The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-09-30
DIGEST STRAW POLL
GIVES new YORKER
MARGIN ON HOOVER
Roosevelt Leads President 1922.
1876 to 100000 in
II States

Roosevelt gains slight lead over
Hoover in the second weeks returns
from eleven states in the Literary Di-
gest'S 20,000,000- presidential
straw" poll, according to returns in
a recent issue of the magazine.
Roosevelt has 1921 votes, or 4603
per cent, and Hoover has loo, 1923, OF
45.l8 per cent of the total of 222,0l4
ballots received and tabulated.
The other 8.79 per cent of the votes
are divided among the minor candi-
dates - Thomas. Reynolds, Coxey
Upshaw and Foster-with Norman
Thomas leading his nearest COMPETE
tor Of these by over 10 to l..
In the II states reported Hoover is
ahead of his rival in Connecticut
Maine. Massachusetts,, New Jersey and
New York while Roosevelt leads in
California, Illinois, Indiana. Ohio
Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
On the basis of an electoral college
division this would give Hoover 90
votes to Roosevelt's 1876.
A Significant Feature
The significant feature of the poll
is that nearly 40 per cent of Roose-
velt'S strength is coming from former
Republican voters as against nearly
As per cent from Democrats while
Hoover is gaining only slightly over
6 per cent of his votes from erstwhile
Democrats and 80 per cent from Re-
publican adherents, according to an
analysis Of "how the same voters
voted in 1928"
On the basis of the current returns
each of these political rivals is carry
ing his opponents home state. Roose-
cit is leading in California with 63Oa
per cent of the states total vote while
Hoover leads Roosevelt in New York
with 47.22 per cent of the states vote
as against Roosevelts 43.46 per cent
Roosevelt continues to lead Hoover
in Pennsylvania by 10 per cent
margin, gaining over 46 per cent >oi
his strength here from Republican
voters at the last quadrennial cleo
ton.
The returns from Maine show an
opposite trend from the recent guber-
material election there. Hoover is
carrying the state by percentage OF
55.15 to Roosevelt's 4o.44 although
Roosevelt is drawing more Of his votes
from Republican ranks than he is
from Democratic.
Hoover leads in Massachusetts, by
the comfortable margin of 55.27 to
34.26 per cent over his opponent and
the president also is ahead in Con-
necticut by practically the same ratio
Ohio gives Roosevelt clear ma
jority of the states vote with the
president trailing with 42.12 per cent
of the total tabulated so far. In Iui-
noiS and Indiana, the Democratic can
didate also has a majority while his
Republican rival is polling 4386 per
cent and ALT per cent respectively
In these states.
Roosevelt Strong Everywhere
Similar to last weeks returns, in
none of the II states reporting is
Roosevelt shown obtaining less than
IS per cent Of his strength from the
Republican columns while Hoover
does not obtain more than per cent
of his current votes from Democratic
partisans of four years ago.
A state by state tabulation, which
the Literary Digest cautions may be
far from indicative of the final re-
suit, shows California voting Hoover
4,1l9, Roosevelt 1895; Connecticut
Hoover SAL, Roosevelt 1919; Illinois
Hoover 2,6Ol, Roosevelt 1908; Indiana
Hoover 1899, Roosevelt 1851: Maine
Hoover 1890, Roosevelt 1899; Massa-
chusetts: Hoover 6,847, Roosevelt A.
pa; New Jersey: Hoover 16,431, Roose-
welt 14,188; New York: Hoover 1929
Roosevelt 1893: Ohio: Hoover 1903
Roosevelt 5,766; Pennsylvania: Hoover
l7,441. Roosevelt 81 1888; and West Vlr-
ginia: Hoover 1892, Roosevelt 5,039.