If you ran for POTUS, would you choose someone from a different political party for Vice President?

In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln of the Republican Party chose Democrat Andrew Johnson as his running mate and won.

In 2008, John McCain of the Republican Party expressed regret for not choosing independent Senator Joe Lieberman for Vice President, chose Sarah Palin instead, and lost.

If I ran for POTUS, I think I would like choose a vice president from a different political party as long as I'm allowed to.

Quote from DaisyTheGenuine

Lincoln choosing Johnson was one of the worst mistakes in history as that directly resulted in Reconstruction being undone and the Jim Crow era being out into place

Not all of Reconstruction was undone.

The Reconstruction Amendments were not undone. They still exist today.

Reconstruction Amendments - Wikipedia

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Quote from DaisyTheGenuine

And still were not applied to black Americans in the South until the 60s

They existed on paper but were functionally useless

Good thing they are effective today.