The Contenders: 16 for '16
Season 1 • Episode 5: Reagan and Goldwater: The Conservatives • Watch with subtitles
Episode 5: Reagan and Goldwater: The Conservatives
October 11, 2016
Sometimes a losing candidacy can alter the political landscape irrevocably. Arizona Sen. Barry Goldwater’s visionary conservatism lost in 1964 but it would influence the Republican Party for half a century. Goldwater’s heir apparent, California governor Ronald Reagan’s own unsuccessful 1976 campaign helped to lay the groundwork for his presidency during the 1980s.
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