1968 United States presidential election in Massachusetts
Prior to 1960 , Massachusetts had usually been a swing state , and Republican Dwight D . Eisenhower had carried it by 19 points in 1956 . However , in 1960 Massachusetts native John F . Kennedy would become the first Democrat ever to win Massachusetts with over 60% of the vote , taking 60 . 22% . In the midst of the 1964 nationwide Democratic landslide , President Lyndon B . Johnson had carried the state in an historically massive landslide , taking over 76% of the vote in Massachusetts to Republican Barry Goldwater’s 23% . 
<triplet> 1956 <subj> Dwight D. Eisenhower <obj> successful candidate <triplet> 1964 <subj> Lyndon B. Johnson <obj> successful candidate