The Pittsburgh Press (October 31, 1944)
Guffey predicts landslide triumph
Washington (UP) –
Senator Joseph F. Guffey (D-PA) today denounced “stargazing, done with mirrors,” by which “some political prognosticators” have arrived at the conclusion that the presidential election will be close.
Mr. Guffey predicted a Roosevelt landslide of 390 electoral votes.
Asserting his confidence in betting commissioners as against “prognosticators” making “mythical decisions,” Senator Guffey declared:
The boys who are willing to put cash on the barrelhead give Roosevelt the advantage in enough states to give him 390 electoral votes.