(Nixon) (Kennedy) (Byrd) Republican Democratic Unpledged Republican Democratic Unpledged Republican Democratic Unpledged 1 1 1.528 1.471 3. Arizona. 221, 241 176, 781 2.220 1.774 4. Arkansas. 5. California. 184, 508 215, 049 8 3.444 4.014 3,259,722 3,224, 099 32 16.030 15.855 6. Colorado. 402, 242 330, 629 6 3.278 2.694 7. Connecticut. 565, 813 657,055 8. Delaware. 96, 373 99, 590 1803 3173 795,476 748, 700 10 5.151 4.848 6 4 11. Georgia. 274, 472 458, 638 12 4.491 7.504 12 12. Hawaii.. 13. Idaho.. 14. Illinois. 15. Indiana. 92,295 92,410 3 1.499 1.500 3 16. Iowa. 722, 381 550, 565 10 5.670 4.322 10 17. Kansas. 561,474 363,213 8 4.835 3.128 8 18. Kentucky. 602, 607 521, 855 10 5.359 4.640 8 19. Louisiana. 230, 980 407,339 169, 572 10 2.859 5.042 2.098 10 20. Maine.. 240,608 181,159 5 2.852 2.147 5 21. Maryland. 489, 538 565, 808 9 4.174 4.825 6 10 24. Minnesota. 757,915 779,933 11 5.407 5.564 4 25. Mississippi. 26. Missouri. 27. Montana. 73, 561 108, 362 116, 248 8 1.973 2.907 3.118. 962, 221 972, 201 13 6.463 6.530 141,841 134, 891 2.050 1.949 28. Nebraska. 380,553 232,542 3.724 2.275 29. Nevada.. 52,387 54, 880 3 1.465 1.534 3 30. New Hampshire. 157,989 137,772 2.136 1.863 31. New Jersey. 1,363, 324 1,385, 415 16 7.865 7.993 10 32. New Mexico. 153,733 156, 027 1.977 2.006 Source: U.S. Congress, Senate Committee on the Judiciary, hearing before the Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments, "Nomination and Election of President and Vice President and Qualifications for Voting," 87th Cong., 1st sess., 1961 pt. 2, p. 411. Note: Totals as listed in the hearings under the proportional system have been recalculated. Other candidates would have received 1.692 electoral votes. Unpledged electors in Alabama voted 5 Democratic and 6 unpledged (Byrd) in electoral college. Figures in parentheses reflect this 5-to-6 division of popular vote. Source: U.S. Library of Congress, Legislative Reference Service, under the proportional plan minor parties would have received 7,105 electoral votes; under the district plan, Senator Harry F. Byrd, of Virginia, would have received 2 electoral votes as a resulf of carrying 2 districts in South Carolina. |