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From the same state could also mean that the top of the ticket gets screwed over. Depends on the overall EVs, and how the electors vote.

Can find no proof that he wanted that. 1916, could have bought it. But not by 1920, given opinions held by the men in question.

Scholarly consensus concurs with me, in that Goldwater was tarred with a brush. Simply fact is that he was far more centrist, especially in context, than he was made out to be. Not a question of "political views" at all.

As before, he wouldn't get nominated. Little to no national profile.

But if he did...

Good options would include Henry M. Jackson, Terry Sanford, Wilbur Mills, Fred R. Harris, or Birch Bayh. Which would be best would depend on the situation - does RFK need a more conservative voice to counter his, or is there other factors, like civil rights? Is it geography that is needed for balance or EVs? Etc.

Conservative, go with Jackson. Civil rights, Sanford, Mills, or Harris. Bayh more or less a combination of the two. Geographic balance, Mills or Sanford. EVs, Sanford or Jackson. Harris, Jackson, and Sanford were all considered for the position at one time or another otl, with Sanford and Mills being considered in 1968 otl.

Overall, probably Sanford gets offered it. Whether he takes it or not is somewhat more debatable. Past that, Jackson, then Harris. Mills and Bayh, past that, in that order.