List of 1960 swing states
The 1960 U.S. Presidential election between Democrat John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard Nixon was among the closest elections in American history. Kennedy ultimately won, however more than half of the states were decided by margins of less than 10 percent. Below is a list of states with the lowest margins of victory, sorted by the margin percentages and color-coded for Nixon or Kennedy:
- Texas- 2.00% 46,257 votes
- Delaware- 1.64% 3,217 votes
- Minnesota- 1.43% 22,018 votes
- New Jersey- 0.80% 22,091 votes
- New Mexico- 0.74% 2,294 votes
- Missouri- 0.52% 9,980 votes
- Illinois- 0.19% 8,858 votes
- Hawaii- 0.06% 115 votes
- California- 0.55% 35,623 votes
- Alaska- 1.88% 1,144 votes