Johnson had won after serving as President for one year following the Assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Even in these, Goldwater won only narrowly: his highest proportion of the vote was only 52.55 percent in Lincoln County.

Four other normally reliably Republican counties – San Juan, Curry, Chaves and Catron – were narrowly won by Johnson and have never voted for a Democrat since.

[2] This is also the last time the southeastern counties of Roosevelt, Otero and Lea have voted Democratic.

[2] At the other extreme, Grant and Sandoval Counties both gave Johnson over seventy percent of the vote, and the populous counties of Santa Fe and Taos also gave him over two-thirds.