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Show NATIONAL RLI'UBLIC POLL Now that the dates oi' Ui Republican and Democratic National Conventions arc approaching there is naturally an increasing tension on the part of the politicians and an increasing in-creasing intei es' amo:.;.'; the people as to the prospective candidates. can-didates. A poll taken by the National Republic a monthly magazine at Washington devoted to public affairs, in November, Nov-ember, 1927, indicated, that Hoover and Smi'h were the leading lead-ing candidates so 'far as sentiment is concerted, in most of the stales. The same magazine has just 'con ileted a second poll which develops the fact that Horver rv Smith continue in the lead by a wider margin than in November. A query was sent to Republican newspapers all over the country asking for an unbiased opinion on the prevailing sentiment in their respective communities as to both Republican and , Democratic candidates. According to this poll, in which approximately 3,000 editors voted, Governor Smith leads as Democratic choice in every state but Missouri and Kansas, where Reed leads; in Florida and Mississippi, where he is tied with Reed, and in Maryland, where he is tied with Governor Ritchie? The total ballot shows Smith 1,425; Reed 370; Ritchie 9; Walsh, '1399; Meredith, 64; McAdoo, 26; Donahey, 21; Woolen, 19, scattered 69. The poll shows a Hoover preponderance as first or second choice in every state of the Union, except Missouri, where Hoover is behind both Lowden and Dawes. The states in which Hoover leads in number of newspapers reporting re-porting him as first choice are Alabama, Arkansas, California, Cali-fornia, Colorado, Connecticut, Deleware, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana. Maine, Maryland, Massachussets, Michigan, Nevada, Nev-ada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin Wis-consin and Wyoming. Lowden is reported as first choice of most localities in Arizona, Rlinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Mis-souri, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota. Borah leads in Idaho, Curtis in Kansas and Watson in Indiana in number of newspapers reporting local majority sentiment in their favor. Coolidge leads in Georgia, Norris in Nebraska; Hoover and Lowden are tied in Mississippi. The poll shows that among the Republicans Hoover is the leading candidate in states having 712 delegates ki the Kansas City convention, with Lowden, who is next, bavins' the lead in states which wiii have 242 delegates in the convention. con-vention. No other candidate leads in more than one state. Lowden's principal strength was in the Middle West. Governor Smith's lead in nearly, every state was heavy. . In California he received ."3 votes to 7 for Reed and in Iowa 147 to 7 for Reed. In Ohio he received 51 votes against 12 to Governor Donahey, who will be a favorite son in the convention. con-vention. In Montana he received practically as many votes as the favorite son, Senator Walsh. In Missouri, however, state of Senator Reed, the favorite son led Smith 87 to 14. |