[Texasforever]

Yes. In simple terms: Goldwater = Conservative.

Well then there goes the Social conservatives, the isolationist conservatives. The religious right conservatives. But yeah Goldwater was a darling of libertarians.

[Demidog]

Goldwater was a darling of the conservatives. The country club republicans went for Nixon. That worked out perfectly eh? They elected a socialist thug who took us off the Gold standard and had no problem violating the constitution for the mere purpose of furthering his political career.