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Goldwater Republican

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  • proper noun US A member of the Republican Party whose policies resemble those of the late Arizona senator Barry Goldwater. These policies include the smallest government possible at the federal level, as well as social libertarianism, in contrast to the Moral Majority.

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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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