New Mexico state record., 1920-08-27
PUBLIC STUDIES
POLITICAL MAP
POSTCARDS SHOWING HOW THE
STATES LINED UP PUT OUT
BY THE BIG PARTIES.
HELP IN PICKING THE WINNER
Successful Candidate for President
This Year Must Obtain 266 Votes in
Electoral colIe9e-How That Body
Is Made Up.
BY JAMES p. HoRNADAY.

Is Made Up.
BY JAMES P. HoRNADAY.
Washingion.--In the years Of the
presidential election. politicians are
prone Ia study tie map 50 as to figure
ont the possibility of their success.
The ordinary voter likewise finds
food for thought in the map when
making hiS-or her-guess on the win
ner. The big political parties. recog-
nizing this human pastime. have is
sued postcard maps of the United
States showing what Happened in each
state in the last two general elections.
white and blup-thp red states being
Republican, in both 1916 and 1918; the
white states Democratic for lhoS" elcc-
tions. and the blue states showing II
switch between parties
The basis OF comparison is HE clec-
toral vote for president in 1916 and for
congress in 1918, and by study of il
you can forecast the electoral vote of
ifis year and tell who will be the next
president YOU place n state in the
column whore ii eventually lands.
For the selection of president this
year il will be necessary for the win
ming candidate tu obtain 2Gi votes in
the electoral college--a mythical insti-
tuition that never meets, but whose
size is equal 10 the combined members
of the senate and the house of repre-
sentativrs. Each state is represented
In the college by the number Of its
members in congress. and the popular
vote in eacl. stnte determines the poll
teal aspect of its college delegation.
Majority Of Electors Required.
1t might happcn-il has happened in
the election of two presidents--that
the next occupant of the White House
would not receive majority of the
stale Delegations, and yet be elected.
A winner does not necessarily have 10
get majority of the popular vote.
For instance in 1917 nj ih" time ot
the big Republican split Wooirow Will
son WAS elected on II popular vote of
i.2SG.2li. while the combined vote of
Theodore Roosevelt and William How
ard Tafl slightly exceeded .,.dWHD.
But in the electoral college Mr. vii
son had ~ votes against RooScyrlt'S 5
s. aud Taft's :.
While the big state delegations like
New York, PENNSYLVANIA. Illinois and
Texas, cut bigger figures in the rlec-
tornl college. the small state also has
It's say NJ times. California In l9l6,
with only thirteen votes in the "lec.
toraI college, went against Charles T..
Hughes after he had rolled mp 25i
votes in the electoral college. Mr.. VIII
son in thai year was two votes short
of election and VIXEN California went
to him il give him 211 votes in the
electoral college. His popular vote
that year was 9.ia9,,j6, against
Hughes S.'h3Sa2l.
The so-called solid South" has an
aggregate vote Of lt9 in the electoral
college, III short Of the number nee
essary 10 elect. These states and their
votes are. Virginia with - Kentucky.
~: Tennessee. II; North Carolina.
II: South Carolina. .; Gcorgia. ~;
Alabama. -; Mississippi. 10; Florida.
q: Arkansas. .: Texas, 20; oklahoma,
10.
Votes Outside the "Solid South"
The lhirty-iiva other states have an
aggregate of 3S2 electoral college
votes. the more populouS states. of
course. having the larger delegations.
Here nre the figures for these states:
Arizona, 2: California. ~: Colorado,
q: Connecticut. :: Delaware. 3: Ida
ho. 4: Illinois. -: Indiana, IL; Iowa.
~: Kansas. 10; Maine. q Maryland.
s. kssachuseitS. lS; Michigan. l5;
Minnesota. -: Missouri ~; Montana.
4: Nebraska. =: Nevada. !; New
Hampshire. I; New Jersey. ~: New
Mexico. 3: New York. ~; North Da-
koia. !: ohio. -: Oregon. - p"nnSyl-
vnnia. 3S: Rhode Island. = South Da-
kota. >: Utah, 1 Vermont. 1; Wash
ingion. :: West Virginia. s: Wiscun-
sin. ~: Wyoming. g.
n the November result should be
such that none of the eandidatcS re-
c.ivrd ma ioriiy. or 266 of the i3l
VOTES If The electoral college. then The
rlection would be- thrown into the
house Of Representatives where cacl.
state would have one vote State dele
gafion> would caucus. aud pick the
man for whom their one vote would be
east. Here it is that one state means
~ much H. another in the Seleclinn Of
the president.
The ''~oiid south nuninally is
DenrTratic ~ al~o were Muniana
Nevada. Utah. Ariz"na and Maryland
in the last I'VE general plecfion~. 81
show the MAPS fr"n political Lead
quarters In these elections Maine
vermont. Massachusetts. Rhode Is
land. CONNECTICUT. New York. New
Jersey. Pennsylvania. Wesi Virginia.
ln,liana Illinois. Mi,iiigan. WISCONSIN.
Minnesota. loNa. South Dakota aud
Oregon were Republican, The other
twelve states were carried by the Re
Irfi.licans ia 1918. switching from the
Democrats. Who carried Them in 1916.
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