Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-26
HOOVER leads
DIGEST VOTE
IN a STATES
Tabulation
Shows C. c. LEAD
ing Over Nation on
1886 Ratio

mower is shown holding his strong
.eao over Smith in the semi-final re-
turns Of The Literary Digest nation
VIDE presidential poll published to-
Jay and there are impressive indica-
tlons that the republicans may cap
lure several states in the "Solid
south that have been democratic
ior more than fifty years.
VI a grand total Of over 100000
votes tabulated this week Hoover has
I,tif,O4l and Smith polls 971,356, a
ratio Of approximately 60 to Sc.
WITH the returns announced as
nearly complete from all sections Of
the country Hoover is ahead in every
state with the exception Of Georgia,
louisiana, Mississippi and South
carolina, which Smith is carrying
with ample reserves.
Though the republican candidate
mas a plurality in Alabama and Ar
KANSAS, his margin is so scant that
The Literary Digest classes the out
come in both states as doubtful.
Texas, which has the largest cleo
toral vote Of all the southern states,
is for Hoover by 51,269 to 34,6S3
votes in this postcard election"
Florida shows a return of 17,247
TO 9,162, or almost 2 TO !, for the re-
publican nominee and the democratic
strongholds of North Carolina and
Virginia evidence striking pluralities
for Hoover.
The republican candidate is OBJ
tanning a majority of his strength
from the democratic ranks in all
ten states of the south with the ex-
ception of Virginia and North Caro-
lima, where most of his votes are
shown to be from his own party.
The border states of Kentucky,
Maryland, Oklahoma and Tennessee
are each returning comfortable plu-
r~alities for Hoover. In Oklahoma, he
has n lead over his opponent of 2 IL
to /.
In the northwestern sttaes Of Wis
c~onsin, Minnesota, and North and
South Dakota, which are classed IS
doubtful" by many political author
tiles, The Literary Digest poll shows
Hoover leading by odds as high as
2 1-2 to 1.
In the LaFollette- Progressive cens
ter of Wisconsin, with returns from
Milwaukee included, the republicans
are polling 31,s4l votes to the demo-
Gratis 22,7Ol.
In Maine, where a republican gov
ernor was elected by a 3 to l ma
jority in September Of this year,
Hoover is receiving 1924 votes to
Smiths 1891.
Governor Smiths home state of
New York gives him 1S3,420 10 Hoov-
er's 215 ,548 which figures are stated
TO be inclusive Of New York City.
New Jersey, considered as one of the
battle grounds of the current cam
paign, gives Hoover a lead in this
weeks returns of 1926 to 20,8l6.
In a separate section Of the poll
in which the entire electorate Of
several large cities is being polled
Smith has a decided advantage in
New York CITY with $4,000 votes to
Hoover's 103,SI7 while Hoover leads
in Chicago by % 1853 to 70,T69 and in
Philadelphia by 69,494 to 4s,172.
The analysis OF chow the same
voters voted in 1924" indicates that
the democratic standard bearer is
now receiving almost 81 per cent Of
his support from his own party
whereas in the earlier returns more
than one-half Of his votes were from
former republicans. Over three
fourths of the Hoover ballots are
from 1924 republicans and % per
rent are switching to him from his
rival party.
OF the 435.sss voting in this 1928
Literary Digest poll who state that
they did not vote in the last presi-
Dental election, 50 per cent record
that they will vote republican this
year and SO per cent mark their
ballots for the democratic candidate.
Several democratic editors" The
Literary Digest states editorially.
"find cause for outimism in the fact
tina the poll Of four years ago. while
amazingly accurate in totals, showed
n deviation from the popular vote of