“Nationally, the voter was given a choice between Johnson and Goldwater. If an individual shared Goldwater's hostility to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, or feared a Negro moving into the neighborhood or getting a job, he could vote for Goldwater and express these sentiments, but at a price: i.e., he would be casting his ballot for a man who was also utterly irresponsible on the question of war and peace; whose primitive, contradictory economics threatened economic crisis and depression; and whose mental powers seemed to be those of an amiable incompetent.” RacismEconomicsElectionsPresidential ElectionsLyndon JohnsonBarry GoldwaterPresidential Ccampaigns Book:Down the Line: The Collected Writings of Bayard Rustin Source: Down the Line: The Collected Writings of Bayard Rustin