.SHORTLY AFTER declaring his compete the Autonomous nomination in 1960, John F. Kennedy pointed out: "I don't recall a single situation where a vice-presidential candidate contributed an electoral vote." Still, the north-easterner chosen Lyndon Johnson as his running-mate, wishing that the senator coming from Texas will assist him in southern states. Johnson tore across 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 succeeded, Kennedy confessed that "our experts couldn't have brought the South without Johnson". That Johnson "supplied the South" is actually currently obtained understanding. However just how much variation do vice-presidential choices really create in political elections?