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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1936
Page
8
The Gallup Institute reports Roosevelt with 55.8 percent of the major party vote from 204,451 ballots, up from last month. He leads in 26 states while Republicans are ahead in 6, with 16 states considered borderline. The data map shifts Democratic strength east of the Mississippi and Republican gains west, highlighting a battleground for the 1932 election.
The piece notes Roosevelt with 59 percent major party support over Hoover and highlights his early bank crisis handling, fireside chats, NRA and AAA measures boosting his majority. It cites a February 1934 Institute poll at 69 percent and mentions a later decline as criticism of the New Deal grew.
New York June 6 accuracy is the acid test of polls says the Institute of Public Opinion. Over eight months polls tracked Roosevelt and GOP candidates, with every voteable issue showing the recorded trend. Several state results and candidate standings are cited as evidence of accuracy.
The table shows state vote figures today, two days before the Republican convention in Cleveland to pick Roosevelt's opponent. Roosevelt gains in Vermont Kentucky Utah and North Carolina while holding steady in Pennsylvania New Jersey and Ohio and falling in 41 states. Louisiana suffers a 14 point drop and South Dakota 13 points in Democratic strength since 1932.
The text tracks fluctuating voter support across January to June for Roosevelt Landon Borah and Hoover, noting shifts in party strength, primary results in California Illinois Wisconsin and Ohio, and a decline in third party movement after Huey Long's assassination. It also mentions Germany developing a refrigeration based leather softening process.
New York June 6. An Institute poll shows Roosevelt would trail if only the upper two thirds voted. Roosevelt would win 47.64 percent versus 55.8 percent overall. Republicans urge targeting lower income voters to sway November outcome. Farmers in the Mid-West lean Republican while Southern farmers back Roosevelt less. Third parties weakened with Socialist split. overall third party support at 2.5 percent. Odds on reelection shift despite rising Roosevelt majority in the poll.
The American Institute of Public Opinion surveyed national sentiment on a six year single term for the President with no re election and on the idea of a third term. The Montana Standard will publish results next week along with 71 other papers.
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