The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-17
Total Support of Admin istration s Policies In II Southern States and Utah

More than three of every i've voters are opposed to the New Deal according to the final report of The Literary Digests nationwide poll, which is tabulated in the current issue of the magazine.
 A grand total of 1,907,6 ballots are reported received of which 37.34 per cent voted ives" and 62.66 per cent voted mo" in answer to the question: Do you now approve the acts and policies of the Roosevelt New Deal to date?"
 The tally shows a complete count of 1,195,3l3 voters opposed to the New Deal while 7l2,368 cast af- 1irnative votes, making majority of 482,945 against the administra- tion's acts and policies.
 Utah and eleven southern and border states give final verdict in favor of the New Deal while the other thirty-six states register ma jorities against 1t.
 A possibly close vote is indicated in only five states and all others give over 55 per cent majority for or ag@ltlSC the NeW Oeai.
 Twenty-two states representing more than half the population of tho United States and casting 280 of the 351 electoral votes give a final majority of more than 60 per cent against the New Deal in the poll. Eight states, all ill the south and representing 06 electoral votes, cast approximately the same ratio in support of the administrations policies.
 The balloting in support of the New Deal has shown steady de- cline each week since the first re- port of the poll was published.
 Tn @ similar poll conducted by The Literary Digest eighteen months ago ito practically the same list of names," the final return then was 6l.15 per cent in support of the New Deal which renders the out- come of the present referendum vitually e complete reversal of pulp lie opinion as gauged by unofficial referenduins.
 The heaviest negative vote of the country as section is registered by New England where the anti New Deal vote is 7798 per cent of the total.
 Next heaviest in the balloting against the administrations policies is the Middle Atlantic group, from New York to West Virginia, where the New Deal opposition is shown polling 68.80 per cent vote.
 The Middle Western states in the farm belt indicate Q ratio ap- proximatel ythe same as the na- ton at large, 3 to 2 against.
 The Rocky Mountain states show 6 final vote also of 3 to 2 opposed and the three states on the Pacific Coast total 6804 per cent against the New Deal.
 "The country's answer to the question what 1t thinks of the New Deal to-day is supplied in the final report of The Literary Digest's great 1935-'36 poll"
 "The intense, countrywide inter- est in this latest Literary Digest test of public sentiment is empha- sized by the hearty response from every state. every city and town, and every rural district.
 More than 1,907,000 voters, rep- resenting huge cross-section Of America, join in giving the verdict on New Deal acts and policies.
 "A national jury weighing the question propounded by The Liter ary Digest, they recorded their opinions by secret postcard ballot.
 "Week by week their hundreds of thousands of votes piled Up at poll headquarters while suspense over the final outcome increased.
 "Now, the last of the jurors has been heard from, and, in this, the ninth and final report of the poll