sarpy County | Richard Nixon+895 | 4,67255.3% | 3,77744.7% | 00.0% | 8,449 |
| Saunders County | Richard Nixon+1,146 | 4,70256.9% | 3,55643.1% | 00.0% | 8,258 |
| Scotts Bluff County | Richard Nixon+3,082 | 8,72860.7% | 5,64639.3% | 00.0% | 14,374 |
| Seward County | Richard Nixon+1,493 | 3,58863.1% | 2,09536.9% | 00.0% | 5,683 |
| Sheridan County | Richard Nixon+1,726 | 2,87071.5% | 1,14428.5% | 00.0% | 4,014 |
| Sherman County | John F. Kennedy+296 | 1,13144.2% | 1,42755.8% | 00.0% | 2,558 |
| Sioux County | Richard Nixon+330 | 74564.2% | 41535.8% | 00.0% | 1,160 |
| Stanton County | Richard Nixon+823 | 1,68066.2% | 85733.8% | 00.0% | 2,537 |
| Thayer County | Richard Nixon+1,652 | 3,20267.4% | 1,55032.6% | 00.0% | 4,752 |
| Thomas County | Richard Nixon+279 | 42074.9% | 14125.1% | 00.0% | 561 |
| Thurston County | Richard Nixon+442 | 1,75757.2% | 1,31542.8% | 00.0% | 3,072 |
| Valley County | Richard Nixon+797 | 2,04562.1% | 1,24837.9% | 00.0% | 3,293 |
| Washington County | Richard Nixon+2,078 | 3,77269.0% | 1,69431.0% | 00.0% | 5,466 |
| Wayne County | Richard Nixon+2,249 | 3,27476.2% | 1,02523.8% | 00.0% | 4,299 |
| Webster County | Richard Nixon+923 | 2,02664.7% | 1,10335.3% | 00.0% | 3,129 |
| Wheeler County | Richard Nixon+185 | 42464.0% | 23936.0% | 00.0% | 663 |
| York County | Richard Nixon+3,441 | 5,20574.7% | 1,76425.3% | 00.0% | 6,969 |
Nominees: John F. Kennedy (D) · Richard Nixon (R) · Unpledged Democratic electors (Harry F. Byrd) (Unpledged)
Nebraska's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1960 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −31.1% |
| 1896 | +5.4% |
| 1900 | −3.2% |
| 1904 | −37.9% |
| 1908 | +1.5% |
| 1912 | +22.0% |
| 1916 | +14.3% |
| 1920 | −33.4% |
| 1924 | −17.5% |
| 1928 | −27.0% |
| 1932 | +27.7% |
| 1936 | +16.4% |
| 1940 | −14.4% |
| 1944 | −17.2% |
| 1948 | −8.3% |
| 1952 | −38.3% |
| 1956 | −31.0% |
| 1960 | −24.1% |
| 1964 | +5.2% |
| 1968 | −28.0% |
| 1972 | −41.0% |
| 1976 | −20.7% |
| 1980 | −39.5% |
| 1984 | −41.7% |
| 1988 | −21.0% |
| 1992 | −17.2% |
| 1996 | −18.7% |
| 2000 | −29.0% |
| 2004 | −33.2% |
| 2008 | −14.9% |
| 2012 | −21.8% |
| 2016 | −25.0% |
| 2020 | −19.1% |
| 2024 | −20.5% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1960 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.