Word: straws
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...ballots in the CRIMSON'S straw vote, men were asked to state whether or not they had reached voting age. Out of the total vote of 4583, 1542 ballots were cast by men who were less than 21 years. This is 33.6 per cent of the total. In the college 1461 out of 2048 voters or 71.3 per cent, were minors...
Sweeping the University even more completely than Harding did in 1920, Calvin Coolidge, the republican nominee, in the CRIMSON straw vote yesterday led Davis more than two to one in what was the most thorough poll on presidential nominees ever taken in the University. Coolidge polled 2573 votes, Davis received 1200, and La Follette...
...CRIMSON'S straw vote of 1920, the total number of ballots cast was 2030. These votes were distributed among the five men on the ballot, as follows: Harding, 1075; Cox, 805; Debs, 110; Christensen, 31; and Watkins, 9. Four years ago the Republican candidate had 52.7 per cent of the total vote and his Democratic opponent 39.6 per cent. This year the Republican majority has risen to 56.1 per cent of the total, while the Democrats have fallen to a 26.2 per cent vote. The loss of the Democrats this year has gone into the making of the big third...
With two thousand votes from the Faculty and graduate schools already in and with hundreds still coming with every mail, the CRIMSON will wind up today the University presidential straw ballot by taking the vote of the undergraduates at eight polling places located conveniently throughout the College...
...final precursor of the CRIMSON'S straw vote on Thursday, the results of which will be announced on Friday morning, it is of especial interest. With the opportunity that wavering voters will have of hearing three debaters of national prominence argue on the issues of the campaign, it is probable that a great many men will reserve their final decision until after the debate has closed...