Complex sentence: 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.
Split into simpler sentences: 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% more Democratic than the national average in the 1964 election.