A man gets to be President of the U. S. by winning the electoral votes of the several states—alphabetically from Alabama, with twelve votes, to Wyoming, with three.
When Governor Smith takes out pencil and paper to cast up his chances, he probably begins by weighing his chances to get the votes which Woodrow Wilson got in 1916. Mr. Wilson needed 266 votes to win. He got 277.
Mr. Wilson got 70 votes from the States of California, Idaho, Kansas, Ohio, Nevada, New Hampshire, Utah, Washington, West Virginia. Suppose Governor Smith should get...
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