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...Democrats' $1,000,000 deficit from the last campaign), said the Digest will no longer be aimed at a "limited intellectual audience." It will be converted from a "political luxury the party cannot afford" to a direct channel of communication between the national commit tee and Democratic precinct workers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Eggheads, Go Home | 11/26/1956 | See Source »

...59th precinct of the 13th ward is accurately known as "Little Lithuania." Its voters know what it means to be ground under the heel of Russian oppression. Ike won the precinct by 53.3% in 1952. This time he took...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ELECTION: The Avalanche | 11/12/1956 | See Source »

...70th precinct of the 13th ward is heavily Italian. Ike came from 44.4% in 1952 to 53-3% this year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ELECTION: The Avalanche | 11/12/1956 | See Source »

...41st precinct of the 16th ward is a low-income Negro district. Ike lost it in 1952, scoring a paltry 25.5%. This time he received 41%-and Negro switches of similar size were reported in city after city of the Northeast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ELECTION: The Avalanche | 11/12/1956 | See Source »

...44th precinct of the 18th ward is middle-income Irish. It gave Eisenhower only 40.7% of its 1952 vote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ELECTION: The Avalanche | 11/12/1956 | See Source »

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