.SHORTLY AFTER introducing his compete the Democratic nomination in 1960, John F. Kennedy stated: "I don't remember a singular instance where a vice-presidential candidate assisted an appointing ballot." Still, the north-easterner selected Lyndon Johnson as his running-mate, hoping that the senator from Texas would certainly assist him in southern states. Johnson tore all over the South in a learn nicknamed the LBJ Express, getting to rallies in a ten-gallon hat to the stress of "The Yellow Rose of Texas". After he won, Kennedy accepted that "our company couldn't have actually lugged the South without Johnson". That Johnson "supplied the South" is now acquired understanding. However the amount of distinction do vice-presidential picks actually make in vote-castings?