Local issues of public school finance and land-grant claims for the Hispanic and Native American populations of the state proved a further liability for the incumbent Democratic Party . The issue of the stalemated Vietnam War was another problem for the Democratic Party in a state severely affected by poverty , and anti-war Eugene McCarthy gained substantial support among New Mexico Democrats before the assassination of Bobby Kennedy largely turned them toward eventual nominee Hubert Humphrey
the assassination of Bobby Kennedy
Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
1968 United States presidential election in New Mexico