1960 United States presidential election in Florida County Results
Nixon
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
Kennedy
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
The 1960 United States presidential election in Florida was held on November 8, 1960. All contemporary fifty states took part, and Florida voters selected 10 electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Republican candidate Richard Nixon won against John F. Kennedy by 46,776 votes and by 3.02%.[ 1] As of the 2020 presidential election , this is the last election in which Escambia County , Clay County , Okaloosa County , and Santa Rosa County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. This was the first time that a Democrat was elected without winning Florida.[ 2] It was also the first time since 1924 that Florida failed to vote for the winner of the presidential election. This has since happened only twice, in 1992 and 2020 .[ 3]
Richard Nixon giving a campaign speech at Hemming Park in Jacksonville . John F. Kennedy while campaigning in Tampa . County Richard Nixon Republican John F. Kennedy Democratic Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % Alachua 10,072 52.05% 9,279 47.95% 793 4.10% 19,351 Baker 398 21.32% 1,469 78.68% -1,071 -57.36% 1,867 Bay 5,435 33.94% 10,579 66.06% -5,144 -32.12% 16,014 Bradford 1,131 30.85% 2,535 69.15% -1,404 -38.30% 3,666 Brevard 17,585 61.37% 11,069 38.63% 6,516 22.74% 28,654 Broward 68,294 58.82% 47,811 41.18% 20,483 17.64% 116,105 Calhoun 634 28.46% 1,594 71.54% -960 -43.08% 2,228 Charlotte 3,026 60.92% 1,941 39.08% 1,085 21.84% 4,967 Citrus 1,861 51.82% 1,730 48.18% 131 3.64% 3,591 Clay 2,515 47.97% 2,728 52.03% -213 -4.06% 5,243 Collier 2,708 60.74% 1,750 39.26% 958 21.48% 4,458 Columbia 2,094 36.17% 3,695 63.83% -1,601 -27.66% 5,789 DeSoto 1,687 50.10% 1,680 49.90% 7 0.20% 3,367 Dixie 392 28.65% 976 71.35% -584 -42.70% 1,368 Duval 59,073 45.73% 70,091 54.27% -11,018 -8.54% 129,164 Escambia 17,925 38.79% 28,288 61.21% -10,363 -22.42% 46,213 Flagler 426 31.35% 933 68.65% -507 -37.30% 1,359 Franklin 764 33.84% 1,494 66.16% -730 -32.32% 2,258 Gadsden 2,010 46.18% 2,343 53.82% -333 -7.64% 4,353 Gilchrist 277 24.93% 834 75.07% -557 -50.14% 1,111 Glades 314 44.35% 394 55.65% -80 -11.30% 708 Gulf 657 21.86% 2,348 78.14% -1,691 -56.28% 3,005 Hamilton 656 33.01% 1,331 66.99% -675 -33.98% 1,987 Hardee 1,960 52.96% 1,741 47.04% 219 5.92% 3,701 Hendry 1,043 44.38% 1,307 55.62% -264 -11.24% 2,350 Hernando 1,809 48.00% 1,960 52.00% -151 -4.00% 3,769 Highlands 4,369 58.32% 3,122 41.68% 1,247 16.64% 7,491 Hillsborough 48,887 43.99% 62,240 56.01% -13,353 -12.02% 111,127 Holmes 1,235 34.26% 2,370 65.74% -1,135 -31.48% 3,605 Indian River 4,656 61.05% 2,970 38.95% 1,686 22.10% 7,626 Jackson 2,851 32.23% 5,994 67.77% -3,143 -35.54% 8,845 Jefferson 600 34.70% 1,129 65.30% -529 -30.60% 1,729 Lafayette 297 27.25% 793 72.75% -496 -45.50% 1,090 Lake 12,979 72.45% 4,936 27.55% 8,043 44.90% 17,915 Lee 10,357 65.34% 5,494 34.66% 4,863 30.68% 15,851 Leon 9,079 46.53% 10,433 53.47% -1,354 -6.94% 19,512 Levy 996 33.21% 2,003 66.79% -1,007 -33.58% 2,999 Liberty 243 21.99% 862 78.01% -619 -56.02% 1,105 Madison 1,152 35.60% 2,084 64.40% -932 -28.80% 3,236 Manatee 16,462 65.13% 8,814 34.87% 7,648 30.26% 25,276 Marion 7,043 49.43% 7,206 50.57% -163 -1.14% 14,249 Martin 3,701 58.15% 2,664 41.85% 1,037 16.30% 6,365 Miami-Dade 134,506 42.35% 183,114 57.65% -48,608 -15.30% 317,620 Monroe 3,416 32.88% 6,972 67.12% -3,556 -34.24% 10,388 Nassau 1,666 33.67% 3,282 66.33% -1,616 -32.66% 4,948 Okaloosa 4,685 36.18% 8,263 63.82% -3,578 -27.64% 12,948 Okeechobee 631 35.93% 1,125 64.07% -494 -28.14% 1,756 Orange 48,244 70.98% 19,729 29.02% 28,515 41.96% 67,973 Osceola 4,691 68.29% 2,178 31.71% 2,513 36.58% 6,869 Palm Beach 45,337 60.28% 29,871 39.72% 15,466 20.56% 75,208 Pasco 7,188 55.21% 5,832 44.79% 1,356 10.42% 13,020 Pinellas 101,779 63.68% 58,054 36.32% 43,725 27.36% 159,833 Polk 31,618 57.32% 23,546 42.68% 8,072 14.64% 55,164 Putnam 4,236 48.72% 4,459 51.28% -223 -2.56% 8,695 St. Johns 4,125 42.49% 5,583 57.51% -1,458 -15.02% 9,708 St. Lucie 6,354 54.24% 5,360 45.76% 994 8.48% 11,714 Santa Rosa 2,777 35.89% 4,960 64.11% -2,183 -28.22% 7,737 Sarasota 19,995 70.70% 8,287 29.30% 11,708 41.40% 28,282 Seminole 8,936 64.63% 4,891 35.37% 4,045 29.26% 13,827 Sumter 1,120 32.95% 2,279 67.05% -1,159 -34.10% 3,399 Suwannee 1,536 35.51% 2,789 64.49% -1,253 -28.98% 4,325 Taylor 1,212 38.85% 1,908 61.15% -696 -22.30% 3,120 Union 311 24.84% 941 75.16% -630 -50.32% 1,252 Volusia 28,367 54.82% 23,377 45.18% 4,990 9.64% 51,744 Wakulla 379 24.85% 1,146 75.15% -767 -50.30% 1,525 Walton 1,484 28.95% 3,642 71.05% -2,158 -42.10% 5,126 Washington 1,230 36.96% 2,098 63.04% -868 -26.08% 3,328 Totals 795,476 51.51% 748,700 48.49% 46,776 3.02% 1,544,176
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic [ edit ] Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican [ edit ]