Roosevelt election reported in doubt
New York (UP) –
Newsweek Magazine reported today that its survey of election trends this week for the first time showed the reelection of President Roosevelt to be in doubt and indicated the vote in four states may decide the presidential race.
The survey, conducted among 118 political observers over the country, gave Mr. Roosevelt 25 states with an electoral vote of 230. Governor Thomas E. Dewey, Republican presidential candidate, was predicted to carry 19 states having 232 electoral votes.
The four deciding states, the survey indicated, will be Minnesota, Missouri, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, with a total of 69 electoral votes – all rated as “tossups.”