The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-09

M Isandons lead over Roosevelt de- sscreases again for the fifth consecu- ' tive time to slightly less than to 2 in the sixth report of The Lit- erary Digest's presidential poll. s A, total of 1,254,716 votes reported { are split 713,451 for Landon, 485,392 Y for Roosevelt, 44,825 for Lemke and s 1i.O48 for the four minor candi- Viates: Thomas, Browder, Colvin and sss Aiken.
 ss of the forty states which are rep X resented in the current thirteen are for Roosevelt while Landon is shown getting plurality or majority or X twenty-seven.
 " Initial ballots are received from s nine additional states this week in the poll, four of which go to Roose- welt and five to Landon. Kentucky is indicated voting near iy . to 2 and Maryland nearly to Fa ( for Roosevelt,
 g-- New England For Landon
 First ballots from Massachusetts and Rhode Island each give the re- publican candidate better than ? to 1 majority.
 Tennessee's initial tally shows g. $40 votes for Roosevelt to 5,38l for Landon.
 Wisconsin goes into the republi- can column by 3ls to 2 lead for ' Landon and 1t also gives Lemke over ss6 per cent of the states vote. V Wyoming joins the republican col umn by approximately the same ra- tio as Wisconsin.
 2 Nevada gives Landon a fractional 7 lead and New Mexico votes scant F plurality for Roosevelt in the first scattering returns from those states.
 Of the thirty-one states from which returns were reported last week twenty-six show increased per- centages for Landon and six show decreases during the week. Kansas, Nebraska and Washing ton show substantial gains for the republican candidate while the changes in the other states are minor or fractional.
 Missouri Springs Surprise N Missouri, which gave Roosevelt 3 -plurality last week enters the re- publican column this week with 3 substantial margin indicated for z Landon.
 The Lemke vote continues to de- cline in its percentage of the total national poll vote. The union party ssGaias over 5 per cent of the state totals in Iowa, Louisiana, Minne- 2 sota, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Da- kota, Wisconsin and North Dakota, lin which las state Lemke receiver his maximum support of 12 per cent of the state vote.
 On Q division of the current re- turns on an Electoral College basis Landon would receive 344 to Roose- Yelt's 129.
 " Landon Leads At Half Mark
 "Past the halfway mark! Over the six-weeks line, with only three more weeks to go?" the magazine states 'l it's current issue. And still Landon holds a commanding lead over President Roosevelt in The Literary Digest's 1886 presidential poll.
 "Does the Kansan stand chance? Can he actually confound the . prophets and the wise money bet tors, and win? Here are 1,254,7l6 <. ballots. The score is: Landon, 713,- AS1: Roosevelt, S5,392; Iemke, A. <, e25.
 "But there are number of things it would be well to remember be- fore jumping to conclusions: '. Tn last weeks report, Landon's percentage of the popular vote was b-.9. The week before it was 5S.4 ssThis week, it Is 56.9. Every week since the poll began, the president has whittled his opponents lead .ceptibly. It is not inconceiyable that in the final sprint of the three remaining tabuiations, Roosevelt could drive t; : governors percent age figure below the 50 mark.
 Big City Vote Not In
 For the big city vote has not yet made itself :elt with full force. Tn lahe case ef New York state. where Landcn this week shows 90,228 to the Presidents 34.l20- nearly to 1 mo reports have yet been tabulat-