Who won the white male vote in 1960?

[minionofmidas]

I've seen some studies done in Boston of how different ethnic groups voted and, IIRC, the swing with blacks was lower than average (but then the swing around there was really, really quite violent). Ages seen I've seen it though, so maybe my memory is wrong.

What swing? 1956 to 1960? I believe the black vote swung more than the nation as a whole from 1952 to 1956, fwiw.

But was there no gender gap back then? I always assumed that the gender gap was pretty eternal (I've always imagined men as more right-winged than women in a general sense). That is interesting.

Women voted to the right of men in Germany - by quite noticeable margins - until the 1960s or so. Possibly 70s.

[Daniel Adams]

I've seen some studies done in Boston of how different ethnic groups voted and, IIRC, the swing with blacks was lower than average (but then the swing around there was really, really quite violent). Ages seen I've seen it though, so maybe my memory is wrong.

What swing? 1956 to 1960? I believe the black vote swung more than the nation as a whole from 1952 to 1956, fwiw.

But was there no gender gap back then? I always assumed that the gender gap was pretty eternal (I've always imagined men as more right-winged than women in a general sense). That is interesting.

Women voted to the right of men in Germany - by quite noticeable margins - until the 1960s or so. Possibly 70s.

In many parts of Latin America (particularly in Chile) women still vote to the right of men.

[Nym90]

While I realize that a lot of people like to guess, here's data from Gallup for 1960:

Group                    Kennedy          Nixon

Men                            52                 48
Women                       49                 51

White                         41                 59
Non-white                  61                 39

Oh, and the Non-White vote varied drastically by state.  There's some good data in the book, The Ethnic Factor.

I can't believe those racial figures. If they are correct the "non-white" voters would have to have made up almost 50 percent of the electorate.

[phk]

While I realize that a lot of people like to guess, here's data from Gallup for 1960:

Group                    Kennedy          Nixon

Men                            52                 48
Women                       49                 51

White                         41                 59
Non-white                  61                 39

Oh, and the Non-White vote varied drastically by state.  There's some good data in the book, The Ethnic Factor.

I can't believe those racial figures. If they are correct the "non-white" voters would have to have made up almost 50 percent of the electorate.

I agree. I think Kennedy won like 45% of the White vote not 41%