.SHORTLY AFTER declaring his compete the Democratic election in 1960, John F. Kennedy said: "I don't recollect a singular instance where a vice-presidential prospect supported an appointing vote." Still, the north-easterner chosen Lyndon Johnson as his running-mate, hoping that the legislator coming from Texas would assist him in southern states. Johnson tore all over the South in a train nicknamed the LBJ Express, getting to rallies in a ten-gallon hat to the stress of "The Yellowish Rose of Texas". After he succeeded, Kennedy accepted that "our team couldn't have actually brought the South without Johnson". That Johnson "delivered the South" is actually right now acquired knowledge. However just how much distinction carry out vice-presidential picks really create in elections?