Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-07-23
VOTE POACHERS


looked good to US. They can properly
be viewed with skepticism. The ques-
ton can be asked: Who are the spon-
sors? And also: What is the motive
back of it?
Have you, Mr. Reader, been asked
to express your preference? And il
not, who are the individuals and what
interests do they represent. those who
are casting advance preference bal
lots?
Shrouded with all that doubt it
does appear little strange that they
can get the percentage of preference
down to as fine point as they do.
The vote for the nation as whole
by the institute of public opinion
presidential poll for the two major
candidates shows Democrat Roose-
Welt with SIS per cent and Republic
can Landon at 1872 per cent. The
report shows further that Roosevelt
is ahead in all of the 10 largest cities
with the exception of Chicago, the
home of the Republican vice presi-
Dental candidate, Frank Knox. In
ing of the institute shows Roosevelt
leading at this time with percent
age of 59S of the major party votes
to 4O.2 per cent for LandOn.
The article in The Minneapolis Tri-
bune yesterday on the institute OF
public opinion presidential poll, went
on to state that The reason for Pres
ident RCosevelt's popularity in the big
cities is not hard to find. Institute
polls have shown that the President is
strongest with poor voters-reliefers,
wage earners, day laborers.
Governor Landon, on the other
hand, is most popular with the upper
classes. The farther up the scale
one goes, the higher is the Landon
vote. Persons listed in Who's Who,
for example, vote IS per cent for the
Republican candidate in the institute
poll.
Another proof of the cleavage be-
tween the classes was furnished by
the institutes presidential poll re-
ported June Z. This showed that if
only the upper two-thirds of the vot-
ing population participated in a poll,
ROOsevelt's percentage would be A
per cent. When the lower one-third
of the voting population is fully rep
resented, however, the Roosevelt fig
ure rises to SO per cent"
Those statements are not so bad
for Roosevelt and would indicate that
the masses-the common people, the
unfortunate and those without work
are his friends. He came to their
rescue and is of course liked way
beyond the Hoover type Of rugged
individualism"
But all of that may be little salve
thrown out for the gullible public,
simply to create interest in further
reports by the institute of public
opinion presidential poll, and with
later figures lead the public on to
thinking that LandOn is the popular
candidate. Not knowing who is back
of the move to give the public this
supposedly advance information we
are skeptical. We cannot believe any
group is doing it for their health.
There is but one day on which the
choosing OF the next president will
be done and that is Tuesday, Nov. 8.
1t can't be done any sooner and that
is soon enough. Let it be settled on
that day without all this prediction
camouflage.
If it is Democrats that are conduct
ing the poll they will make it appear
that Roosevelt is ahead and that he
is the popular choice. If not able to
do that they would soon drop the idea
of the advance poll. If Republicans
are conducting the poll they will
eventually make a good showing for
their candidate or drop the idea like
a hot potato.
1t is also very probable the poll is
conducted because the instigators
know that many folks like to be on
tie winning side and will get on the
band wagon with the candidate who
apparently shows the most strength
Nov. is the day to settle the pres
idential battle and let us not be
swayed by prediction polls-fake OF
otherwise.