The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-24


 indulge in this harmless pastime, there is presented here a check list of questions on the outcome of this election, Write your own answers and Ale for future reference;
 1, Will Roosevelt run up Q greater Electoral College vote than that by which he beat Willkie in lsA0, when the count was 4A9 to 02p He beat Hoover A72 to 80 and he beat Landon 52S to 8,
 2, How many more states will Dewey carry in l9A4 than the 10 state Willkie Carried In l9A0p
 8, The total number of votes cast in the presidential election of l940 was As,slS,Sl2, How much bigger will the popular vote be in l94Sp
 (, The lsA0 popular vote was die Vided roughly 27,000,000 for RooSe- welt, 22,000,000 for Willkie, Roosevelt winning by 6,000,000, What will the difference he in lsAA and which wayp
 WHAT SAY ABOUT DIVISION OF POPULAR VoTES ..
 8. The l9A0 popular vote was 44,7 DOT cent Republican, 5S,9 per cent Democratic. What will Do the per- centage this yearq
 6. Win Dewey carry New Yorkp
 ., WiN Roosevelt carry Pennsyl- vaniaP
 8, Will Dewey break the solid south, and If SO, which states will he carry9
 9. win Dewey carry any of the border states of Maryland, West Vir- ginia, Kentuekyp
 10, VIII Truman carry Missouri, O doubtful" state, for Roosevelt and Truman
 II, Tho middle west has been claimed by and conceded to Dewey, including Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado and Wyoming Will Roose. welt carry any of those states, and If 30, which onesp
 l2 VIII Dewey carry any of the Pacific coast states of California, oregon and Washington,
 l3. Of the three Gallup poll doubtful states of Pennsylvania. Missouri, and oregon, will the sole dier vote decide the isSue9
 i4, The present U, 8, Senate is 6e Democrats, 37 Republicans, 1 Progressive. The terms of ii Re- publieans and 2l Democrats expire this year, meaning that 32 new sen. n taas apa ta ka aiaokad yVlat uyill hA the division of the new Senate, by party, S7 Democrats and % Republi- cans being holdoversP
 iS, Present composition of the House of Representatives i8 2l4 Democrats, 2l0 Republicans, 10 seats being scattered and vacant, How will the new House be divided by party2
 i6,Will tho House go Republican, even if Roosevelt is reelected to the presideney9
 i7. If Dewey wins, will both tho Senate and House go Republican, HOW WILL THE SENATOR'S COME OUT?
 i8, Which of these l2 prominent senators running for recollection will be defeated' Democrats Downey of California, Gillette of Iowa, Barkley of Kenteky, Wagner of New York, Lucas of Illinois, Thomas of Utah: Republicans DanAhor of Conneeti- cut, Ney of North Dakota, Taft of Ohio, Davis of Pennsylvania, Aiken of Vermont, Wiley of Wisconsin,
 10, Will Q record popular Vote-. say bB,000,000 as against 4e,000,000 In l040.-work to give Roosevelt Q larger or smaller poplar vote than his previous high of 27,7bl ,0i2 ia i030 against Ali Landon2
 20, Eleven states do not count their soldier vote until after the reg ular November ' election. They are Missouri November 10, California November 24, Pennsylvania and Col- orado NoVemoeF a, Delaware No- vember 0, Florida November IT., Rhode Island December {, North Dakota December s, Utah and and Washington November 27, No. braSka December 2, VIII the soldier vote in these states, with c total Of ii0 loetoral votes change the result of the election?