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Goldwater was very early a supporter of civil rights. To the point he ordered, as a Major General in the Air Force that civil rights applied to all citizens.3 of the dems that voted against the 1964 act are Sam Ervin, William Fulbright and Al Gore Sr. They became icons of the left later in the 1970's so they were forgiven of their 1964 sin. BTW Goldwater voted for the 1957 civil rights act that only passed after LBJ watered it down so to speak.