Poll: West Virginia, Connecticut back Dewey
Governor far ahead of Willkie
By George Gallup, Director, American Institute of Public Opinion
Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York is first choice at this time for the Republican presidential nomination among GOP voters in Connecticut and West Virginia.
In each of the two states, field reporters for the Institute asked a cross-section of those who stated a preference for the Republican Party which of the following men frequently mentioned as GOP nominee possibilities they would prefer.
In Connecticut, the results of the survey are as follows:
| Dewey | 50% |
| Willkie | 26% |
| MacArthur | 17% |
| Bricker | 4% |
| Stassen | 3% |
In West Virginia, these are the results:
| Dewey | 48% |
| Willkie | 23% |
| MacArthur | 15% |
| Bricker | 13% |
| Stassen | 1% |
Next door to New York, Connecticut Republicans are more heavily in favor of Governor Dewey than are GOP voters in the New England area as a whole.
The most recent poll measuring Republican candidates’ strength in New England shows Governor Dewey and Wendell Willkie virtually running neck and neck, Governor Dewey winning 40% of the vote, Mr. Willkie 38%.
In the West Virginia poll, both Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Ohio Governor John W. Bricker show more strength than they do either in the Mid-Atlantic section or in the country as a whole.
Latest polls in the Mid-Atlantic area show Gen. MacArthur winning 17% of the vote and Governor Bricker 5%.c
Throughout the country, Gen. MacArthur is named by 19% of the Republican voters as their choice for the nomination. Governor Bricker is named by 7%.