The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-14
Hoover Is Carrying
the Six New Eng
land States and
New Jersey
Analysis Of the
Thomas Vote
Shows Socialists
Gaining Largest
Youth Vote

Roosevelt increases his lead over
Hoover slightly in the fourth
weeks returns of nearly 100000
ballots from thirty-eight states In
7 The Literary Digest's nationwide
presidential poll, reported In to-
morrow's issue of the magazine.
II OF the 1,983,634 votes tabulated
President Hoover receives 781, 431,
or $3.50 per cent, Governor Roose-
welt receives 1,062,087, or 1884 per
cent, and Norman Thomas 106.352.
or 5.36 per cent of the total cast
to date.
Eighteen new states are reported
in the current returns. The only
one of this in which Hoover is
leading Is Vermont. Roosevelt Is
shown capturing the other seven
teen-Arizona, Arkansas, Della
ware, Idaho. Iowa, Kansas, Ken
lucky, Louisiana, Michigan. Ne
braska, Nevada. New Mexico.
North Dakota. oregon, South Da-
sota, Utah and Wyoming.
The Hoover strength Is confined
40 the six New England states,
which he is shown carrying solid
~, and New Jersey. Roosevelt is
leading in the other thirty-one
states from which returns have
been received and tabulated so far.
4 Hoover is indicated gaining
strength in California, Illinois, In
diana, Maine. New Hampshire.
New York. Ohio. Pennsylvania and
Rhode Island in all Of which states
lie shows increases over his last
weeks ratio. Returns from Massa-
chusetts this week show a decrease
in his percentage of the total vote
there.
In an analysis of How the same
voters voted in 1928" Roosevelt APP
pears to be obtaining more than
one half of his vote from former
republicans in California and
Michigan while in the nine other
states of Iowa, Kansas, Nevada.
North Dakota, Oregon, Pcnnsyl-
yania, South Dakota, Wisconsin
and Wyoming he has more votes
from former republicans than he
has from former democrats.
The same analysis reveals that
Roosevelt has increased his inroads
into republican ranks of four years
ago throughout the nation, gaining
1854 per cent of his entire
strength from former Hoover adj
herents this week as against 1896
per cent in last weeks report.
Roosevelt continues to carry
California, the home state of the
president. by a lead of nearly
to 1. He is ahead also in his own
state of New York by a vote or
156,447.to 145,554.
Calculating the current returns
on an electoral college basis,
Hoover would receive 81 votes and
Roosevelt 1856. =,
Massac husetts leads the republi-
can column giving 5S.09 per cent
Of its vote to the president. taking
the lead from New Hampshire
watch had this rank last week.
Roosevelt is indicated receiving
a Gear majority of all votes cast
over all six other presidential
aspirants in Twenty-Five of the
thirty-eight states reported this
week.
The Literary Digest cautions
that though the figures this week
..are worthy of respectful atten-
ton" they are not yet conclusive
and that later returns may change
the entire complexion of the vote.
with this weeks report" The
Literary Digest will state editorial
ly tomorrow, 1.-The presidential poll
reaches the edge Of it's 100000
mark. a
ut embraces thirty-eight states.
Eighteen of them are now making
their first appearance In the poll.
Hoover captures one of the
debutantes-Vermo Roosevelt
captures seventeen of them.
5 Were going to give some
searching facts about the Thomas
vote, showing the drifts that are
bringing ballots to the socialist
cause this year--all of which may
cause some orthodox republicans
and democrats to open their eyes.
"Evidently the socialist candi-
date Is going to poll very large
yote-for a socialist candidate.
THE Thomas total of 106.352 in
this weeks report is composed as
follows:
"FOr1ner republicans. 4S.845;
former democrats. 24,354: social
lists. tf.547: former sociaI'st-labOr-
tics, 22: former fa-mcr-laborites.
Is: former prohibitiOnists. rs:
former communists, 80; Did Not
Vote 21.364.
His percentage of youthful
first who presumably dom
mate the 'did-not-vote' column is