Because peeping Walter Winchell had scooped its Presidential poll and got his facts wrong, FORTUNE last week released a digest of the poll two weeks before its scheduled publication in the magazine's October issue. The poll showed 53.2% of U. S. voters for Franklin Roosevelt, 35.6% for Wendell Willkie. FORTUNE'S conclusion: "Eliminating the undecided, only 43.9% seem to be in favor of his [Willkie's] election, against 56.1% opposed to it. But in the number of people answering 'don't know'10.8% more than those having no opinion on Rooseveltlie Willkie's chances to be elected."
Although the FORTUNE poll was taken before Wendell Willkie's...
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