By the way Goldwater lead the Republican party back from the huge defeat in which he endorsed Ronald Reagan and was very influential in helping get Reagan elected.
If I need to tell you about the 2010 election results, then you don’t need to be on this thread.
I missed the part about Goldwater saving conservatism in 1980 though, I don’t recall that, although I’m glad he was not against Reagan like he was in 1976.