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Dating from 1964 in the United States, the year Barry Goldwater tried unsuccessfully for the office of president.
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Goldwater Republican
Today it means: 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. Full definition →