<page_title> 1960 United States presidential election in New Hampshire </page_title> <section_title> Results </section_title> <table> <cell> Richard Nixon <col_header> United States presidential election in New Hampshire, 1960 </col_header> <col_header> Candidate </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> <cell> 53.42% <col_header> United States presidential election in New Hampshire, 1960 </col_header> <col_header> Percentage </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> <cell> John F. Kennedy <col_header> United States presidential election in New Hampshire, 1960 </col_header> <col_header> Candidate </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> <cell> 46.58% <col_header> United States presidential election in New Hampshire, 1960 </col_header> <col_header> Percentage </col_header> <row_header>  </row_header> </cell> </table>
Nixon took 53.42 percent of the vote to Kennedy's 46.58 percent, a margin of 6.84 percent.