The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-26
Sinclair Is Running Second In California CoDernor Race
 Literary Digest Poll Shows
Early BaIIoting Gives The Republican Candidate
 6z%,Of Total Vote

Frank F. Merriam, the republi can candidate. leads Upton Sinclair the democratic candidate, by abou 2 1-2 to l in the first returns O The Literary Digest's straw, pol for governor of California, accord ing to the tabulations published il tomCrrow's issue of the magazine
 Of the 67.2D8 votes received ans counted in the current tally, Franl F. Merriam gets 42,141, or 62.7t per cent of the total poll vote tt date.
 Upton Sinclair is shown receiv ing 17,2s4 votes. or 25.72 per cent
 Raymond L. Haight, Progress sive-C Commonwealth candidate, ha, 7,471 ballots marked for him. ol 11.12 per cent of the total of ths first returns.
 Som Darcy, the Communist can. didate, gets 262 votes and Milen c Dempster, the socialist party stand. ard bearer, receives 50 votes. Their combined vote is less than one. half per cent of the total tally.
 The Literary Digest calls special attention to the fact that these re- turns are the frs received and hat the sanding of he candidates may be changed as additional votes arc counted.
 Nearly 100000 ballots were mailed to individuals in every class and occupation, in every county and community of California, the magazine announces. It is pointed out that this number represents about one-half of the total of voters in the last election for gov ernor of California, in 1890.
 "The nationwide excitement created when Upton Sinclair. ex-
 socialist and originator of the EPIC (End Poverty in Califor- nia) plan, won the democratic nomination for governor on All. gust 28," The Literary Digest will state tomorrow, "has been increas- ing steadily as election day ap- breaches.
 "The whole country is wonder ing who the next governor of Cal ifornia will be.
 Therefore, The Literary Dlgest' following it's policy of discovering and recording public sentiment on outstanding personalities and is- sues. decided that California would be a suitable place in which to take one of it's famous polls.
 Tt mailed nearly 100000 ballots to individuals in every class anG occupation of society, In every county and community Of the state. asking each person who received a ballot to indicate his or her choice for governor among the five can didates:
 sam Darcy, Communist; Miien s. Dempster, Socialist; Raymond T.. Haight. Progressive-Common- wealth: Frank F. Merriam, repub- yiican. Upton Sinclair, democrat.
 ssIt will be noted that the figure of nearly 100000, the number or persons boiled by The Literary Di- gest in California, is about one half of the total number of votes -1 3S3.846 = cast in California s last election for governor, i'll 1851.
 Many. noting the showings made bv the two leading cand'- dates. MT Merriam and MT Sinclair; in this Literary Digest poll, VIII 1visb fo compare them with the showings made by these same can- didates in the republican and dem ocratic primaries of two months ago. ;r tbo republican primary was S16. AZ. Of these ballots. S46,S2 or 4s.4T her cent. were cast for MT Merri- am, while the remainder went 10 his three opponents, John k: on;nn c. c. Young, and Raymond L. Haight. ,,nipe as the Progressive Commonweaitn candidate, and is third in The Li.- erary Digest poll: MT AaighI' a1 ner m cent of the total vote cast in the republican primary. ,;.
 "The total vote in the democratic primary was S42.2o0. Of these bai- lots 436,22O. or 51:so per cent, were cast for MT Sincialr, wnile .ne ran,ainder went to his eight oppo- nents. George Creel, Justus War Var dell. Milton K. Young. ana iise other candidates in the race.