<page_title> 1960 United States presidential election in Vermont </page_title> <section_title> Results </section_title> <table> <cell> Richard Nixon <col_header> United States presidential election in Vermont, 1960 </col_header> <col_header> Candidate </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> <cell> 58.65% <col_header> United States presidential election in Vermont, 1960 </col_header> <col_header> Percentage </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> <cell> John F. Kennedy <col_header> United States presidential election in Vermont, 1960 </col_header> <col_header> Candidate </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> <cell> 41.35% <col_header> United States presidential election in Vermont, 1960 </col_header> <col_header> Percentage </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> </table>
Nixon took 58.65% of the vote to Kennedy’s 41.35%, a margin of 17.30%.