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Candidate Tom Dewey, who kas always been a faithful reader of the pollster's barometer, was presented last week with a forecast of the political climate. Basing his conclusions on readings taken over the past four years, Pollster Elmo Roper predicted fair & warmer weather for the Republican ticket, with some danger of intermittent thundershowers...
...will shine brightest on Dewey, Roper reported, in the small towns and big cities of the Northeast and Middle West. The thunderclouds will bank up over the medium-sized cities of the South and Far West. Dewey's strongest support will come from prosperous men over 35; he will encounter the most opposition from young, lower-income voters, women and union members. Among the independents (whom Pollster George Gallup last fortnight estimated at 29% of the voting population), Candidate Dewey will just about hold...
...main reasons for supporting Dewey, said Roper, are a feeling that it's time for a change, that Dewey has proved himself a capable administrator, that he would be able to handle Russia abroad and do a "good, sound, businesslike job" at home. Against him is a dislike of the cold, cocksure Dewey manner, a fear that he is motivated by expediency, and the fact that he has run before and lost. As of last month, when Dewey was riding the crest of his Oregon victory, he could have beaten President Truman by 41% to 34%, would have lost...
Concluded Pollster Roper: "Governor Dewey is not a surefire bet to win the presidency but he will be a hard candidate for the Democrats to defeat. Perhaps his greatest weakness, from the long-term standpoint of the Republican Party, is his lack of appeal to young voters. His greatest strengths are his record of efficient administration, his own strength in the Middle West and Warren's strength on the West Coast...
...That Taft would release his pledged delegates to Dewey...