.SHORTLY AFTER introducing his compete the Democratic nomination in 1960, John F. Kennedy stated: "I do not recall a solitary situation where a vice-presidential candidate contributed a selecting ballot." Still, the north-easterner decided on Lyndon Johnson as his running-mate, wishing that the senator coming from Texas would certainly aid him in southern conditions. Johnson tore all over the South in a train nicknamed the LBJ Express, getting to rallies in a ten-gallon hat to the stress of "The Yellowish Flower of Texas". After he won, Kennedy admitted that "our team couldn't have actually held the South without Johnson". That Johnson "provided the South" is actually right now received understanding. However how much difference do vice-presidential selections really create in political elections?