Word: hoover
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...early hour this morning Boston returns complete except four precincts gave Roosevelt 177,892 votes to Hoover's 76,398, a lead of 101,494 for the Democratic candidate. In 1928, 362 precincts gave Smith a plurality of 98,835 in the election...
Whereas in 1928 the losers managed to take eight states, it appears that in the present election the losers will garner at the most five and at the least three states. The three states which are definitely for Hoover are Maine, which elected a Democratic governor in September, Vermont, and Pennsylvania. Other possibilities are New Hampshire, which reelected Winant, the Republican candidate for governor, and Connecticut, which elected a Democratic governor, Wilbur L. Cross. All of these states are normally Republican states, with the possible exception of Connecticut, and all of them went for Hoover in 1928 by large margins...
...outlined a program that would appeal to every class of people; speakers were admirably fitted to audiences, texts to local interests. The personal charm and sympathy of his candidate, the confident progression of his campaign, contrasted favorably with the cold mechanical personality, the franctic last minute efforts of Mr. Hoover. More-over, to a nation oppressed with taxes and disgusted with the failure of the Eighteenth Amendment "Immediate Repeal" had far more meaning than the verbiage surrounding "Resubmission...
...Republican "campaign of fear" has small significance. Armed with a confidence that only such a victory can give and with a Democratic Congress, Mr. Roosevelt will be in position to take full advantage of the executive power, a feature fatally absent in the Hoover regime. There need be no fear of radical demagegism in the new administration; in his security, Mr. Roosevelt can easily dispense with the Long's, the Norriss's, and the Brookhart's. The president-elect will desire to show the competence of Democrats in office; he will surround himself with capable advisers...
...State Hoover Roosevelt Alabama 186 2,136 Arizona 2,200 Arkansas 73 631 California 18,000 34,000 Colorado 8,881 10,183 Conn. 276,944 273,500 Delaware 340 296 Florida 1,400 4,300 Georgia 4,500 7,700 Idaho Illinois 76,000 115,000 Indiana 230,000 284,000 Iowa Kansas 66,962 67,664 Kentucky Louisiana 401 10,215 Maine 162,037 125,381 Maryland 86,124 170,710 Mass. 496,707 554,907 Michigan 83,111 83,452 Minnesota 551 948 Mississippi 1,734, 6,700 Missouri 683,192 954,854 Montana...