Evening star., 1944-11-09
Popular Vote
Closest Since
Wilson sin 1916
RooseveIt's Margin
1866. .056; Dewey
Hos 13.Stutes
BULLETIN.

BULLETIN.
DETROIT ga recheck
of 81 Wayne County precincts
by the Board of Canvassers
indicated today Gov. Thomas
E. Dewey's lead over President
Roosevelt for Michigan's 10
electoral votes had been
Slashed to 1857 votes.
Canvassers, checking what
they said were previously un-
counted presidential votes in
the 81 precincts, tailed 81 ,432
votes for President Roosevelt,
1893 for Dewey. Adding
these to previous unofficial
returns, the total would be:
Roosevelt, 1,045 ,389; Dewey,
1,047,046. Thirteen j other
Wayne County precincts re-
mained to be checked by the
canvassers at a meeting to-
morrow.
Earlier Story on Page A-3)
Py the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt's fourth
term victory, a sweeping one in
the electoral vote, was won by
the smallest popular vote margin
since 1916, the nearly complete
returns indicated today.
With 44,391 ,849 votes reported
from 1888 of the country's 130,810
voting units, the Presidents edge
over Gov. Thomas E. Dewey stood
at 2,S68,05 Mr.. Roosevelt has 23,-
629,95 and Gov. Dewey 2o,761 1893.
The President is leading in 35
States with Alb electoral votes and
Gov. Dewey in 13 States with 118.
but where Michigan's 10 votes
eventually would wind up was in
doubt, although Gov. Dewey held
a slight lead. Ohio, which also
had been in doubt, now is safely
in the Dewey column.
Four years ago the President won
by 4,938,7l1 over Wendell L. Willkie
in total popular vote of 49,815, ,312.
In 1886, he defeated Alf Landon by
more than 100000 and in 1882
won from Herbert Hoover by more
than 100000.
House Majority Strengthened.
Mr.. Hoover'S margin over AL
Smith in 1928 exceeded 5000, 900,
Calvin Coolidge won over John w.
Davis in 1924 by more than 1000, 900
and Warren G. Harding defeated
James Cox in 1920 by more than
1000 900.
Woodrow Wilson's margin over
Charles E. Hughes in 1916 was only
SOL 1886.
Swept into Office along with the
President was a strengthened Dem
ocratic majority in the House. On
the basis of late returns the Demo-
Gratis held a plurality of at least
40 seats with l3 contests still un-
decided. BY contrast, the Demo-
cratic margin over the Republicans
in the present House is only two
seats with minor party members
holding four and five vacancies.
With five Senate contests unde-
cided the Democrats seemed as
sured of maiptaining at least their
present strength.
Attention Turns to War.
Meantime the Nation bound UP
its election wounds and settled
down to Iet's-get-on-w -with-the-
war attitude.
Let us unite to win the war and
to achieve lasting peace" was the
solemn request of Mr.. Roosevelt as
he prepared to return to Wash
ington from HYDE Park tomorrow.
This was the attitude, too, of Gov.
Dewey.
The complete Ohio vote gave Gov.
Dewey l,588,045 and the President
1,572,7 ,735, a margin of 1870.
In Michigan. Gov. Dewey still has
lead OF 1901, with 1913 of the 3,841
precincts still unreported. The
score at present: Dewey, 1,029, ,048;,
Roosevelt, 1,0l3957. The Michigan
result will not be known until
Wayne County canvassers have
completed a recheck of the votes.
Strength for War Tasks.
The overwhelming Democratic
victory gives Mr.. Roosevelt mighty
new strength for the tasks of war
and peace-strength that President
Wilson was badly lacking when,
with war won, he fell into endless
arguments with an unfriendly Con-
gress about the peace.
Mr.. Roosevelt's vote of confidence
Will still be fresh as he heads for an
expected talk before Christmas with
Premier Stain and Prime Minister
Churchill.
Late returns showed that Demo-
Gratis unseated Republican Governors
in Ohio, Massachusetts, Missouri,
Idaho and Washington, while the
Republicans captuered Governors
chairs from their opposition in In
diana and North Dakota.
Left in doubt, possibly until next
week by when all the States service
vote will be counted, was the Utah
governorship. 1t was neck-and-
neck race by Democrat incumbent
Herbert Nav and Republican j.
Bracken Lee.
Dewey Plans Vacation.
Gov. Dewey, who accepted his
defeat for the presidency philosophi-
cally. made plans for vacation in
tSee ELECTION, Page A.4D