The Press: Forecaster

LANDON TO WIN 33 STATES, NEW FORECAST SHOWS

These New York Herald Tribune headlines last week delighted those readers of that arch-Republican sheet who hope to see Franklin Roosevelt defeated in November. Republicans, Democrats and non-partisans were equally curious about the reasoning which led to the headlines' conclusion. One Rogers C. Dunn, the Herald Tribune story went on to relate, having investigated the politics of every newspaper in the land (except those in six States which he conceded to the Democrats), had found that in 33 States representing 377 electoral votes (266 needed...

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