.SHORTLY AFTER declaring his compete the Democratic election in 1960, John F. Kennedy said: "I don't remember a singular case where a vice-presidential prospect supported an electoral vote." Still, the north-easterner decided on Lyndon Johnson as his running-mate, hoping that the politician coming from Texas would certainly help him in southern conditions. Johnson tore across the South in a learn nicknamed the LBJ Express, coming to rallies in a ten-gallon hat to the tensions of "The Yellow Rose of Texas". After he won, Kennedy acknowledged that "our team couldn't have actually held the South without Johnson". That Johnson "delivered the South" is actually currently acquired understanding. However the amount of distinction do vice-presidential choices really make in elections?