Under each candidate (L ยป R): Pop. Vote Percentage - Electoral Points
----------------- John F. Richard M.
State | Electoral Kennedy Nixon
| Votes Democrat Republican
Group A .. 1st priority - 5,000 pts each
+++ Extra 1,000 points -- Arizona, Delaware ... Total, Group-A: 52,000
1. Alabama (11) **1 56.39% 3,433 42.16% 2,567
2. Alaska (3) 49.06% 2,453 50.94% 2,547
3. Arizona (4) +++ 44.46% 2,233 55.32% 2,767
4. Arkansas (8) 50.19% 2,691 43.06% 2,309
5. California (32) 49.55% 2,486 50.10% 2,514
6. Colorado (8) 44.91% 2,256 54.63% 2,744
7. Connecticut (8) 53.73% 2,687 46.27% 2,313
8. Delaware (3) +++ 50.63% 3,049 49.00% 2,951
9. Florida (10) 48.49% 2,424 51.51% 2,576
10. Georgia (12) 62.54% 3,128 37.43% 1,872
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So Far (52,000) 26,840 25,160
Needed to Win - 80,010 Kennedy-D Nixon-R
**1 = Alabama (Group A, above)
In actual fact, six of Alabama's eleven Democratic electors were unpledged.
The remaining five electors cast their votes for Kennedy. There was no
distinction made between Kennedy votes and unpledged elector votes, so
Electoral Points are awarded here on the basis of the popular vote
percentages presented on Wikipedia's 1960 United States Presidential
Election page.
Group B .. 2nd priority - 4,000 pts each
+++ Extra 1,000 points -- Illinois, Louisiana ... Total, Group-B: 42,000
11. Hawaii (3) 50.03% 2,012 49.97% 1,988
12. Idaho (4) 46.22% 1,849 53.78% 2,151
13. Illinois (27) +++ 49.98% 2,505 49.80% 2,495
14. Indiana (13) 44.60% 1,791 55.03% 2,209
15. Iowa (10) 43.22% 1,730 56.72% 2,270
16. Kansas (8) 39.10% 1,571 60.45% 2,429
17. Kentucky (10) 46.41% 1,856 53.59% 2,144
18. Louisiana (10) **2 +++ 50.42% 3,191 28.59% 1,809
19. Maine (5) 42.95% 1,808 52.05% 2,192
20. Maryland (9) 53.61% 2,144 46.39% 1,856
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So Far (94,000) 47,297 46,703
Needed to Win - 80,010 Kennedy-D Nixon-R
**2 = Louisiana (Group B, above)
20.99% of the state's total popular vote was for unpledged electors.
Kennedy received 50.42% of the state's total popular vote, Nixon
28.59%. Because of this, only the Kennedy and Nixon popular vote
percentages were evaluated, and points were awarded accordingly.
Group C (3rd priority - 3,000 pts each, 30,000 pts total)
+++ Extra 1,000 points -- Minnesota, Nevada ... Total, Group-C: 32,000
21. Massachusetts (16) 60.22% 1,811 39.55% 1,189
22. Michigan (20) 50.85% 1,529 48.94% 1,471
23. Minnesota (11) +++ 50.58% 2,028 49.16% 1,972
24. Mississippi (8) **3 36.34% 1,787 24.67% 1,213
25. Missouri (13) 50.26% 1,508 49.74% 1,492
26. Montana (4) 48.60% 1,462 51.10% 1,538
27. Nebraska (6) 37.93% 1,138 62.07% 1,862
28. Nevada (3) +++ 51.16% 2,046 48.84% 1,954
29. New Hampshire (4) 46.58% 1,397 53.42% 1,603
30. New Jersey (17) 49.96% 1,512 49.16% 1,488
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So Far (126,000) 63,515 62,485
Needed to Win - 80,010 Kennedy-D Nixon-R
**3 = Mississippi (Group C, above)
In the actual fact election, 38.99% of the state's popular vote went to
eight (8) unpledged electors. Kennedy got 36.24% of the popular vote
and Nixon 24.67%. Electoral Points were awarded by evaluating only the
popular vote percentages of Kennedy and Nixon.
Group D .. 4th priority - 2,000 pts each
+++ Extra 1,000 points -- North Carolina, Pennsylvania ... Total, Group-D: 22,000
31. New Mexico (4) 50.15% 1,007 49.41% 993
32. New York (45) 52.53% 1,053 47.27% 947
33. North Carolina (14) +++ 52.11% 1,563 47.89% 1,437
34. North Dakota (4) 44.52% 891 55.42% 1,109
35. Ohio (25) 46.72% 934 53.28% 1,066
36. Oklahoma (8) 40.98% 816 59.02% 1,184
37. Oregon (6) 47.32% 948 52.56% 1,052
38. Pennsylvania (32) +++ 51.06% 1,533 48.84% 1,467
39. Rhode Island (4) 63.63% 1,273 36.37% 727
40. South Carolina (8) 51.24% 1,025 48.76% 975
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So Far (148,000) 74,558 73,442
Needed to Win - 80,010 Kennedy-D Nixon-R
Group E .. 5th priority - 1,000 pts each
+++ Extra 1,000 points -- Texas, West Virginia ... Total, Group-E: 12,000
41. South Dakota (4) 41.79% 418 58.21% 582
42. Tennessee (11) 45.77% 464 52.92% 536
43. Texas (24) +++ 50.52% 1,020 48.52% 980
44. Utah (4) 45.17% 452 54.81% 548
45. Vermont (3) 41.35% 413 58.65% 587
46. Virginia (12) 46.97% 472 52.44% 528
47. Washington (9) 48.27% 488 50.68% 512
48. West Virginia (8) +++ 52.73% 1,055 47.27% 945
49. Wisconsin (12) 48.05% 481 51.77% 519
50. Wyoming (3) 44.91% 450 55.01% 550
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TOTAL - 160,000 80,271 79,729
Needed to Win - 80,010 Kennedy-D Nixon-R
Finish Order WINNER-1st Loser-2nd
Percentage of Points 50.16938% 49.83962%
Difference Ratios ... Electoral Points ... 1.006798-1
Electoral Votes .... 1.383562-1
Electoral Votes (537) 303 (56.42458%) 219 (40.78212%) ++++
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Popular Votes (68,832,482) 34,220,984 34,108,157
Pctage of Pop. Votes 49.71633% 49.55241%
++++ = Senator Harry F. Byrd of Virginia received 15 electoral votes from
unpledged Democratic electors in Alabama (6) and Mississippi (8),
as well as a faithless Republican elector in Oklahoma (1).
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