The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-11

Landon's lead over Roosevelt de-
creases to less than 2 to l In the
second weeks report OF The Literary
DigeSt's 100000 ballot Presidential
straw poll.
Landon Is shown receiving 6l,l90
votes and Roosevelt 33,423 with
Lemke trailing the two major can
didates with 4i,i69 out Of total OF
oe,734 ballots reported.
Thomas Is indicated receiving
slightly over one-half Of the balance
Of ~ Of the total vote cast to date
which Is divided among the other
four candidates.
Votes are now Tailed from
Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio, Oklahoma
and Texas for the first time.
The balloting In Maine shows a
decline percentagewise for Landon
from more than 3 TO l last week to
q little over to this week.
New York continues to vote ap-
proximately the same the second
week as 1t did the first, over 2 to ]
for Landon.
The Republican
Republicans Gain In PennSylvania
The Republican lead In Pennsyl-
vania Is noted as increasing as the
volume OF ballots reported from the
keystone state nearly trebles In the
second weeks tally.
The first returns from Texas show
a lead Of we'll over to ! for Roose-
welt.
Oklahoma's first votes are meager
but give Roosevelt 7i2 votes to Lam
don's 6i8.
The early ballots from Ohio give
Landon more than @ 3 TO 2 lead over
Roosevelt with 3,293 votes marked
for the Republican candidate TO
2,ie3 ballots In favor Of the Demo-
cratic nominee.
An addition Of over 1000 votes
from New Jersey increases Landon's
last week lead Of over 3 TO 2 frac-
tionally,
on the basis OF an Electoral Col
IeGe division so far Landon would
receive 1856 votes to Roosevelt's "a.
An analysis Of how the same
voters voted In 1882 indicates that
6,04s OF the 6o9l6 poll voters who
voted officially for Hoover four years
ago now intend TO vote for Roosevelt
while 1882 Of 34,668 poll voters who
mark their ballots as voting for
Roosevelt four years ago indicate
they will vote for Landon III 1885.
Lemke receives his largest share
of any state vote in Minnesota
where his tally Is nearly on per cent
Of the total there so far.
Lemke Votes Small
The Union candidate receives less
than 5 per cent OF Ohio's total poll
vote and 0.5 per cent Of Oklahoma's
vote with his share ranging between
these two ratios In the other six
states from which ballots are report
ed.
The analysis Of the past political
preferences Of the voters shows that
Lemke Is drawing his strength from
the major parties at the ratio Of APP
proximately four Democratic to one
Republican voter Of 1882.
'The Literary Digest's Presidential
Poll Of more than 100000 voters
swings into its third week." the
magazine states In its columns.
"It now shows the original handful
Of 24.000-odd ballots quadrupled to
99,734. It shows preliminary returns
In scattered sections Of five new
states, as the tabulators dip below
the Mason and Dixon Line to size up
two states nominally heavily Demo-
cratic-Texas and Oklahoma.
att shows Governor Landon lead
ing In three Mid-Western farm
states-Ohio, Minnesota and Indiana
On early returns. And 1t shows
President Roosevelt whiting his
opponents first returns margin OF
more than 2 to In the original
four states-New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania and Maine-to slight
ly under 2 to l.
"Will the New Deal leader con-
tinue to close the gap, as tens Of
thousands of secret postcard ballots
swell the flood Of incoming returns,