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Barry Goldwater was a US Senator for Arizona, and a supporter of the Republican supporter. He was one of the most influential members who took the Republican party in a more right-wing direction, often campaigning against welfare programs and the Soviet Union. His most famous quote is "Extremism in defence of liberty is no vice" and this has been seen recently amid Libertarian protests against the Obama administration.
Goldwater campaigned for President in 1964 but his far-right views alienated large numbers of moderate Republicans. Furthermore, it had only been a year since the assassination of John F Kennedy and most people were prepared to keep lyndon B Johnson as President. Johnson's campaign portrayed Goldwater as insane and liable to cause a nuclear war, and it worked; the Democrats won by a landslide.
Goldwater lost his Senate seat in the election, but returned in 1969 and remained in the Senate until the 1960s, when he retired and was replace by John McCain.
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What did republican barry goldwater view as an internal danger to freedom?
The New Deal welfare state
Who lost the presidential election in 1960?
The 1960s presidential election was between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. Richard Nixon lost the election even though he won a majority of states. John F. Kennedy won the most electoral votes.
Who was Goldwater's 1964 vice president running mate?
Congressman William Miller of New York was Barry Goldwater's pick for VP in 1964.
In the first Presidential election when 18-year-olds were granted the right to vote they were able to choose between which candidates?
The 26th amendment to the U.S. Constitution which lowered the voting age to 18 was ratified on July 1, 1971. The first Presidential election following the ratification occurred in 1972. The major candidates that ran in that election were Republican Richard M. Nixon, Democrat George McGovern, and Libertarian Joseph Hospers.
In Conscience of a Conservative who espoused a number of ideas such as less taxation and less government regulation of the economy that became major themes for the modern Republican Party?
Arizona Senator and 1964 Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater.
