Word: polle
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...current figures in the Literary Digest poll show a very large majority for Roosevelt. This is even more significant in view of the fact that most of the votes so far returned are from those who could ordinarily be expected to vote Republican. They have come more from the business and professional class than from wage earners, inasmuch as ballots are mailed only to those who have automobiles or telephones registered under their names, Consequently a Democratic landslide is in prospect...
...accuracy of the Digest's straw vote is not beyond question, however. While the poll is conducted with scrupulous honesty and care, there are several factors which provide a possibility of error. Most of the votes are cast a month before the election, and many people are apt to change their minds. A candidate may do something foolish, or an unexpected event may occur, or Trend be evidenced, which will change the whole course of public opinion. The possibility of error is not large enough to be of importance except in a close election, however, and the forthcoming election does...
...past, the most accurate results were obtained from the interview method used by the Hearst papers in 1928, which presaged the results almost exactly. This method, however, offers possibilities of grave abuses and has in the past been distrusted by the public. The common type of newspaper poll, in which ballots are printed in the paper, is absolutely unreliable. That used by the Literary Digest, which mails about twenty million ballots and receives answers from about 23 per cent, is the most comprehensive and attracts the most interest, but has made some very serious errors in the past. Most notable...
...half a dozen rotten eggs" to be apportioned to each marcher but both Democrats and Republicans insisted the President would be subjected to no discourtesy. Some G. 0. P. strategists thought a Hoover speech in Republican Iowa would be wasted effort but last week the state-wide straw poll of the Des Moines Register & Tribune stood 45,509 votes for Roosevelt, 27,981 for Hoover...
...Literary Digest poll, Mr. Hoover is conceded Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York, giving him the total of 256 with the regular Republican states. The pivotal and doubtful states with large electoral votes challenge particular attention in this election...