| EV | President | Vice President | |||||
| Candidate | John Kennedy | Richard Nixon | Harry Byrd | Lyndon Johnson | Henry Lodge | J. Strom Thurmond | |
| Home State | Massachusetts | California | Virginia | Texas | Massachusetts | South Carolina | |
| Party | Democratic | Republican | Democratic | Democratic | Republican | Democratic | |
| Alabama | 11 | 5 | - | 6 | 5 | - | 6 |
| Alaska | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | - |
| Arizona | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | - |
| Arkansas | 8 | 8 | - | - | 8 | - | - |
| California | 32 | - | 32 | - | - | 32 | - |
| Colorado | 6 | - | 6 | - | - | 6 | - |
| Connecticut | 8 | 8 | - | - | 8 | - | - |
| Delaware | 3 | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - |
| Florida | 10 | - | 10 | - | - | 10 | - |
| Georgia | 12 | 12 | - | - | 12 | - | - |
| Hawaii | 3 | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - |
| Idaho | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | - |
| Illinois | 27 | 27 | - | - | 27 | - | - |
| Indiana | 13 | - | 13 | - | - | 13 | - |
| Iowa | 10 | - | 10 | - | - | 10 | - |
| Kansas | 8 | - | 8 | - | - | 8 | - |
| Kentucky | 10 | - | 10 | - | - | 10 | - |
| Louisiana | 10 | 10 | - | - | 10 | - | - |
| Maine | 5 | - | 5 | - | - | 5 | - |
| Maryland | 9 | 9 | - | - | 9 | - | - |
| Massachusetts | 16 | 16 | - | - | 16 | - | - |
| Michigan | 20 | 20 | - | - | 20 | - | - |
| Minnesota | 11 | 11 | - | - | 11 | - | - |
| Mississippi | 8 | - | - | 8 | - | - | 8 |
| Missouri | 13 | 13 | - | - | 13 | - | - |
| Montana | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | - |
| Nebraska | 6 | - | 6 | - | - | 6 | - |
| Nevada | 3 | 3 | - | - | 3 | - | - |
| New Hampshire | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | - |
| New Jersey | 16 | 16 | - | - | 16 | - | - |
| New Mexico | 4 | 4 | - | - | 4 | - | - |
| New York | 45 | 45 | - | - | 45 | - | - |
| North Carolina | 14 | 14 | - | - | 14 | - | - |
| North Dakota | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | - |
| Ohio | 25 | - | 25 | - | - | 25 | - |
| Oklahoma* | 8 | - | 7 | 1 | - | 7 | - |
| Oregon | 6 | - | 6 | - | - | 6 | - |
| Pennsylvania | 32 | 32 | - | - | 32 | - | - |
| Rhode Island | 4 | 4 | - | - | 4 | - | - |
| South Carolina | 8 | 8 | - | - | 8 | - | - |
| South Dakota | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | - |
| Tennessee | 11 | - | 11 | - | - | 11 | - |
| Texas | 24 | 24 | - | - | 24 | - | - |
| Utah | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | - |
| Vermont | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | - |
| Virginia | 12 | - | 12 | - | - | 12 | - |
| Washington | 9 | - | 9 | - | - | 9 | - |
| West Virginia | 8 | 8 | - | - | 8 | - | - |
| Wisconsin | 12 | - | 12 | - | - | 12 | - |
| Wyoming | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | - |
| Total | 537 | 303 | 219 | 15 | 303 | 219 | 14 |
Notes:
- In Mississippi, the eight Unpledged Electors voted for Harry Byrd (President) and Strom Thurmond (Vice President).
- In Oklahoma, one Nixon Elector cast his vote for Harry Byrd (President) and Barry Goldwater (Vice President).
- In Alabama, the 11 Presidential Electors were directly elected. Due to the result of a state primary, five of the Democratic electors on the general election ballot were loyalists pledged to Kennedy and the remaining six were Free electors, not pledged to the Democratic national ticket. These six Unpledged electors cast their ballots for Harry Byrd (President) and Strom Thurmond (Vice President).
National Results for 1960
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