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Nov 7, 2017 · Kennedy defeated Nixon when votes were finally counted in the Electoral College, by a margin of 303 to 219. But in the popular vote, Kennedy won by just 112,000 votes out of 68 million cast, or a margin on 0.2 percent.
In the popular vote, Kennedy's margin of victory was among the closest ever in American history. The 1960 election also remains a source of debate among some historians as to whether vote theft in selected states aided Kennedy's victory.
In the national popular vote, Kennedy beat Nixon by less than two-tenths of one percentage point (0.17%), the closest popular-vote margin of the 20th century.
- Massachusetts
- Democratic
- John F. Kennedy
- Lyndon B. Johnson
The margin of victory was less than 1% of the popular vote. Kennedy had 31,590,353 votes, or 50.31%. Nixon had 31,204,550, or 49.69%.
Oct 29, 2020 · What the Kennedy team saw was an extraordinarily close election. That the Senator from Massachusetts won by just 2/10 of 1% of the popular vote is often the headline, but as we know the difference between winning and losing is a story of the electoral college results.
Nov 8, 2010 · November 8, 2010. The 1960 presidential race was one of the closest elections in U.S. history, but 50 years ago today, John F. Kennedy won the White House. Although the charismatic young senator...
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Nov 8, 2018 · Kennedy won 49.7 percent of the popular vote to Nixon’s 49.5 percent. Out of more than 68 million votes cast, Kennedy captured only 112,827 more votes than Nixon.
