Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-10-31
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President Coolidge seems certaip
to receive more than enough cleo
torl votes to retain his office for an
other term. on the basis of the final
returns of The Literary Digest's
on-partizan national poll which will
appear in tomorrow's issue of that
periodical.
OF the grand total OF c.3S605G
ballots recorded, Coolidge receives
l, 3iS.0SS votes. La Toilette, 50S5lG.
and Davis, 1854 The balance ct
II, O9S votes are scattered among the
other five regular candidates. "
Wisconsin casting Is electoral
votes, Is the only State which aC-
cords Senator La Toilette a plurality
IN The Digest poll. The states cred
tied to MIR. Davis include Virginia,
Georgia. Florida. Alabama, Tonnes
Louisiana, and Texas representfcg a
total electoral vote OF 100.
But according to Tho pigest's .fS
ures Senator La Toilette has evil
denced considerable strength in Cali
fornia. Nevada. North Dakota and
South Dakota. which IL he gains on
election day would increase hiselec-
toral votes to n total OF ~.
The Digest States that In pursuing
this policy of giving the benefit OF
doubtful states 10 II vigorous CON
tender for leadership in the state,
A. l&n u
lahoma. West Virginia, and Mary
land, which would increase his cleo
toral poll 70 votes. making him n
total OF 163.
Granting the Democratic and Fro
gresslve candidates these states,
where President Coolidge is lea'InE
by n narrow plurality. II would leave
the President So electoral votes.
with 266 required for election to the
executive chair.
"Here are the final figures" states
The Digest, in summation OF its poll.
presented in that spirit or non-par-
tizanship, of honest desire to get ut
all isdes of complex question.
which The Digest, amorg other
American periodicals, has made pc
culiarly it's own.
"Briefly. Mr.. Coolidge receives
more votes than all his opponents
put together. ard Mr.. la Toilette
receives a slightly larger popular
vote than goes 10 Mr. Davis.
1.-THE Digest does not predict the
election OF Mr.. Coolidge. II presents
its findings. vouches Tor the honesty
and general accuracy OF its poll, and
leaves it's readers to draw their own
conclusions.
ION the basis OF the present lli-
gest poll, even allowing the critics
their claim for n considerable mar
gin of error. which may or may not
be proved, il will be seen that tho
totals seem to point To the rrohabil-
ity that Mr.. Coolidge will receive
the electora, votes ot Sufficient
number Of states TO insure his re
election.
There are strong claims that Mr.
La Toilette will carry both Mime
sofa and Iowa. but The DiIcst's Hs-
ures do not indicate thia Mime
sofas ballots have shown cqns1St-
ent majority. Of considerable mar
gin. for Mr.. Coolidge throughout tn"
halloting. Iowa seems To he tNNn
moro strongly Cor the President.
california. however. has. from
tnC IlES1, SHbilln u SAlb'lt T'ibif'''|'''
for the Wisconsin candidate. end
therefore, in spite ~ the tact that
the present vote Is Ti7i1 Tor rres'-
dent Coolidge to ,1.1@ fat senator
la Toilette. the State IT. mark d
doubtful.
North and South Dah"tn. whe"c
the -partiZan Leagrc bad ~
origin, are also put into the dnuhtiuI
column because OF the la Foi!ctlr
strength shown there.
whatever arguments the por'"-
Gratis have advanced for cousid"rii&
that The DigCst's poll iavofs icpI.h-
licau aspirations would apply, "l
course, quite as well to La I'o'l"tt".
and in admitting that La t"H"'t"'s
showing makes the vote @! taiiiot-
MIA, Nevada and North pnd South
Dakota somewhat doubtful The )l-
Eest is following a policy of Eir'nf
the benefit of the doubt 70 the lIh-
Eressive forces. similar doubts. on
account Of Democratic strength, ar"
admitted in the case of okiahom"'
West Virginia and Maryland.
with these doubtful states eEnli-
mated, 1t will be seen that LnFollette,
at least according TO tho opinion eX-
pressed by voters In the Digest poll.
is sure of carrying only the single
State OF Wisconsin.
ION the other hand. there IL some
indicat ton that. in the popular vote.
he may PASS the Democratic candi-
date. Wisconsin casts IL electoral
votes.
1.-The states credited To Mr.. Davis
Virginia. North Carolina. South Gar
olina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama.
Tennessee, Kentucky. MISSISSIPPI.
Arkansas. Louisiana and TeXaS---cast
q total OF 1879 electoral votes.
\ Granting Mr.. La Toilette the state
OF Wisconsin together with the other
states in which his strength is con-
siderable-North Dakota. South Da-
tota. Nevada and California--his to-
tai electoral vote would amount Ia 30.
THE electoral vote OF Mr.. Coolidge.
according to these calculations. would
represent the difference between the
total Davis La Toilette vote. and 53l l..
the total vote of the Electoral CoNcgc.
mfr. Davis vote Of 1853. plus Mr.
la Follette's vote Of 30. n total Of goa
votes, subtracted from the total cleo
toral votes Of 53i. would leave Mr..
Coolidge with an electoral vote OF S27.
The number of electoral votes nccess-
airy to elect Is EGG.
1.-THE proportinnate return IN the
present poll was more than - per
cent on the total number Of ballots
sent out. as against nm average re-
turn of about IL percent for national
polls" .,