Show President Vote Belies Utah Dope Sheets Utah's Uth'S 1948 presidential election went astray from the dope sheet in its margin of Democratic victory victory vic- vic tory but it went true to form in one respect respect respect-it it set all time all-time high for a Utah vote turnout With only a handful of outlying voting small-voting districts still to re report report report re- re port in the vote had topped in m Wednesdays Wednesday's unofficial re re- re turns The previous record vote was hung up in m 1944 when it went a little over In 1947 the turnout was barely below Throughout the campaign the governors governor's race was credited with being the spur most likely to bring out the electorate and the returns showed that to be the thc case The gubernatorial clash marked up more ballots than the presidential presidential presidential totals That turnout was more mor than votes above the total cast castIn castin castin in Utah's first presidential election election election elec elec- tion after achieving ing statehood in 1896 The Republicans in losing Tuesday drew nearly as many votes as both parties together polled in 1916 |