Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-04-20
CHURCH SOCIETIES
ANNOUNCEMENT
Straw Vote on Governor Is
Well Under Way In State
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curate the Old Dame is? Or how idle
is her gossip? Then follow the results
of the Statewide poll on the Demo-
cratic governorship primary in the
Henderson Daily Dispatch. In this
area only in The Henderson Daily
Dispatch you can learn how the vote
is going.
The Henderson Daily Dispatch and
10 other leading newspapers in the
State have engaged in a gigantic
straw vote to determine we'll in ad-
vance of the June primary just which
way the gubernatorial wind is blow
ing. This is the most exhaustive, most
extensive, most scientific straw vote
ever attempted anywhere at any time.
For the first time in history the con-
ductors of a straw vote are revealing
just how names of voters were secur-
ed for purposes Of the poll. Here's
how it was done:
The 20 papers participating in the
poll went directly to the registration
books. There they copied the names
of every twelfth Democrat. TO these
Democrats postcard ballots were adj
dressed. The ballots are in the form
OF double postcards. One card carries
message to the voter; the other card
is a ballot. All that the receiver of
the ballot does is to tear apart the
cards, mark the ballot just like he
would mark a ballot on election day,
drop it in the nearest mail slot The
ballot bears a return stamp. No Sig
nature is required. The ballots are Sc
cret and no one will know how any
individual votes.
In securing the names clock-like
precision was used-the twelfth name
was selected in each and every case,
without regard for the identity of the
voter. City Sums exclusive resider1-
tial districts, cotton mill villages. re-
mote rural areas and every spot in
North Carolina alike received ballots
in direct proportion to registration.
BY employing such scientific meth
DDS. The Henderson Daily Dispatch
and the other 10 papers will be able to
| forecast accurately the trend of pub
lie opinion toward all four Democrat
! ic candidates for the governorship. In
addition to the names of the four cam
| didates, the ballots also bear spaces
for the voter to indicate his or her
sex, whether the voter lives in the
country or in town, and the voters
occupation. Thus the poll will indicate
clearly, definitely, from what sources
each candidate is getting support.
The expense of conducting a poll of
such tremendous proportions is na-
turally very great and it is only
! through the combine efforts of the
participating papers that a scientific
poll of such magnitude is possible Al
ways ready to serve it's readers, the
Henderson Daily Dispatch is sure that
its readers will be deeply interested in
this poll and will want to follow close
! ly all developments. The first State
wide story containing results of the
balloting throughout the entire State
will be carried in the Henderson Daily
Dispatch on Thursday, May T. State
wide results will be published on every
Thursday thereafter until the final
survey published on Thursday, June
4, just two days before the actual pri-
: mary.
In the meantime, The Henderson
Daily Dispatch will publish almost
daily results of the poll in it's own
allotted area. For convenience in con-
: Quoting the poll the State was divided
, into 20 districts, with a district as.
signed to each paper. Counties allotted
to the Henderson Daily Dispatch are
Vance and Warren. Only in The Hen
derson Daily Dispatch can residents
of these counties learn just how their
counties feel ABOUT this governorship
business.
If you are among those who re-
ccived ballot won't you fill it in, mail
ii to us without delay? It's your game
and right now it's the State sport.
Let's play it.