Your weird, paranoid nutcase neighbor didn’t vote for Johnson Weld, (s)he (it’s hard to tell) voted for a slate of electors pledged to vote for Johnson Weld. Had Johnson Weld won your State, that slate of electors would have been advanced to the Electoral College. Voters in 5 States elected electors for George Wallace in 1968.
OK, I understand now. Thank you for the education. It’s nice to have clarity.