Just 22,091 votes separated John F. Kennedy from Richard M. Nixon in the contest for New Jersey’s sixteen electoral votes in the 1960 presidential election.
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Kennedy won 50% to Nixon’s 49%, but Nixon carried 14 of New Jersey’s 21 counties.
The Kennedy victory came with pluralities of 60,782 in Hudson, 50,030 in Essex, 33,070 in Middlesex, 27,242 in Mercer, 18,017 in Camden, 10,097…
