1960 United States presidential election in Illinois|
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Turnout | 86.51% |
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Illinois_Presidential_Election_Results_1960.svg/350px-Illinois_Presidential_Election_Results_1960.svg.png) County results
Kennedy
50-60%
60-70%
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Nixon
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
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The 1960 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the 1960 United States presidential election. State voters chose 27[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
In the nation's second-closest race following Hawaii, Illinois was won by Senator John F. Kennedy (D–Massachusetts), running with Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, with 49.98% 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 49.80% of the popular vote, a margin of victory of only 0.18%.[3][4] As of 2020 this is the last time that a Democrat would win Illinois by only a single digit margin of victory.