Evening star., 1942-12-24
Democrats 0utvoted
By Nearly a Million
In Congress Races
Official Figures Show
First COP Plurality
In ID Years
BY the Associated Press.

In ID Years
BY the Associated Press.
Virtually final official figures
showed today that the Republicans,
though failing to win House con-
troll, outvoted the Democrats in the
races for Congress for the first time
in IA years in the November elec-
tionS.
Republicans polled 14,217,32O, or
sos per cent, of the total vote for
members of the House; the Demo-
Gratis, 1881 ,245, or Ala per cent,
and other parties, 5630l8, or per
cent. In the last congressional cleo
tions in 1888 the Republicans polled
47.3 per cent against the Democrats
49 per cent.
Lowest Vote Since 1924.
The highest vote recorded in each
State, whether for Senator, Gov
ernor, Representative at-large or
the combined vote for Representa-
tives by districts, disclosed an ag-
gregate of only 30,024 927 persons
cast ballots. This was the smallest
since the presidential year of 1924,
when 29058,647 voted.
The combined vote for Repre-
sentatives was still smaller-28,-
Ill ,583-the lowest national vote
of any kind in % years. The war,
which took thousands of potential
voters out of the country and trans
planted other thousands in indus
try. cut the aggregate House vote
more than 100000 below the 1898
total of 36,203,13 the record for
otfyear balloting. 1t was slightly
more than half the highest presi-
Dental vote of nearly 50,000,000 in
1910.
Decreases Revealing.
The figures are even more re-
vealing when the vote of the indi-
vidual States is analyZed.
For example:
California cast 1882 votes, as
compared with 3,268,79 in 1910, and
2,357 ,512 in 1888.
Illinois counted 2,887 ,633, as COM
pared with 4,217,935 and 3,111,816.
Indiana-Where the voters turned
out in comparatively larger volume
than was in evidence elsewhere
shows 1896 729, as against 1,782,747
and 1872 GAG.
Other States and the ballots cast
in 1912, 1910 and 1888, respectively,
were:
Iowa, 664, TAT, 1,215, ,430 and 802 ,636.
Kansas, 493,692, 860297 and
1877 ,2O6.
Maryland, ss3,136, e6o.1o4 and
486 ,472.
Minnesota, 755,276, 1,251,188 and
1,O70,927.
New Jersey, 1,1s4,5o3, 1,972,552
and 1,531,121
New York, ss4s,S63, 6,3o1 500 and
Ohio, 1,7s5,lS1, s,sls,sl2 and
2,313,36O.
Pennsylvania, 2,5OS,4s4, 4,078,714
and 3,783,638.
Virginia, sOo68, 346,6o7 and
1904.
Mississippi Shows Gain.
Mississippi was the only State to
poll more votes this year than in
1938-51 ,602 against 35,439.
The tabulation showed the Re-
publicanS received more votes than
the Democrats in the combined
House races in 27 States, which In
1914 will have 344 electoral votes, or
78 more than the 266 needed to win
;oI al
Gratis polled the largest vote in 81
States with 187 electoral votes.
This comparison does not hold,
however, if contests other than for
the House are considered. North
Dakota, for example, gave the Re-
publicans almost twice the Demo-
cratic vote in the congressional
races, but reelected a Democratic
Governor by a big majority. Also
wyoming elected Democratic
Governor while choosing a Repub-
lican Senator and Republican House
member.
Furthermore, the popular vote
comparison does not jibe with party
representation in Congress. AL
though outvoted in the popular to-
tai, the Democrats won 222 House
seats, or 5105 per cent of the 435;
Republicans won 209, or 48.04 per
cent, and other parties 4, or 0.91 per
cent.
Republicans Get Big States.
Five Southern States reported no
Republican votes at all this year.
They were Arkansas, Georgia, Louisi-
ana and Mississippi, which reported
none in 1888 either, and South Caro-
lima. which reported 358 in 1898.
The Republican vote exceeded the
Democratic in California, Colorado,
Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Illi-
noiS, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,
Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire.
New Jersey, New York, North Da-
kota, Ohio, oregon, Pennsylvania,
South Dakota, Vermont, West Vir-
ginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
The Democrats polled a ma ajority
only in Arizona, Kentucky, Maryland
Montana, Nevada, New Mexico.
Oklahoma, Rhode Island. Utah and
Washington outside the solid
South"