Nogales international., 1935-11-30

eight weeks of balloting.
The state by state tabulation OF
the national vote was compiled by
Publishers Autocaster News Ser
vice of New York, a newspaper SER
vice company that serves the thou
sands of newspapers which cooper
ated in conducting the poll.
Results OF The Poll
In summary presentation, here
are the results of the poll:
Roosevelt leads in popular vote
1887 to 104,851 for all Republl-
can choices.
Republican choices lead in twenty
three states to twenty-five states
for Roosevelt.
In electoral votes the poll ends
in tie, with Republicans 261 to
261 for Roosevelt. Nine electoral
votes remain unp1aced. They are:
Arizona 8, Delaware 3 and Nevada
8. No vote was recorded from those
three states.
The tie in electoral vote was es-
tablished during the closing hours
of the poll. The vote from readers
of the Havre CMontana) Independ-
ent gave that state and the popu-
lar vote lead there to Roosevelt
Up until these ballots we're received
the Republicans were leading in
electoral votes 261 to 257 for Roos-
evelt. Montana's 4 electoral votes
were deadlocked in a tie.
Suburban Opinion
In interpreting this poll, the po-
Iitically-minded reader should keep
in mind that this vote represents
only small town and rural opinion.
No urban votes are represented.
Judged solely from that stand
point, political observers would no
doubt sum up the findings at this
time as follows:
1. That Roosevelt1s extreme popu-
1arity has declined. (From 591 in
| 1857 W dU Ol11O O1AlC'
2. That Roosevelt is still the
popular choice, taking the country
as a whole. (TIis popular vote OF
1887 to 1O4,851 for all Republican
choices.)
8. That Roosevelt's margin OF
popularity has declined to a point
where a "close battle" is Indicated
next year, so close that no one can
now accurately predict the result
I'm other words the tie in electoral
votes, 261 to 26D.
4. That further proof a "close
battle" impends in 1886 is the fact
that even if Roosevelt obtained all
of the "other Democratic choices
votes and all Third Party votes IN
this poll. there still would be but a
very slight material change IN elec-
tora1 vote of 261 to 261.
S. That the Republicans are
strong in the East; that Roosevelt
is strong in the border states; that
Republican sentiment runs strong
on the Pacific Coast; and that tne
Middle-west states are divided.
some supporting Roosevelt and
some supporting Republicans.
G. O. p. Voters Liberal
6. That the prepondenrant opln-
ion of the Republican voter IS ho-
eral, Senator Borah being easily the
first choice. That the next most
favored Republican is Governor
Landon of Kansas. (Of special IN
terest here is the fact that Borah
obtained his big majority in the
early weeks Of the poll, with Lam
don constantly creeping up. In the
last two weeks of baIlotlng. woe
for Landon virtually equaIled tnoS
cast for Borah.
7. That the runner-rNs to Cora
ond I,andon in Republican choices
s Knox and Hoover Hoover II
fourth place showed more tlrF'
choice strength than third plac
Knox during the closing week Q
the poll.
8. That there is no large demand
for a Third Party. That Town. enc
has appealed to the elderly elec-
torate, placing him first among the
Third Party choices. That Cover
nor Olson of Minnesota gained Sec
ond place and is favored over Nor
man Thomas, Socialist, who was IN
second place until the last TWO
weeks.
In Conclusion
In presenting the final results IN
this "Next President" poll, we tul-
fill the original purpose and that
was to know who the voters
throughout the nation preferred as
major party candidates in the 1896
Presidential election.