The R establishment abandoned Goldwater and he was unable to fight off the D smear campaign (like he’d start a nuclear war).
The more germane and recent example however is Ronald Reagan.
Now, RR did not only get the right wing vote, he reached out (yes, largely on social issues) to get a whole lot of traditionally-D votes, too. Today, the D party is really super-split...between... working people (unions or not) versus welfare people (which the party leadership is growing and growing and growing and..)........... and between blacks and nearly everyone else, due to Obama especially polarizing the races...............and between people who still are loyal to USA and the new IslamoNazi/communist group that’s seized control of the party central apparatus
The D party is in shambles, breaking apart (again, largely due to Obama but now also Hillary...both extremely polarized, and polarizing people)
a strong R campaign could win by reaching out to the workers and those D’s who have more moderate or tradional social values....add those together and it will be quite like the RR victory
I think I remember, as a young lad, bumper stickers that said “Goldwater want’s to nuke Vietnam” or something like that. Any other old fart’s, as my Dad always said, remember that?
Didn't you get the message, Citizen? You are not allowed to use the word "polarizing" with respect to Hillary Clinton.
Please report to Room 101 immediately.