1960 United States presidential election in Maryland
The 1960 United States presidential election in Maryland took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. State voters chose nine representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Maryland was won by Senator John F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 53.61% of the popular vote against incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon (R–California), running with former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., with 46.39% of the popular vote.
This is the last time that the losing candidate won a majority of the vote in Kent County. This also marks the last time the Democratic candidate won a majority of the vote in Dorchester County, as it would become the only county in the state to flip from Kennedy to Goldwater and vote Republican thereafter except for a plurality victory by Bill Clinton in 1996.
In this election, Maryland was 7.07% more Democratic than the nation at-large.