.SHORTLY AFTER revealing his compete the Autonomous election in 1960, John F. Kennedy stated: "I do not recollect a single instance where a vice-presidential prospect contributed an appointing ballot." Still, the north-easterner picked Lyndon Johnson as his running-mate, really hoping that the statesman coming from Texas will aid him in southern states. Johnson tore all over the South in a learn nicknamed the LBJ Express, arriving at rallies in a ten-gallon hat to the stress of "The Yellowish Rose of Texas". After he succeeded, Kennedy admitted that "our company could not have actually held the South without Johnson". That Johnson "supplied the South" is right now acquired understanding. Yet how much distinction carry out vice-presidential selections in fact make in elections?