Word: goldwaterism
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Volpe's unexpected triumph proves that, at the top of the ticket anyway, the Commonwealth's electorate can distinguish Barry Goldwater from native Republicans--a million voters split their tickets for Johnson and Volpe. Brooke's victory also demonstrates that, at least in theory, the voters are against sin and...
...impact of Goldwaterism in this state was just about nil. With some other Republican, Johnson, while still winning by a big margin, would probably have run somewhat behind Kennedy and Bellotti would have sunk like a stone under a tidal wave of Volpe votes, since few Republicans would have had reason to split their tickets. There was no Ken Keating in Massachusetts. Even somebody as unknown and as vulnerable to a Democratic landslide as Elywnn Miller, the Republican aspirant for Auditor, held on to the usual number of GOP votes as he lost in the usual fashion. Lloyd Waring...
One of the hoarsest voices cheering President Johnson when he came to Boston on October 27 belonged to Hugo Portlist, a militant Goldwater critic who wryly calls himself "the most outspoken anti-conservative in East Waltham."
As eager as he is to see the President reelected on November 3, Portlist is chagrined by "the contrast between Johnson's talents and policies on one hand, and his methods and personality on the other." He agrees with Goldwater on one point: The President should give the nation moral...
When Portlist talks about Senator Goldwater his upper lip curls a bit and he begins to chuckle occasionally. "I just can't take the Republicans seriously this year," he says. "From the standpoint of most mature voters, Johnson might as well be running unopposed."