The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-10
8 States Over 3 to 2 For New Deal and 2 States
 Over } to ? Against

OE Tno AntGxAfy OABGbg poll DrhuBS ing the total vote 50 far, which apepars in the current issue of the magazine, to 1y00e,4 e,402.
 Tn answer to the poll question of sDo you now approve the acts and policies of the Roosevelt New Deal to date,H 643,6i4 are shown marked @yes" and the balance of l,044,o48, or 0i.Se per cent, are tabulated as balloting mo-"
 The vote in support of the New Deal has declined from 46.72 per cent in the first report to 36.ll per cent in this weeks tabulation.
 Thirty.six states, which repre- sent 800 out of Q total of 531 elec- toral votes, continue to express disapproval of the administratior's policies in the latest returns. The other twelve, ell southern and bor- der states with the exception of Utah, still voice approval of the Presidents policies.
 The additional ballots tabulated currently indicate a larger affirm ative vote for the New Deal in eleven states and A decreased per. centage in the thirty-seven other states since the previous weeks re- port. The only sharp declines are noted in New York and New Hampshire.
 Mississippi and South Carolina give 8 7O.00 per cent majority for the New Deal, while six other states give Q 60-70 per cent approval and four more states show . percent age of 50-60 in support of the ad- ninistration's policies.
 Massachusetts is the only state registering more than 90 per cent disapproval of the New Deal. The i've other New England states and New Jersey are shown voting 70-80 per cent negatively. Fifteen more states are in the 60-70 per cent bracket and the balance of fourteen states are ba1loting -60-00 per cent against the administrators poli- cies.
 A close vote is indicated in only five states, New Mexico with a 53.06 percentage, Oklahoma with 62.00 percentage and Florida with 50.65 per cent against the New Deal; Utah with @ 64.10 percentage and Virginia with c 62.60 per cent vote iil support of the New Deal. All other states give over Q 66 per cent majority for or against.
 New England, as Q section, votes moro than 3 to 1 atti-New Deal so far in the poll.
 The Middle Atlantic States of New York. New Jersey, Pennsyl- vania, Delaware, Maryland, and West Virginia, which gave the President e combined 5l per cent majority in his 1o32 election, are now indicated in the poll as op. posed to his New Deal policies by more than 2 to 1.
 The south, as . section, supports the New Deal by nearly 3 to ?.
 The twelve states in the farm belt show Q 8 to 2 majority against the Roosevelt policies.
 Tn the eight states of the Rocky Mountain section approximately three of every five voters are shown registering disapproveL and the ratio of the three Pacific Coast states is virtually the same.
 A table of how the poll partici- pants voted in ie32 and another upon how each state voted in the 103z Literary Digest New Deal poll, which appears in the current issue of the magazine, shows the voters deftctions in detail.
 with nearly 100000 Americans represented this week in the eighth report of The Literary Digest's poll of New Deal strength to-day" the magazine states in its latest issue, "the heavy balloting shows q fur- ther increase in the majority op- posed to administration policies.
 Not only are the administration sacts and policies far behind in votes as the poll approaches full flood, but they continue to suffer . loss in percentages. The negative percentage has Jumped l.42 since last weeks report and more than 3 per cent in the last two weeks.
 "One feature of the current re- port Is the appearance for the first time of State Unknown, an inc aginary commonwealth created by voters in every part of the country who neglected to write in the names of their respective states on their ballots. Even State Un- known goes anti-New Deal, It's lY8i3 voters being b7.00 against.
 "Otherwise the lineup of the states remains the same as last week, with twelve voting for ana thirty-six against the New Deal
 Turning to the larger ones, we find New York represented by l82.- 1e4 votes, as compared with bO.68O inst week. Its no percentage has ieaped from 6b.3O to 67oi.
 "pennsylvania, which also ap. peared in the table for the first time last week, maintains about the same negative percentage--60.8l--- on the basis of 143,207 votes.
 'New Jersey, another recent new- conner, has 64.04o ballots, of which 2O.0O per cent arc favorable. Other states casting . heavy vote. Call. fornia, Illinois, and Ohio, still dis- approve the New Deal by about the same percentages.
 Most heavily opposed of oil the Sorty-eight is Massachusetts. which gives yes vote of only 1870 per cent. while Mississippi is most loyal to the New Deal, giving 1t Q majority of 72.e1.
 "As ( unit, New England with its six states, is striking more sharply at administration acts and policies' than any other section vs the country. It's disapproving per- centage Is 7T.0S.
 with the poll In full blast. The Literary Digest notes what it knew was inevitable criticism of the poll is in full blast also. It is the same in every poll and the charges always run about the same: