The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-19
F0rty-three States N 0 W Show Increases in Dis- favor of Roosevelt Poli-
 cies Since Spring Poll

5ority opposed to Roosevelt's acts and policies in a nation wide poll Of s5,OOO ballots just conducted nv the Literary Digest, as evi- denced by final percentage re- turns published in to-morrows is- sue of the magazine.
 The tabulation of the recent re- check poll shows 50.97 per cent. ' of the ballots for 49.03 per cent. aEainst the New Deal, while the vote in an earlier balloting last spring 6g.03 per cent of the vote then was registered in favor of Roosevelt's acts and policies. mak- ing q decrease of 1906 per cent i'll Affirmative sentiment during the half-year interval.
 The first poll of 65,000 mailed fo all states is said to have been conducted in March and April of $ this year, two months before The Literary Digest's 00,000-ballot poll on the New Deal, which lar ger ''straw" referendum showed 61.15 per cent vote of confidence for the Presidents policies.
 The identical 65,000 people to whom ballots were sent in the spring poll were again asked, in August and September, what they ssn0w" thought of the New Deal, it is announced.
 In the earlier poll, forty-seven States gave majority approVal Son the whole for Roosevelts acts and policies during his nrst year as president. The recent checkup poli of the same voters shows thir- fv-one states "now" registering En rer cent, or more, sentiment for the New Deal.
 The seventeen states voting 5 against the presidents policies elect a combined total of congress- men equal to nearly one-haf the membership of the House of Rep xesentatives.
 Five States Increase
 Five states show an increase in continent in support of Roose- vents acts and policies in the in- terval between the March-April poll and the August September re- check poll while forty-three states show a decretse in sympathy Tor the New Deal.
 In the first poll Deleware was the only state voting against the ! New Deal.
 m the recheck poll, Arizona, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Kan sas. Maine, Massachusetts, Mich iran. New Hampshire New Jersey, Ne6 York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, X Rhode Island, South Dakota, Yer mont and wyoming all show majority vote against the New Deal though the margin is small Tn several states.
 The largest increase in percen- faxe of Yes votes in the half year between the two polls occurred .<ln Delaware, which showed a gain of from 33.33 per cent to eo per cent.
 The largest decrease was tailed 4n Rhode Island, where the percen- 5 faee in support of Roosevelt's pol ! icios declined from 72.41 to 42.30
 Second Poll Proportionate
 Tine Literary Digest announces f that the 65,000 names used in the ( poll were sent out in ratio mathe- 1mafically proportioned geograph- ically to the list of 15,000,000 vo- ters which the magazine uses In its larger polls so that each State received a share of the total bal lots in ratio to it's poll voting strength"
 aThe Literary Digest announces the results of another poll," the X margarine will state in its issue published tomorrow" which, like all its polls will arouse lively in ! tercst among experts and average citizens alike.
 Tt will be recalled that in May and June of this year. The Literary Digest by ballots sent throughout the country, asked lo,ooo,ooo Americans whether or not they ap, proved 'on the whole the acts and Sioiicies of President Roosevelt's 1irst year.
 ssBefore that poll was taken. however, The Literary Digest, m March and April, put the same question to 65,000 persons in every { sfafe. and the results of this earl x 4er poll have been hitherto unpub- 1ished separately. The Literary < Digest conducted a second poll in Aurust and September among the same 65,O00 persons in the same states.
 "For the sake of emphasis, let # De repeated that the lists of names used in these two 65,0O0- ballot polls were identical.
 "And in the second 65,000-bal- lot poll, as in the first one, those who received ballots were asked whether, on the whole, they now approved the Roosevelt Adminis- fration's acts and policies to date:
 ssIn the earlier March-Aprii poll fhe approving ratio stood at 69.- 0a nAr cent. and the disapproving rato At 3O.97 per cent. The latter noll shows 50.s7 per cent in favor, and 4g.Os per cent opposed.
 aIn certain states the percen- <ara of Yes ballots is larger in fhe August September poll than in the March-April poll. These are: peleware, Montana, Nevada, North Caro1ina and Utah. peleware shows \ jump in Yes percentage rom 3s.ss to 50, Nevada from 6s.lS to
 Where yes Ballots Lost
 aOn the other hand, in the other atates the percentage of Yes bal Iofs is smaller in the secod poll fhan in the first. In California 1t drops from 74.62 to 5s.2S, in Con- uecticut from 55.65 to 40.1s, Tn Illinois from 66.06 to 46.S4. in Indiana from 65.35 to 44.95, in Massachusetts from 56.54 to ss.. o1, in Michigan from 7b.40 to 45.- 98. in Minnesota from 79.lb to 6S.- x6, In Mtssouri rom to-1v " 's. 77, in New Jersey from 5s.ss 10 >sS'S6. in New York from GAGS to I2.25. in Ohio from 68.31 to 4s.1S, n Pennsylvania from 69.S7 to 47.- n. in Wisconsin from 7s.S0 to b4.- 01.
 ssThe biggest increase in the per I centage of Yes votes in the haIf | xenr between the two polls occur E <ed in Delaware.
 .sThe biggest decrease occurred <u Rhode Island, and striking de- 1rcaGes were shown also m Ari- <~~~n- Indiana. Maine Michigan, <I~~ourl. New Jersey, New York 1<nn6vlvania. South Carolina, <U{h Dakota. Virginia, Washing
 4 md Wyoming. ..
 <<r tho August-september poll
 } ballots were outnumbered by
 h1IIots in Arizona, CQnnectl-