This made Rhode Island Lyndon Johnson's strongest state in the nation: even in the midst of a massive nationwide Democratic landslide, Rhode Island weighed in as 39 percent more Democratic than the national average during the 1964 election.
This made Rhode Island Lyndon Johnson's strongest state in the nation. Rhode Island weighed in as 39 percent more Democratic than the national average during the 1964 election. This was even in the midst of a massive nationwide Democratic landslide.