.SHORTLY AFTER introducing his compete the Democratic nomination in 1960, John F. Kennedy stated: “I do not recollect a solitary case where a vice-presidential prospect supported an appointing ballot.” Still, the north-easterner chosen Lyndon Johnson as his running-mate, really hoping that the politician coming from Texas would certainly assist him in southern conditions. Johnson tore around 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 gained, Kennedy acknowledged that “our team couldn’t have carried the South without Johnson”. That Johnson “provided the South” is now acquired knowledge. However just how much distinction perform vice-presidential picks actually make in elections?