Barry Goldwater Conservatism

Beginning with a contextualization of America surrounding the 2004 presidential election. This was the first election since the 9-11 attacks and the beginning of the war on terror. Many Americans uneasy, and the state of the nation was unstable. With this fear and instability,

The 1964 American election between Lyndon B. Johnson and Barry Goldwater has strong similarities with the 2016 election between Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump. In both cases, the democrat candidates focused more on their counterpart’s rhetoric rather than uphold their own ideas in an attempt to persuade voters to support them. This essay will argue that the Democrat candidates of the 1964 and 2016 elections, in many instances, instead of focusing on their political proposals, focused on anti-intellectualism by emphasizing their opponent’s extremist right-winger rhetoric. This comparison shows the enduring trends of right-wing extremism, racial conflicts, and republican divisiveness. To prove this argument, this text will analyze Democrat campaign advertisements in both campaigns, Nelson A Rockefeller speech at the 1964 National Republican convention and Jeb Bush interview to NBC.

Conservatism, traditional or new, was one of the most powerful ideologies in Europe. Otto von Bismarck practiced a new form of conservatism because he advocated for lower class, religious freedoms, and socialized the education system. This new form of conservatism received backlash by most other political groups.

The children of the baby boomers became more immoral than ever before with drugs and sex. Massive protests happened against the war in Vietnam. Major distrust in the government was at an all-time high when Richard Nixon resigned a mist the Watergate Scandal. Liberalism was at its height and conservative was the minority. Critchlow mentions that conservatives have been on their heels since the New Deal, set in place by the Democratic Socialist Franklin D Roosevelt. Which increased the federal government to a whole new level. Critchlow argues that the resurgence of the conservative movement was the result of conservative morals being injected into political power. And how the conservative revival changed America. During the 60’s-70 the Democratic and Republican parties were flip flopping their normal stances. Before this time Democrats were the Conservative party and the Republicans were the liberal party. During this time Critchlow talks about how the conservatives started to take over the Republican Party. By implementing conservative politicians through grassroots organizing. Pushing out the

He is the one that get’s the people to do the greatest things”( Ronald, Reagan). Although Reagan wasn’t a president in the antebellum period this statement he made in an interview proves that some presidents might have made some mistakes during their presidency or not as many accomplishments during their presidency as others, but that doesn’t mean they weren’t great leaders. During this era many great and historical accomplishments were made especially during the antebellum period. From the first president of the United States taking presidency, to the decleration of independance occurring. When elections are occurring and one has to vote people wonder how is this person going to better the country, what achievements is this person capable of performing to make our country a better place. That is why when society looks back at a presidents presidency and base them on how well or good of a president they where, one usually tends to look at the accomplishments during administration. From 1797 to 1801 the second U.S president was taking charge and his name was John Adams. The form of a government was just beginning to arise and this new young country needed great leaders. Adams was part of the committee of five. They were the ones who drafted the declaration of independence. He was elected representative of Massachusetts to the first continental congress. A man who was born to a farming family, but that didn’t stop him from having a successful life. During his presidency he successfully defended British soldiers involved in Boston in boston massacre. He created the alien act which ultimately provided protection to the country.He wrote a series of four articles against the 1765 stamp act. Not only did help negotiate the treaty of Paris in 1738 but he also brought an end to the Quasi-war or as others might call it, the XYZ affair. John Adams proved throughout that it doesn’t take a rich

William Jennings Bryan was a prominent figure in U.S. politics during the late 19th century and early 20th century who was known for his strong faith, incredible oratory skills, and relentless fight for the “common man”. During his three candidacies, Bryan embedded the eventual shift of the Democratic Party from a central focus on laissez-faire capitalism into a party of the people that advocated for the working class and fought for numerous political reforms.

The candidates for president had changed from the “aristocracy” to the “common man” who were lawyers, candle makers, silversmiths, and small shop owners. John Adams predicted that the right to vote would be extended. But, this was not his wish. He actually liked things the way that they were. He liked the generations of aristocracy continuing their reign of power. During the campaigns the candidates were physically out more openly among the people at simple barbeques, parades, and rallies. This reminded me of the day that Trump, Clinton, and others were all at the state fair in Iowa, walking and talking among the average man, woman, and child. Jackson and Adams both used negative campaigning against their opponents. Jackson’s followers complained that Adams campaigned on Sundays and Adams claimed that Jackson’s marriage was not legal. The common saying was that Adams could write but that Jackson could fight. Today, we have a lot of negative campaigning and avoidance of actual meaningful questions that the people want to know the answers

Ronald Reagan began his rise in fame as a movie star, appearing in over 50 movies, after

Barry Morris Goldwater was a member of the United States Senate for over twenty-nine years and has had a lasting impact on conservative Republicans for generations. His success in the Senate led to his run for presidency in 1964 in which he won the Republican nomination but lost the general election and later he returned back to the senate. His rise to secure the Republican nomination showed his influence among right-wing Republicans and their popularity.

The year 2000 held one of the most controversial elections of all time. Al Gore, Vice President for eight years, against George W. Bush, son of former President H. W. Bush. Both Gore and Bush sought to distance themselves from their normal parties, to make a unique approach to their political ideas. The 2000 United States presidential election was one of the closest presidential elections in history. A month of recounts and court challenges followed, culminating in the Supreme Court case Bush v. Gore. Following the court’s 5-4 decision, George W. Bush was declared the winner over Vice President Al Gore by 537 votes in the state of Florida. Domestic issues as opposed to foreign policy dominated the campaign. Key issues were prescription drug prices, campaign finance reform, Social Security, and education. Each candidate claimed their economic plan would reduce the deficit. Bush parodied himself as a “compassionate conservative.”

In which ways did the Fifties and Sixties in the USA set the scene for the rise of conservatism in the Seventies and into the Reagan era? Was the rise of the right inevitable? Please explain your point of view.

Conservatism is a widespread belief in today’s society, but things were not always this way. Barry Goldwater was a conservative man who lost the presidential election and in his presidential run, his opponent, Lyndon B. Johnson, won more of the popular vote than any man before. But Goldwater’s run sparked a great movement through America; the rise of conservatism. Goldwater was considered an extremist conservative, even dubbed Mr. Conservative, as he believed the true western ideals of individualism. He was a fair and strong political competitor, but his views were not totally agreed with at the time of his presidential race.

Although it can be argued that all of this is simply just a part of the common trope in American history of times of great political or social progressiveness being met with a period of harsh conservatism there are more factors that come into play during this shifting of views compared to

In his words, it wasn’t that McCain’s approach wasn’t appealing to voters, but that he was overshadowed by his own political party. Whether it was McCain’s own fault for losing or not, is not clear due to this statement. However, it’s clear in the author’s words that Obama won because of his organized rallies and his appeal with the younger crowd.

Beginning with Nixon and continuing with Reagan after the radical changes of American culture in the sixties and seventies, Americans would begin to shift towards more conservative ideas unsure of the rapid radical change. In the 1994 mid term elections, the American people would elect a congress of mostly conservatives for the first time in nearly 50 years. At the core of this success would be the Contract with America. A set of promises and goals devised by conservative congressional representative Newt Gingrich. In 2000 the Republicans (modern conservative party) would retain the Congress and capture the White House. Conservatism has been a leading political ideology since the inception of the United States to