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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, 50,000 pts total)
1. Alabama (11) **1 56.39% 2,861 42.16% 2,139
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% 2,541 49.00% 2,459
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 (50,000) 25,760 24,240
Needed to Win - 75,010 Kennedy-D Nixon-R
**1 = Alabama (Group A)
In actual fact, six of Alabama's eleven Democratic electors
were unpledged. The remaining five electors cast their votes
for Kennedy. No distinction was made between Kennedy votes
and unpledged elector votes, so Electoral Points were awarded
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, 40,000 pts total)
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% 2,004 49.80% 1,996
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% 2,553 28.59% 1,447
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 (90,000) 45,078 44,922
Needed to Win - 75,010 Kennedy-D Nixon-R
**2 = Louisiana (Group B)
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, I chose to
evaluate just the Kennedy and Nixon popular vote
percentages and award points accordingly
Group C (3rd priority - 3,000 pts each, 30,000 pts total)
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% 1,521 49.16% 1,479
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% 1,535 48.84% 1,465
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 (120,000) 60,278 59,722
Needed to Win - 75,010 Kennedy-D Nixon-R
**3 = Mississippi (Group C)
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, 20,000 pts total)
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% 1,042 47.89% 958
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% 1,022 48.84% 978
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 (140,000) 70,289 69,711
Needed to Win - 75,010 Kennedy-D Nixon-R
Group E (5th priority - 1,000 pts each, 10,000 pts total)
41. South Dakota (4) 41.79% 418 58.21% 582
42. Tennessee (11) 45.77% 464 52.92% 536
43. Texas (24) 50.52% 510 48.52% 490
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% 527 47.27% 473
49. Wisconsin (12) 48.05% 481 51.77% 519
50. Wyoming (3) 44.91% 450 55.01% 550
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TOTAL - 150,000 74,964 75,036
Needed to Win - 75,010 Kennedy-D Nixon-R
Finish Order Loser-2nd WINNER-1st
Percentage of Points 49.07600% 50.02400%
NOTE - In actual fact, Kennedy won the 1960 election.
Difference Ratios ... Electoral Points (Nixon-Kennedy): 1.000960-1
Electoral Votes (Kennedy-Nixon): 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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