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==1964 Presidential campaign==

==1964 Presidential campaign==

Barry Goldwater entered the United States Senate in 1953.  During the 1960 Presidential election there was a campaign among [[conservative]]s to draft Goldwater for President, a race in which [[Richard Nixon]] ultimately won the Republican nomination and [[John F. Kennedy]] narrowly defeated him for president.  The campaign to draft Goldwater to run for president continued in the next election cycle.  In 1964 Goldwater seriously sought the nomination, not running for re-election to the Senate that year, and was successful, defeating New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller. He chose William Miller as his running mate.  He was defeated in the general election by incumbent [[Lyndon Johnson]].  After the election he ran successfully again for the Senate in 1968.

Barry Goldwater entered the United States Senate in 1953.  During the 1960 Presidential election there was a campaign among [[conservative]]s to draft Goldwater for President, a race in which [[Richard Nixon]] ultimately won the Republican nomination and [[John F. Kennedy]] narrowly defeated him for president.  The campaign to draft Goldwater to run for president continued in the next election cycle.  In 1964 Goldwater seriously sought the nomination, not running for re-election to the Senate that year, and was successful, defeating New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller. He chose [[William E. Miller]] as his running mate.  He was defeated in the general election by incumbent [[Lyndon Johnson]].  After the election he ran successfully again for the Senate in 1968.

Lyndon Johnson was successful in part because of continued public sympathy over the [[Kennedy Assassination]], the use of negative advertising such as the notorious "daisy" TV ad which raised fears of [[nuclear war]] if Goldwater were elected, and negative media coverage of some of the conservative groups supporting Goldwater, such as the [[John Birch Society]].  Johnson ironically ran as a "peace candidate" but shortly after the election drastically escalated U.S. involvement in the [[Vietnam War]].

Lyndon Johnson was successful in part because of continued public sympathy over the [[Kennedy Assassination]], the use of negative advertising such as the notorious "daisy" TV ad which raised fears of [[nuclear war]] if Goldwater were elected, and negative media coverage of some of the conservative groups supporting Goldwater, such as the [[John Birch Society]].  Johnson ironically ran as a "peace candidate" but shortly after the election drastically escalated U.S. involvement in the [[Vietnam War]].