The 1960 United States presidential election in Wyoming took place on November 8, 1960, as part of the

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. State voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Wyoming was won by the incumbent Vice President, Republican Party (United States) Richard Nixon, running with former

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, with 55.01 percent of the popular vote, against the Democratic nominee, Massachusetts

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John F. Kennedy, running with

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Lyndon B. Johnson, with 44.99% of the popular vote, a 10% margin of victory. Nixon's victory was significantly smaller than Dwight Eisenhower's 20.2% margin of victory in 1956. With Nixon's victory in the state, Republicans would see a full sweep of statewide offices that were on the ballot, including the sole House of Representatives election and the Class II Senate seat.

Campaign

At the

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the Wyoming delegation had the ceremonial role of giving Kennedy the minimum amount needed to win the Democratic presidential nomination with Teno Roncalio casting the votes although Tracy S. McCraken, Wyoming's national committeeman, was incorrectly stated to have been the one to cast the votes by Time magazine. Governor

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stated that the issue over Kennedy's Catholicism would not be important in Wyoming due to Hickey, who was also a Catholic, having won in 1958. During the campaign Nixon conducted a

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and visited every state at least once including Wyoming. The Republican Party selected Harry B. Henderson, Mary Ellen Hinrichs, and James B. Griffith Sr. as their presidential electors.

Endorsements

Results

Results by county

Wyoming county flips between the 1956-60 presidential elections

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

* Carbon * Laramie

References

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