Nogales international., 1932-08-31

Twelve percent more voters
than in 1880 are registered for
the primary election to be held
a week from next Tuesday.
The registration is "a per cent
heavier than that for the pre-
sidential year of 1928.
The 1882 figures, still incomplete,
place the registered voters at 49,
247.
In 1880 the voting strength, based
on complete pre-primary registra-
ton was 124,810.
In 1923, the last previous presi-
Dental election year, the primary
strength of Arizona was 106,704.
Estimated Total
Estimates at the secretary OF
states office are that at least 144,-
coo persons Will be registered for the
1882 primary, September 13.
The tabulation by counties, parties
and precincts for the Forthcoming
primary is being delayed awaiting
final figures from the counties.
That each of the IA counties is
preponderantly Democratic is shown
by the figures.
In 1923 the pre-primary registra
ton showed 33 354 Republicans and
II 1856 Democrats.
In 1880 the same registration
showed 39,2o7 Republicans and 49,
6cl Democrats.
Democratic Gain
This year the registration shows
only 30,833 Republicans and 109,613
Democrats.
Cnly one county, Pima, shows a
gain in registered Republicans. In
1880 Pima county showed a pre-
primary vote of 5.151 Republicans
and 7,763 Democrats. This year Pi-
ma registered 6,873 Republicans and
1884 Democrats.
The incomplete 1882 primary
registration shows q gain of 17,437
over the registration for 1880, and
of 35 ,543 over that OF, 1928.
The 1892 Republican registration
is 3O,S33, as compared to 33,354 in
192S-the last presidential ycar-
and 39,2C7 in 1880.
The loss over the four-year period,
despite Pima county's gain, is 2,52l
and is S,3'74 since 1880.
That may mean much Or little.
Records show that IN 1928 Cover
nor Hunt carried Apache, Cocol:ino.
Gila, Graham, Greenlee, Navaj9,
Pinal Santa Cruz and Yuma coun-
ties-nine OF the states 14-and was
defeated by Governor Phillips.
Phillips carried cnly Cocilise, Mar
icopa, EEg1Ewe, Pima and yavapai
in order to set a majority O. the
general election votes.
In 1928 Hunt polled 44,553 votes
and Phillips, At 329.
In that same year, only three of
Arizo.las counties voted for the
Democratic presidential electors
(for Alfred z. Smith, and the total
Democratic popular vote was only
32,537 for the Democratic electors,
as compared to So 533 for the Re-
publican electors.
Graham, Grecnlee and Santa Cruz
counties, were the only three to sup.
port the Smith ticket. Hunt carried
each Of them. Apache, Ccconino.
Gila, Navajo, Pinal, and Yuma
counties support d Hunt for gov
ernor, but supported Hoover for
president.
The five counties which elected
John C. Phillips as governor, also
Hoover and the Republi-
can electors.
The summary shows that while
the state Democratic ticket carried
nine counties, the Hoover national
ticket carried H.
Phillips received only 47.829 pop
ular votes for governor, while the
electors received 52,533.
The pre-prir:ary registration for
1923, and the counties which voted
for the Republican electors in that
year are:
Apache, 1,096 Democrats, $50 Re
publicans, for Hoover in general
election; Cochise, 8 181 Democrats,
1881 Republicans, for Hoover; Co.
conino, 1852 Democrats, 1853 Re-
publicans for Hoover; Gila, 1888
Democrats LOIS, Republicans, for
Graham, 1852 Democrats,
679 Republicans for Smith; Green
lee, 1896 Democrats, 145 Republi-
cans, for Smith; Maricopa, % 654
Democrats, 1928 Republicans for
Mohave, 1854 Democrats, |
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