The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-06
ROOSEVELT WINS
OVER WILLKIE
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despite mounting Roosevelt plural
tiles.
Martin said there was still a good
chance Of a Willkie victory, 3d.
serving that the democratic was
narrow in some states.
New York; with it's massive total
OF At electoral votes, was giving
Roosevelt the, edge for a third
term, although Willkie was polling
a bigger vote upstate than ALT M.
Landon obtained in 1886. Roose-
welt was in the van, also, in Penn
sylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, 1ne;ana, Massachusetts
and California. In all, the Presi-
dent led in "a states.
Willkie enjoyed the advantage in
New Jersey, of II in which he
topped the democratic nominee in
incomplete returns.
One of the more exhilarating
races was in the down east" state
of Maine, one of the two states
that Landon carried in '36. As the
evening wore on Roosevelt crept
up on Willkie until the republican
had only a lead Of about $500 with
the count more than two thirds
complete.
Other Close Tallies
There were close tallies in some
other parts of New England also,
but in the old Nutmeg" state of
Connecticut, Roosevelt built up a
lead that to many looked unbeat-
able.
Because of late-closing hours in
some states and the mammoth num-
Der of voters the country over, the
returns in some cases were still a
mere trickle. In California, for ex.
ample, Roosevelt held a lead of ap-
proximately 10000 but only a rela-
lively small total of 667 precincts
had reported.
Statistics from beow the Mason
Dixon line indicated that the Willkie-
Gratis and other New Deal foes there
were failing to chip a single state
away from the solid South" In
all eleven of these traditional demo.
cratic states Roosevelt had a com.
handing lead.
Edward ]. Flynn, democratic ma
tional chairman, reported shortly be-
fore 10 p. m. eastern Standard
Time), that Mr.. Roosevelt had as
sured him by telephone from his
H yde Park home that he was Every
confident of reelection to a third
term.
Willkie, receiving the returns in a
New York hotel surrounded by
friends, expressed the belief the cor.
test was a horse race and said the
result would not be known until
sometime today wednesday,.
Even before Roosevelt edged ahead
of Willkie in Ohio, the Cleveland
Plain Dealer, which supported Will.
kie, predicted the Buckeye state,
with Is electoral votes, would go for
the President by $50, 900 votes.
Slice Lead
Heavy democratic margins in eight
metropolitan areas kept slicing away
at the early Willkie lead in that
state.
In Iowa. home state of Henry A.
Wallace, democratic vice p%residen-
tial nominee, 33 out Of 2,453 pre-
cincts gave Willkie a plurality Of
about $500.
Connecticut was in early with re-
turns from her cities. These, while
they gave the President pluralities,
in most cases, smaller than those in
1885, nevertheless piled him UP a lead
of about 5000 votes.
In Indiana, Roosevelt took a small
plurality after trailing, with but a
small part of the state counted. Will
kie held an advantage of 10000 votes
in Ohio with more than half the
state reported, a margin which ordi-
narily would be considered close for
a state which cast more than 3,000,-
900 votes in 1886.
Scattered precincts in down state
Illinois, the first to be received, gave
Willkie the advantage, but as the
Cook county (Chicago) area was
tabulated, this was erased and the
President went slightly to the front,
Pennsylvania reports were slow
arriving. The first three precincts
went to Willkie. The fourth swung
adelphia began to report the chio1
executives advantage increa 8 e d
However, the total of precincts count
ed was still far from conclusive.