Evening star., 1960-11-07
ELECTION


issue.
President Eisenhower's cam
paigning for Mr.. Nixon also
may play a part in the outcome.
Mr.. Eisenhower tried to boost
the Nixon cause in four critical
States, New York, Pennsyl-
vania, California and Ohio. In
creaSingly in the last few days
of the campaign, Mr.. Nixon
was getting active support from
j., the President.
y AS the time for voting neared,
;, a final survey by the Associat-
ed Press of AP political observ-
ers, newspaper analysts, party
= leaders and poll findings gave
;. Senator Kennedy an electoral
: vote lead.
The Democratic nominee was
rated ahead in is States with
1877 electoral votes, or 70 short
of the 269 needed to win.
Mr.. Nixon was credited with
: leading in II States with 112
electoral votes. Eighteen States,
with 228 electoral votes, were
:, called tossups.
States Votes Outlined
In the AP survey three weeks
!. ago, Mr.. Nixon was given a
lead in 10 States with 141 elec-
toral votes; Senator Kennedy
was credited with IA States
with 129 votes, and II States
with 267 votes were listed as
doubtful. Senator Kennedy's
jump into the forefront is
traced to his attaining an ap-
parent lead in New York (45)
: and California (32), both listed
as doubtful last time. But the
= California edge for Senator
Kennedy is considered very
small.
Mr.. Nixon gained Utah "a
from the doubtful group in this
survey. But Illinois (27), Wy
= oming 80 and Hawaii (3)
moved from the Nixon column
into the doubtful category.
Mr.. Nixon has been saying
= he senses q strong tide of VIC
tory running in his favor where
ever he goes. But with the pos
sible exception of Ohio (25),
the AP survey did not show any
clear signs of such a tide. And
in Ohio there was doubt that
any Nixon gains had erased
leanings toward Senator Ken
nedy.
Senator Kennedy's Roman
Catholic religion was reported
as contributing to the doubt
full status Of Minnesota 1D,
Texas (24), North Carolina
. dD, Missouri C13) and Ken
lucky QO.
However, in some large in
: duStrial States with sizable
Catholic populations, there was
some indication that Senator
Kennedy's religion was an ad-
vantage.
Results of Final Survey
The final AP survey gives
these States to Senator Ken
.nedy, with margins ranging
from substantial to minute:
. Alaska (3), Alabama CID,
Arkansas (8), California (32),
Connecticut 90, Georgia u2),
Louisiana 1O, Maryland 90,
Massachusetts, (16), Nevada
. 90, New Jersey d6), New York
(45), Rhode Island "a, West
Virginia go, and Wisconsin
. CID.
But IN Alabama and Georgia
and in undecided Mississippi
. too, a Democratic popular vote
victory would not necessarily
assure Senator Kennedy of all
the electoral votes of those
States. In Alabama five electors
on the Democratic ticket are
pledged to Senator Kennedy,
with six unpledged.
All IL of Georgia's Demo-
cratic electors are unpledged
but most of them have an
nounced support of Senator
Kennedy.
Louisiana has a States Rights
slate bidding for it's 10 electoral
votes. The States Rights candi-
dates are unpledged. Two states
OF Democratic electors - one
pledged to Senator Kennedy
and the other unpledged-are
competing for Mississippi's
SASAio ClCCUUl dl VOC6S.
These States are listed al
for Mr.. Nixon, again by vary
ing margins:
Delaware (3), Florida QO
Idaho "a, Iowa G0D, Indiana
Q3, Kansas 80, Maine (5)
North Dakota "a, New Hamp-
. shire 90, Nebraska 60, Okla.
homa go, Oregon (6), South
Carolina 90, South Dakota az
? Utah a., Virginia (12), anc
Vermont 90.
Doubtful States viewed a.
possibly leaning toward Sena.
tor Kennedy were Mississippi
90, Missouri Q3), North Caro-.
: lima 90, Ohio (25), and Ten.
nessee GD.
Doubtful States possibl,
leaning toward Mr.. Nixon wer,
+. Kentucky 1O, and Wyomin,
90.
The other tossup States, no
listed as leaning either way
I. were Arizona a., Colorad,
60, Hawaii (3), Illinois (27)
Michigan 600, Minnesota (1D
Montana a.. New Mexico "a
Pennsylvania (32), Texas t24)
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