Show I The Straws in the Breeze TT IT Ir ought to be possible to estimate fairly I well the tho results of ot elections by straw balloting But the fact that such balloting is Js s so 50 often orten misleading suggests that there are aro always alway present some funny men who try to twist the poll in the of of their candidates If a n. Republican says falsely that last election ho voted Democratic or orif orif if Sf a Democrat similarly states wrongly ly hi his previous vote a misleading misleading- report of drift of or sentiment is given Comparison of ot the vote of or a certain group ot persons of as a a certain factory o or store with the tho vote vote sote of ot tho the sumo same group at nt a apr pr previous contest mn may not bo be trustworthy Th Tho pcr personnel onnel may have havo largely changed since tho the previous c It is just as ac well wall that such attempts to forecast the thc future are inconclusive Were Yero it possible thus to forecast an election a D. great block of floaters would rush to the side that ran ahead on tho the straw votes The uncertainty of t elections leaves the wobbly voter dep dependent on what sense he ho mo may be endowed with He Ho must decide according to his lights and take his chances of being a 0 loser Th |