Word: votes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Among the 14 states and 92 electoral votes missing, however, were seven southern states, having a combined electoral vote of 48, which would undoubtedly be given to Roosevelt...
...steadiest vote came in the Solid South, where not one college showed a majority for the Republican ticket, and very few had a Republican showing of more than 30 per cent...
Nine of the 13 signed a leter reading. "We, the undersigned, who support Franklin D. Roosevelt for President, will vote for John W. Haigis for Governor." Those signing were John B. Crane, Instructor in Economics, Clarence H. Haring '07, Robert W. Bliss Professor of Latin American History: Arthur N. Holcombe '08, professor of Government; Earl G. Latham '30, Instructor in Government; Samuel E. Morison '08, professor of History; Raiph Barton Perry, Edgar Pierce Professor of Philosophy; Arthur M. Schlesinger, professor of History; Earl N. Stilson '31, Instructor in Government; and Payson S. Wild, Jr., assistant professor of Government...
...colleges surveyed in Alabama gave a total of 1240 votes for Roosevelt and 183 for Landon. Hampton Institute in Virginia gave Roosevelt 394 to Landon's 124. The closest vote in Southern colleges was at Washington and Lee, where Landon showed 314 against Roosevelt...
...urban colleges pretty well. Barnard, Columbia, Manhattan, and New York University all gave Roosevelt a 5 to 2 lead. De Paul in Chicago gave Roosevelt 1084 to Landon's 227. The University of Chicago gave Roosevelt a 2 to 1 preference, and also had the largest minor party vote, giving Thomas of the Socialists 143, and Browder of the Communists...