.SHORTLY AFTER revealing his compete the Autonomous election in 1960, John F. Kennedy stated: "I do not remember a single scenario where a vice-presidential prospect supported an electoral vote." Still, the north-easterner chosen Lyndon Johnson as his running-mate, hoping that the senator from Texas would assist him in southern conditions. Johnson tore all over the South in a learn nicknamed the LBJ Express, getting to rallies in a ten-gallon hat to the pressures of "The Yellowish Flower of Texas". After he won, Kennedy admitted that "our company could not have held the South without Johnson". That Johnson "provided the South" is actually currently obtained understanding. However just how much difference do vice-presidential selections in fact create in political elections?