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a percentage less Republican
than the State in 1858.
The polling for this story in
volved $50 Hudson voters, a 3
per cent sample of the 5000
who have turned out for recent
presidential elections. There
were n men and 73 women in
the group. II white Protestants,
IS Catholics. 8 Negroes and 6
Jews.
The religious breakdown is
very close to the estimates of
informed local observers on the
makeup Of the city.
The $50 interviewers were
drawn to match exactly the
ward-by-ward turnouts in the
last two presidential elections.
An indication that the cross
section was representative is
the fact that 72.8 per cent of
those polled who recalled vot-
ing in 1856 said they were for
Mr.. Eisenhower. That Is very
close to the TOT per cent ma
jority the President actually
received in Hudson that year.
Each person in the poll was
asked, in person, whether and
how he voted in 1856, whether
and how he planned to vote this
year and what his reasons for
preferring one candidate over
the other were. At the end of
the interview, each person was
asked what the occupation of
the head Of the household was
and what was the interviewee'S
religious afflliation.
Old Patterns Seen
While President Eisenhower
carried every ward in Hudson
in 1856, there were clear in
dications that the usual eco
nomic patterns of voting were
returning this year.
The first and second wards,
a deteriorating, lower-income
area with large Italian and
Polish populations and almost
all of Hudson's Negroes, line UP
5 to 2 for Senator Kennedy.
The third and fifth wards,
with higher income families
and many elderly residents,
are 2 to l for Mr.. Nixon.
The fourth ward, a mixed
neighborhood that has been a
swing area politically, is 5 to 3
for Mr.. Nixon.
Combining the certain and
leaning" votes for each man,
the standing of the candidates
with various religious and
racial groups is as follows:
White Protestants-68 per
cent for Mr.. Nixon; 10 per
cent for Senator Kennedy; IA
per cent undecided.
Catholics-25 per cent for
Mr.. Nixon; So per cent for Sen.
Kennedy; IL per cent unde-
cided.
Jews-2 persons were for Mr..
Nixon; 3 for Senator Kennedy;
/ undecided
Negroes persons were for
Mr.. Nixon; 4 for Senator Ken
nedy.
Religious Issue a Factor
The most noticeable trend
from 1856 is the breakaway
from Republicansim of Catholic
voters who had supported
President Eisenhower.
This trend seems to confirm
the fears of many G. o. P.
strategicts that attacks on
Senator Kennedy's religious
faith have strengthened support
for him among his co-religion-
lists.
Here is how the trend showed
In this survey:
OF the AZ white Protestants
who supported Mr.. Eisenhower
in 1856, "a are now sure Nixon
voters, and 8 more lean to him.
Five are undecided, only leans
to Senator Kennedy and none
is a sure Kennedy voter.
OF the 38 Catholics who
backed Mr.. Eisenhower in 1856,
only 8 are now sure for Mr..
Nixon. Five lean to Mr.. Nixon
and 7 are undecided. Ten lean
to Senator Kennedy and 8
classify themselves as sure
Kennedy voters.
On the other hand, six of the
10 Protestants for Mr.. Steven
son in 1856 are sure Kennedy
voters. Another one leans to
Senator Kennedy. Two are un-
decided and only one is a sure
Nixon voter.
OF the 20 Catholics who
voted Democratic in the 1856
presidential race, IA are sure
for Senator Kennedy and 4
lean to him. One is in doubt
and one has turned into a sure
Nixon voter.
New Voters Queried
Senator Kennedy has a 13-to-
8 lead over Mr.. Nixon among
those who say they will vote
in 1860 but did not vote in
1856. Only half of these are
persons who were too young to
vote last time, and how many
of them actually go to the polls
is matter of speculation.
Though the religious pattern
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