Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25
POLITICAL
SURVEY
Soldier Vote
Discounted

w (lNSD - Wartime America 4
will cast a smaller vote for
president next November than il
did in the peacetime 1910 presi-
Dental race.
Registration OF voters is in
creasing by leaps and bounds.
Millions OF men and women in
the armed services will not vote.
But the people at home are
becoming aroused TO the great
importance of the elections this
year. Their increased vote will
offset in part the losses to the
exodus into armed forces.
This is the consensus of Re-
publican and Democratic leaders
in Washington. An international
News Service sounding of views
of practical politicians at head
quarters of the two major par
ties and interviews with veter-
ans in Congress, developed con-
illusions that the American peo-
pie are thoroughly alive to the
importance of their vote next
November.
The 1912 vote - 2S,045. $50
compared 10 49,Sl6r6zz- in 1910,
or 36,221.13S in 1938-was the
lightest since 1880.
A LTHOUGH military person
"A mel will have the opportunity
to vote this year, Republicans
and Democrats agree that the
soldier vote will be light. They
expect the invasion of Europe
will have long since been started
by November. and that IN the
thick of fighting. not many SOL
diers are going 10 think about
voting.
Only II states have had a
population increase since 1910.
California leads with an influx
OF more than one million per-
sons.
The California vote in 1910
gave the Democrats a majority
and leaders OF that party, who [
claim big support from indus
trial workers, predict that the
state will be overwhelmingly
Democratic this fall
Republicans. however. believe
they will carry the state and
handsomely so if Gov. Earl
Warren is given the COP vice
presidential nomination.
All but one Of the other IL
states which have added TO
their rolls had Roosevelt MAJOR
tiles in the last election.
THE lone exception Is Michi-
l. gan. which has had "a per
cent increase in population.
chiefly concentrated in the De-
troit war plant area. The
states population increase is
1858 In the 1910 presiden-
tial race the Republicans had a
majority of 6.926. whereas Pres
ident Roosevelt carried the
state In 1886 by 3l7,06l.
The other states which have
gained in population will again
be Democratic this fall, workers
for that party argue, but this
point IS disputed by Repub-
leans.
The states are Connecticut,
ID per cent gain; Maryland.
98 per cent: North Carolina.
3 per cent; Virginia. 4.S;
Florida, 6.4; Nevada, pol;
Utah. 60: Arizona. las: Wash
ington, 1887, and Oregon. rs
per cent gain.
Seven of these states require
one-year residence for voting.
the others, six months.
THE Go political action COM
mittee says IT. is going 70
get migratory workers regis
tered and TO the polls.
Union organizers have bee1l
diverted from their regular job(|
10 the registration task. In the
states where the laws permit
it. union organizers are being
sworn in as deputy registrars.
They are working at the plants.
enrolling voters during lunch
hours and change Of shifts.
At the same time both Re-
publican and Democratic or
CARNATIONS are warming up toe
the job of getting out the vote.
1t is generally agreed that
women this year will cast a
record-smashing vote. Some
politicians say il you want 10
know who is going TO be elected
president, ask the women.
Harrison f. Spangler. chair
man of the Republican national
committee, predicted that the
Republican party would gain %
per cent in its total vote this
year and win the election.
Democratic National Chair
man Robert r. flanagan de-
clined to estimate the size OF
the vote. He said the effect
of the significant" shift OF
population on the election could
not be precisely determined but
will mean a Democratic VIC
tory"