1960 United States presidential election in Massachusetts
Prior to 1960 , Massachusetts had been a swing state , having voted for Democrats Franklin D . Roosevelt and Harry S . Truman in the 1930s and 1940s , but voting for Republican Dwight D . Eisenhower in both 1952 and 1956 . In 1956 , Eisenhower had carried the state by 19 points . 
<triplet> 1952 <subj> Dwight D. Eisenhower <obj> successful candidate <triplet> 1956 <subj> Dwight D. Eisenhower <obj> successful candidate