If Barry Goldwater had won the nomination would he have beaten Johnson?

[Warren Stupidity]

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[jehop61]

1. Excuse me, but....

Goldwater DID win the Republican nomination with Bill Miller and Johnson DID beat him in a landslide. Very silly poll

[PoliticAverse]

2. Indeed Goldwater won the Republican nomination and ran against Johnson in 1964...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1964

[Smarmie Doofus]

3. okwhamimissin'?

Goldwater would have lost to Carter in 1980, anyway.

Reagan had the "spoonful of sugar" personality.

But in this case it was *poison* not "medicine" the doctor was dispensing.

Goldwater was Dr. Kervorkian.

[Reter]

7. Agreed, he would have lost to Carter

Now, Goldwater vs. McGovern in 1972! That would have been a hell of a match, because one was viewed as too far-right and the other too far-left. Someone's got to win, right? At least the voters would have had a clear choice.

[longship]

4. Huh? Goldwater DID win the nomination, and yes, he lost to LBJ.

Did I fall into a subjunctive alternate reality or something here?

[LibertyLover]

5. Goldwater was the Republican presidential nominee

in 1964 and did face LBJ in the general election. I hope I'm not spoiling anything by telling you that Goldwater did indeed loose the election. Perhaps your 'way back' machine needs new batteries.

[Reter]

6. What a stupid poll

Makes zero sense.

[malthaussen]

8. He got his ass kicked but four years later Nixon.

The counter-revolution started earlier than Reagan.

-- Mal

[Warren Stupidity]

9. Nixon was a centrist. Reagan was a right wing radical.

[malthaussen]

12. Naw, I disagree.

Nixon started the "Silent Majority" blather. He was a rightist with a left-controlled Congress, so he was forced into acts (EPA, e.g.) that he probably would have preferred to avoid. However, I will agree that Reagan was even farther to the right. Say Reagan was 10% and Nixon more like 30%. Of course, the idiots now are into negative numbers...

-- Mal

[lpbk2713]

10. WTF?

[hrmjustin]

11. Warren are you having sarcasm moment?

[Tom Rinaldo]

13. Yes, but only if he had chosen Sarah Palin as his running mate n/t

[Liberal_Dog]

14. Is There A "Who Can Create The Dopiest Poll" Contest Going On?

If so, I will be thinking up a dopey poll question.