Economy

Do vice-presidential picks matter?

.SHORTLY AFTER announcing his compete the Democratic election in 1960, John F. Kennedy mentioned: "I do not remember a single scenario where a vice-presidential prospect assisted an appointing ballot." Still, the north-easterner chosen Lyndon Johnson as his running-mate, wishing that the legislator coming from Texas will assist him in southern states. Johnson tore all over the South in a train nicknamed the LBJ Express, arriving at rallies in a ten-gallon hat to the stress of "The Yellowish Flower of Texas". After he won, Kennedy acknowledged that "our team could not have brought the South without Johnson". That Johnson "provided the South" is actually currently gotten knowledge. But just how much difference do vice-presidential choices really create in vote-castings?