Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-18
Eisenhower Seen Victor
In Iowa, Despite Shifts


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tent In addition to the guber-
material candidate, according to
Democrats here, Senator Kefau-
ver's aid will give Mr.. Steven
son a lift.
Indeed, Sen. Kefauver is far
more popular in Iowa than is
Mr.. Stevenson. Some of the
Democrats express a heartfelt
wish that the Tennessee Senator
had been named the party stand
ard bearer.
Farmers Anger Eases
Talk with farm organization
leaders and farmers brings out
comment that farmers are not
as sore as they were last year,
when hog prices hit the tobog-
gan slide. Prices for hogs at
interior markets were quoted to-
day at SLABS to $15.25. and at
Chicago, $15.25 to SIG.
There still is resentment
among some because the admin
Iistration did not do something
last year to jack up hog prices
when they were far lower.
A sudden drop in the hog price
of $1.50 or So, if it occurred be-
fore election day, could have
material effect. With less than
three weeks to go. however, such
a drop does not seem probable.
Eisenhower Support Dips
There is no blinking the fact
that polls taken in Iowa, par
ticularly among farm voters. in
dictate a real drop of in Eisen-
hover support as compared to
1852. The latest Wallace Home
stead poll, taken by the most
widely read farm publication in
the State and published October
4. shows material loss between
July and September. In July, the
poll stood Eisenhower 40 per
cent, Stevenson 80 per cent and
undecided 10 per cent; in Sep
TENDER the figures changed to
Eisenhower 35 per cent, Steven
son 43 per cent, and undecided
% per cent.
These figures included every
body interviewed. When only
those who expect to vote are
counted, the poll stands Eisen-
hower-Nixon 81 per cent, Steven
Ison-Kefauver 40 per cent, and
undecided IA per cent. Project
ing the figures to include the
undecided voters-as they may
be expected to vote if sentiment
remains the same-Mr. Eisen.
hover will have 43 per cent plus
land Mr.. Stevenson Sc per cen
plus of the farm vote.
OF course, if the undecided
! Should suddenly PUNK one way
, or the other as a group, Mr.
Eisenhower's vote--or Mr.. Ste
! venson's-would be material!
increased.
so Pet. Seen Needed
An expert in polling the farm
vote said he believes Mr.. Steven
son would have to get at leas
60 per cent of the farm vote t,
|, carry the State. He, himself,
, inclined to favor Mr.. Stevenson
His estimate, he said, is baset
on the fact that Mr.. Eisenhowe
has great strength in the towns
small cities and larger cities.
The total farm vote. if al
qualified voters in the State g
to the polls. is q per cent a
. compared to 70 per cent for tn
: rest Of the population. However
the political leanings of man
: voters in rural sections-as dis
: tinguished from the cities-ar
affected by the farm sentiment
In 1852, Mr.. Eisenhower ha
SO per cent of the farm vote il
Iowa. If the sentiment reflects
in the Wallace Homestead POI
e correctly forecasts the vote o.
: November 6-election day--it
a clear the farm support for Presi
J. dent Eisenhower is way of a
n compared TO four years ago. /
9 1852, the Wallace Homestea
poll gave Mr.. Eisenhower SO pc
: cent Of the farm vote or 2 pc
e cent less than he received.
ii Another poll. the Iowa Pol
i conducted by the Des Moline
s Register and Tribune. also show
e a great falling of in the farr
vote for Mr.. Eisenhower as com
pared to 1852. This poll, how
ever, covers the other groups
the voting population. 1t wa
= taken the last week in Septem
n Der and published october z.
lr shows President Eisenhower wit
st as per cent, Mr.. Stevenson wit
SO per cent, and undecided ]
y per cent. These percentage
d varied very little from those
of a poll taken a month earlier
although they showed Mr.. Eiser
ig hover with a lead over Mr.. ST.
r venson in the farm vote, whic
ls was change from the earle
= poll.
Women Favor Eisenhower