.SHORTLY AFTER announcing his compete the Autonomous nomination in 1960, John F. Kennedy said: "I don't remember a solitary instance where a vice-presidential prospect supported an appointing vote." Still, the north-easterner selected Lyndon Johnson as his running-mate, really hoping that the politician coming from Texas would certainly assist him in southern states. Johnson tore around the South in a learn nicknamed the LBJ Express, reaching rallies in a ten-gallon hat to the strains of "The Yellowish Flower of Texas". After he won, Kennedy acknowledged that "our team couldn't have actually brought the South without Johnson". That Johnson "supplied the South" is now obtained understanding. However just how much distinction carry out vice-presidential picks in fact make in political elections?