The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-24

poll while the other thlrtyseiRht states cast adverse Inajorities. In the recent main referendum of the magazine, twelve states voted in support of the New Deal, Kentucky and Virginia changing from the affirmative to the negative side of the New Deal in the subgcribers' poll.
 All states show a stronger vote against the New Deal in tho sub. scribers' poll than they did in the general poll with the exception of Colorado, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin which indicate ins creased state percentages in favor of the New Deal.
 r Tn the subscribes8' poll New Eng. land evidences the heaviest vote against the New Deal. nearly 1 to l, with the Middle Atlantic States next and tho farm belt third, vote ing over 3 to 2 against the Ad- ministratton's policies.
 "A subscribers poll, q sort of family party held after the main affair."" The Literary Digest states In It's current issue, shows many sinilarities to the big poll, and scv- eral interesting divergcnces.
 While Q substantial number voted in tho special test, they arc only . fraction of the l,OO7, ,6Oi who took part in tho big poll. Neverthe- less, tho yes and no percentages In each case are about the same. The subScribers' no percentage !s 02.04, as compared with e2.00.
 "Thc accuracy of polls of The Literary Digest subscribers as . cross-soctlon of the American peo. pie has often been challenged on the ground that The Literary Di- gest readers represent an econom. ic and social stratum higher than the average. Yct, the subscribers' vote iS within less than third Of l per cent of the percentage re- fiected by tho country at large.
 "A striking coincidence b found in tho case of Maine, whose per- centages in both polls arc exactly the same-20.33 yes; 79.87 mo-
 Subscribers voting in the neg. ntlvc exceed those who support tho New Deal by 60.3iO.
 "Only ten states give yes ma. Jorities in this test, whereas, in tho major poll. the New Deal captured twelve. The ten arc Alabama, Ar- kansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Missis. Sippi, North Carolina. South Caro- lina. Tennessee, Texas, and Utah.
 Virginia and Kentucky are tho ones that slipped across tho line to the negative column on tho basis of subscribers ballots. Kentucky says no by the slim margin of .3H of l per cent. Utah says yes by .02 of per cent
 "on the other hand, the ten states supporting the New Deal in both polls show sharp reductions in percentages In the subscribers vote.
 "In addition to the returns in the subscribers' poll, The Literary Di. gest this week publishes an anaiy- Dis of how forty-eight cities in all parts of the country votel in tho AgOV~ OV AiublOLtWiuG VVu NB CuEU~ pared with their vote in tho 1884 poll.
 "In lo34 every one of the forty- eight irdorsed the New Deal. This time only fourteen are recorded as supporting it. while thirty-four are opposed. Tho fourteen are all in the southern or border states. ex- cept gRalt Lake City.
 New York City Switches
 "New York City, which favored the New Deal in that year by 00,6o0 to 34,i88, now casts 73.4i8 against and b2,3l0 for it.
 Chicago is opposed, by b2,Bei to 2s,0e4.
 "Los Angeles says no by 2o,0eo to le.300.
 "in San Francisco the vote is closer. ii,B27 no. i0,6i2 'yes'."
 The Literary Digest announces that another special New Deal poll conducted among the clergymen of the country will be undertaken at onco and the findings will be re- leased as soon aS the votes are re. cNiyAd and tailiod.