Word: straws
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...results of the presidential straw ballot held among the faculty and undergraduates of Dartmouth by The Dartmouth, the undergraduate newspaper show that the two bodies were exactly opposed in their opinions of the presidential candidates. The faculty and officers of administration gave Wilson 64 per cent. and Hughes 36 per cent. of their votes, while the undergraduates gave Hughes the lead with 64 per cent to Wilson's 36 per cent. Hughes was supported by the officers of administration, but the faculty members of the departments of social sciences were solid for Wilson. The interest in the straw ballot...
...plurality of 513 votes over Woodrow Wilson, Charles Evans Hughes won the straw ballot presidential election conducted by the CRIMSON yesterday...
...victory of Charles Evans Hughes in the CRIMSON straw ballot was not surprising to those who have some knowledge of the political opinion in the University. Yet the overwhelming Republican plurality was unlooked for. Glancing back to the vote of 1912 when Wilson led, it is interesting to note that the combined number of ballots cast for Roosevelt and Taft exceeded by a comfortable margin the total vote for Wilson. True to the result indicated by the CRIMSON straw ballot. Wilson was elected in 1912. Can the obvious conclusion be drawn from this year's vote and a Hughes' victory...
...Straw ballot, CRIMSON Building...
...Straw ballot, Memorial Hall...