.SHORTLY AFTER revealing his run for the Democratic nomination in 1960, John F. Kennedy stated: "I do not remember a single case where a vice-presidential prospect supported an electoral ballot." Still, the north-easterner chosen Lyndon Johnson as his running-mate, hoping that the legislator from Texas would aid him in southern states. Johnson tore throughout the South in a learn nicknamed the LBJ Express, getting to rallies in a ten-gallon hat to the tensions of "The Yellowish Rose of Texas". After he succeeded, Kennedy admitted that "our team couldn't have held the South without Johnson". That Johnson "delivered the South" is actually right now acquired understanding. Yet how much difference do vice-presidential picks really make in elections?