Goldwater Republican

English Etymology Dating from 1964 in the United States, the year Barry Goldwater tried unsuccessfully for the office of president. Noun en US politics A member of the Republican Party whose policies resemble those of Barry Goldwater, including support for the smallest government possible at the federal level, free enterprise, fiscal conservatism, an internationalist, Atlanticist and anti-communist foreign policy, and social libertarianism. en July 12, 1964 Republicans: The Man on the Bandwagon Time http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,875856-8,00.html For months he insisted that he did not want the nomination, would not seek it, and would only reluctantly accept a genuine draft. Despite Scranton's repeated statements, it was behind him that anti-Goldwater Republican leaders late last week tried to rally—and Scranton showed signs of acquiescence. https://web.archive.org/web/20250818163910/https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,875856-8,00.html 18 August 2025 en March 24, 1994 Goldwater Defending Clinton; Conservatives Feeling Faint Timothy Egan Tom Paniccia The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/24/us/goldwater-defending-clinton-conservatives-feeling-faint.html "A lot of people who think of themselves as Goldwater Republicans do not know what it really means to be a Goldwater Republican," said Tom Paniccia, a former Air Force sergeant who was discharged from the military last year after he had proclaimed his homosexuality. "He has always had a near libertarian stance on keeping government out of people's lives." https://web.archive.org/web/20240420191921/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/24/us/goldwater-defending-clinton-conservatives-feeling-faint.html 20 April 2024 Coordinate terms en Goldwaterian en eponyms en Conservatism