Word: ballots
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...result of the straw ballot for the five Presidential candidates held under the auspices of the Eastern Intercollegiate Newspaper Association in 17 of the leading colleges in the East, Senator Warren G. Harding defeated Governor James M. Cox by 5800 votes out of a possible 15,683 cast for all five candidates...
...This ballot, representing the choice of 15,683 college men, would lead one to believe that Harding will be the choice of the educated people of the United States. However, the fact that most of these colleges from which returns have been received, are situated in and draw the largest part of their students from a district which is usually Republican, may have something to do with the results...
...CRIMSON Straw Ballot held yesterday, Senator Warren Gamaliel Harding, the Republican nominee, defeated Governor James Middleton Cox, the Democratic candidate, by 270 votes. 2030 votes were cast, which represents considerably more than 50 percent of the members of the University...
Last May the CRIMSON held a straw ballot for the presidential candidates. Herbert Hoover then swept the University with a large majority, with Leonard Wood as his nearest competitor. Harding and Cox, scarcely considered as presidential prospects at that time, polled only a scattered eight votes in this balloting...
...results of the straw ballots in the other universities of the east will be listed tomorrow. RESULTS OF CRIMSON STRAW BALLOT College Law School Other Graduate School Medical School Faculty Total Harding, 485 377 101 100 12 1075 Cox, 329 297 112 51 16 805 Debs, 60 28 9 13 0 110 Christensen, 17 8 1 4 1 31 Watkins...