St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-11-16
Associated Negro
Press Reports On
Vote Shifting

Chicago amp There
was a substantial shift Of Ne
gro votes 60 the Republican
Party in the Nov 6 election, a
survey Of Negro wards across
the nation revealed.
In Atlanta. Now York, Rich
moud, Chicago, Memphis, Philadel-
phia, Birmingham and Mound
Bayou. Miss the all-Negro town
Negroes IN sizeable numbers
switched their vote from the
Democratic Party 10 the COP
In many cities and states. both
border and Deep South. the Ne
gro vote was directly responsible
for the turn of the tide TO the Re-
publicans.
Although Atlanta and Georgia
gave the Democratic candidates
majority, Negro coters in Atlanta
gave SO per cent Of their votes in
support OF Republican candidates,
Results from nine OF the At
lanta precincts, which represent
entirely or largely Negro voters,
gave President Eisenhower 9.665
votes 10 Democratic presidential
candidate Adlai stevenson's 1910.
In the Georgia Fifth : ngres-
sional district contest, the same
precincts gave Republican candi-
date Atty Randolph Thrower
i0.32s votes, while his Democratic
opponent, incumbent Congressman
James c. Davis received only L.
il2.
One of the. most surprising re-
suits OF the election was In Ten
nessee where Negroes helped
Eisenhower carry the state by
over 1000 more than he did in
1862.
In shelby County, where Mem
phis Ia the largest city, 70 per cent
OF $4,000 registered Negro voters
went to the polls and voted over
whslmingly for Republican can
didates
The large turnout was aided by
the presence on the ballot Of three
Negroes running on he Repubh-
can ticket for the state legislature.
Although the candidates lost, the
votes for them helped Eisenhower
in those districts
The shift was also evident in
Harlem, where the stevenson-Ke-
fauver ticket won handily. How
ever, the decrease in Negro sup
port OF the Democratic candidates
ranged from 81 TO 20 percent in
each OF the community's four pre-
dominantly Negro assembly dis
tnCts
In Richmond Va, nine Of the
10 major Negro precincts went
heavily for Stevenson In 1852 This
year the Negro vote was not as
large AS four vars ago, but
Stevenson received only lO765 to
Ike's 1902
In Baltimore, the 18th Ward
where Stevenson routed Eisen-
hover In 1852 by a vote Of 1850 10
/ ,OO3 the Democratic standard
bearer was able 10 muster only l22
votes to his opponents 1855 in
November election.
Even in staunch Democratic
wards on Chicagos southside and
places like Detroit. Philadelphia
and Kansas City, the trend indi-
Gated a definite shift from the
Democrats
Chicago suffered nearly a 8 per
cent drop in the Negro Democratic
vote. There Stevenson received SO
per cent Of the vote this year, as
compared with 1915 in 1852
In Detroit. where Rep. Charles
DiRgs was elected TO his second
term. Negroes voted about to !
for the Democrats.
In Philadelphia, which Steven
son carried by about $4,000 votes
four years ago. observers found a
minor shift in Negro votes to the
COP on a citywide basis.
Negroes in Kansas city main
tanned their almost to l support
Of the Stevenson ticket this year
as in 1852. despite a smaller regis
tration
Ten Negro precincts in Pitts
burgh, with a total vote OF 4.O62.
cast 81 per cent Of that vote for
Stevenson.
In Birmingham, returns from
Precinct . gave Eisenhower al
most twice as many votes as
Stevenson got. The totals were
sos for Ike and $50 for Adlai.
Even little Mound Bayou. Miss.
the an-Negro town. went Repub-
llean last week. Returns showed
the Democrats receiving IS votes.