The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-01
KANSAS LOSING
DRY MARGIN IN
DIGEST'S POLL
Comes Within Fraction of
Voting Wet in This
Weeks TabuIation.

The only state that has had a dry
majority, Kansas, comes within a
fractional percentage OF voting wet
in the seventh weekly tabulation of
the Literary Digest's prohibition
poll as more than 100000 additional
ballots are added to the nation
wide tally, published in Saturdays
issue Of the magazine.
The dry percentage Of Kansas
vote has been reduced from 1894
last week to SCOT this week.
Throughout the country as
whole the dry vote shows a sixth
consecutive gain, rising from 1885
per cent Of the total vote Of the first
weeks return to 2510 per cent last
week and 2575 per cent of the cur
rent tabulation.
Forty of the forty eight states are
voting to wet in the present re-
port. OF these states nine are voting
more than 3 to for repeal and
nine more states are voting over 4
to l vet.
Drys Join in North Carolina
North Carolina continues to show
p rising dry vote and is within one
tenth Of l per cent of a majority
for prohibition with 1921 per cent
OF its total balloting so far in favor
OF the eighteenth amendment.
The east south central states of
kentucky. Alabama, Tennessee and
Mississippi form the dryest section
el group in the United States, al
Enough voting wet, with a. percent
hge Of their combined totals Of So. 60
for repeal.
The geographic unit with the
Dargest vote for repeal is the mid
Ele Atlantic states Of New York.
New Jersey and Pennsylvania where
The wet balloting is 80.98 per cent
pf the combined total.
A total Of 3,715,63O votes are tai
Sled this week from all states and
the District of Columbia, Of which
956863, or 25.75 per cent, are for
continuance of the prohibition
amendment, and 2,758,767, or 7425
per cent, are for repeal.
New England Is Soaking
The New England states as a
group are voting 1875 per cent wet;
2he east north central states are
1856 per cent for repeal; the south
Atlantic states are 65 per cent wets
the west north central group are
$3.50 per cent, for repeal; the west
south central are 60.72 per cent wet;
the Rocky Mountain states are 66.97
per cent for repeal, and the three
Pacific states are 1923 per cent wet.
The commemorative with more
than 40 per cent sentiment in favor
or the eighteenth amendment in
clude Kansas, North Carolina, Ten
nessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Ala
bama. Colorado and Mississippi,
named in order Of the higher dry
ratio.
The District Of Columbia is voting
21.84 per cent dry and 1915 per cent
for repeal of the prohibition amend
ment, a slight recession in the dry
vote from last week.
Nevada Still Wettest
Nevada continues to head the
anti-prohibition column with $3.50
per cent of its total ballots in favor
of repeal.
The seventh report in the 1880
Literary Digest prohibition poll Civ
ing three options on the ballot in
stead of two, showed a total tabula-
ton of 3,7O5,742 votes, of which
1892, 745, about 291a per cent, were
for enforcement; 1,1O5,683 votes, or
approximately 30 per cent for modi-
fication; 1,5O7,314 or about 401a per
cent of the total, were for repeal.
The tabulation follows:
Favor Favor
state Continuance Repeal