Word: digesting
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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...
...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 of these was the prophecy that Davis and LaFollette would run about even...
Nittany, Pa., October 13:--Confucius! why was admirable foreknowing not apparent in abhorred paper last week stop Repetition will be ruin stop Must receive reply to satisfaction, enclose cash stop Here have peered at honorable opposition, will fix destiny tomorrow stop Occult art have been employed by Digest Poll to predict income, but money few and distant stop In blue funk stop Rose, felt ill this morning, atmosphere too warm for long stay stop Tomorrow will wish for weather more coolish, proceed to Tigerville to eat curry with laymen stop Will arrive Cambridge midnight, son I Fling accompanies stop Must...
...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...