"V", this politician's middle initial, was for "Victor", not "Victory"; he ran 5 losing presidential campaigns
... Johnson won 
a landslide victory over the hard-right Republican Barry Goldwater and ... Then, 
after he opened his general-election campaign with an appeal to... [DOC] [TLE] The Electoral College: Enlightened Democracy - Heritage Foundation [PAR] Nov 1, 2004 ... America's presidential election process preservesfederalism, prevents ...