Introduction by the Editors
Introduction by tne Editors TH E following pages present reports by N E W L E A D E R correspondents, and special correspondents, on the election trend in key areas of the nation. One fact...
...In most states, every vote w i l l count...
...apart from 1936, no Republican has received less than 59 since Lincoln...
...The most common prediction is the re-election of the President and a Democratic Congress, but no election is decided until the ballots have been counted...
...Dewey got 99 and 189 in his two tries...
...No Democrat has received less than 87 since Reconstruction days...
...Barring landslides of the 1928, 1936 and 1952 varieties, each party can usually count on 100...
...Weak local GOP candidates need Ike's coat-tails...
...Since it seems doubtful that either candidate w i l l get less than 25 million this year, the election will be decided by 5-10 million ticket-splitters, independents and "strays," most of them concentrated in the closely-divided North and West...
...To win, a Presidential candidate needs 266 of the 531 electoral votes...
...In 1952, Eisenhower received 33.9 million votes, Stevenson 27.3 million...
...One fact seems obvious: The race is between the personal popularity of Dwight Eisenhower and the cumulative strength of the Democratic party...
...That is why the campaign has been pitched to the marginal moderate rather than the party militant...
...not much more than 60 million votes will be cast on November 6. Since 1940, the Republicans have always mustered at least 21 million, the Democrats at least 24 million...
...and this is especially true of the Congressional races...
...A d l a i Stevenson's hopes rest with strong local Democrats...
...Registration this year has not kept pace with the population increase...
...Stevenson got 89 in the last election...
Vol. 39 • October 1956 • No. 44
