Goldwater Conservatism

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Congressman Bob Dole and Senator Barry Goldwater.

"The Republican candidate will win when his voice is heard clearly in every section of our nation. We have the man with that voice, not a yelp. We have a choice, not an echo." - Congressman Bob Dole, in support of Senator Barry Goldwater, May 1964

In 1964, the Kansas Republican Party was split in its support for the Party's presidential nominee.

Conservatives, such as Congressman Bob Dole, enthusiastically supported Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater; moderate Republicans preferred New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller

While the Big First re-elected Dole to the U.S. House on Election Day, the majority of Kansas voters supported President Lyndon Johnson at the polls - the first time the state chose a Democrat for president since President Franklin D. Roosevelt's re-election in 1936.

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Congressman Dole's Introduction of Senator Barry Goldwater

Speech given by Congressman Bob Dole to introduce Senator Barry Goldwater at a rally in Madison Square Garden in New York City.