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Show The Salt Lake Tribune, Wednesday April 6, 1960 5 r Public Opinion Poll t Voter Sentiment Favors Electoral College Reform electoral vote with what would have happened had the proportional method been in effect. By George Gallup Institute of Public Opinion i ; PRINCETON, N. J., April 5 With another presidential election on the horizon, grass .roots sentiment N"1S avor , lof changing the 4 present "winner- stake-al- l system 'of the electoral college to make it more repre- T ' isentative of the wi ttie pp0- 'S STEVENSON, who go 422 per cent of the major-partvote, received only 14 per cent of the electoral votes. Eisenhower, with 57.8 per rent of the vote, received 86 been about 224 instead of the 74 he actually received.- - major-part- been divided according to the popular vote, Eisenhowers total would have been reduced from 457 votes to about 507. Stevenson's total would have JUDGING BV some of the incorrect answers received as to what the electoral college is, some Americans have some strange ideas about the present method. Here are just a few b'f the answers Gallup Poll reporters got from voters defining the electoral college incorrectly; IT S WHERE they train the politicians how to vote . . . Its probably some kind of college around here . , , Its something they have on TV showing people how to vote ... it helps people ,to live comfortable . . . its when students from college take a vote among themselves." Coinmittee 'Urges Contempt Count for 13 Chicago Tribune Service each of the 13, reading a pre- 100 million dollar international pared statement, refused to Communist propaganda camanswer questions. paign. If the House approves the committees recommendation WASHINGTON, April 5 ActivThe House ities Committee Tuesday voted to recommend that 13 witnesses who refused to testify about Communist activities at hearings In Puerto Rico last November be cited for contempt of Congress. the contempt charge will be ferred to the Justice ment for prosecution. re- Depart- ..if M dam.f.4 ctwiinf Fh. IM THE COMMITTEE said that testimony presented at the THE COMMITTEE said that hearings disclosed a current Ixt. 441 ZC Ml NtA PATTERNS 2nd floor rm ? a 2 I u nder . the Dr. Gallup present method, .the candidate 'who receives a plurality of the vote in any state wins all of its electoral . Votes, In sounding out public opinion on revising the electoral college system, the Gallup Poll first sought to determine how many voters, know what is inent by the electoral college. About three out of ten voters., or 32 per centv had a reasonably correct idea of the meaning of the term, while the remaining 68 per cent either gave incorrect answers or said they didnt know what the term meant. Eastsld W' PRUgUKKr.4 EACH PERSON in the survey was then asked a question - in which the- - general idea of the present system and a proposed change were described as follows: - Today, the presidential candidate who gets the most pop-- , ular votes in a state takes allj the electoral votes 'of that sfafeTDo you think thls'sRouId or should not be changed so that each of the candidates . would.receive the. same, .proportion of electoral votes that he gets in the popular vote? .ci - -- Bountiful, 40 W. 2 Salt Luka, 870 E. 4th South-Kea- rm, 4195 Kearns Blvd. Salt Luke, 708 W. No. Templ- e- Holladay, 4711 Holladay Blvd. North-West- slde F L , Kit ry iZj ,.y to beat the hig h cost of I Lvi n g yo u r cfaance WARRANTY TO CHOOSE FROM . . . 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