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Show the Salt Lake Tribune, Sunday, October 7, 1962 4A the image is the mental picture of the Democrats as the politician, using money as a means of gaining political power: 'AGAINST LETTING the economy work naturally . . . rabble-rouse. . . given to expediency . . . ready to remedy all situations without first thinking of the consequences . . . inflationary." , Still a third picture that emerge is that of the egghead," the bookish intelleo , tua type: " Rich, intellectual socialists . . . thin and always reading modern literature . . . idealistic . . . intelectual aristocrats leading a combination of minorities." er-all g Public Opinion Poll From Across the Nation Splintered Democrats Continue to Tip Voter Majority By George Gallup American Institute of ; Public Opinion PRINCETON, NJ, OM. 6--The explosive drama unfolded on the University of Mississippi campus mirrors some of .the basic inter-na- l conflicts be-- v setting the Dem- ocratic Party. By virtue of ;the vote of the 13 n Southern cast by electorate ; states an , overwhelmingly white the Dem- - ocratg have a long head start on the Republicans in every ! national congressional elec- tion. Without the overwhelming I support of Negroes, however, John F. Kennedy would not have been elected to the pres-- ; idency two years ago this November. Catholics Concentrated largely in the heavily populated states of the northeast six out of 10 Catholics outside of the South think of themselves as Democrats. Jews. Seven out of 10 Jewish voters think of themselves as Democrats. Only three Jews In s hundred are Republicans. Big City Voters. In the metropolitan areas of the North and West (cities 500,000 Demand over), ocrats outnumber GOP voters by better than 2 to L Union Labor. Six out of 10 union member families outside of the South say their basic W allegiance Is to the Democrats. President Kennedy . . . in Despite these strange polit- heavy support of Negroes. ical bedfellows, the Democratic confederation has successfully kept the Republicans in the minority position in UB. politics for the last three decades. rank-and-fil- e BUT WITH SUCH a variety of interests represented within IN THIS CONFLICT of In- the party, Democratic stratterest can be seen the reason must for the description once given egists a continually guard breakaway by any against the Democratic Party as s of their "warring tribes which confederation of warring might serve to tip the political tribes. scales In favor of the Republl-cans- . From Interviews with thou sands of voters in all parts of the country and from all walks In 1952 and 1956, for examof life now on file In Gallup ple, defections by large numPoll headquarters It Is pos- bers of normally Democratic" sible to Identify these diverse Catholic voters, and by South-elements In the present Dem- ern Democrats, were in former President ocratic confederation": Elsenhowers two personal Southerners. Six out of 10 landslide victories over DemSouthern voters call them- ocrat Adlal Stevehson. selves Democrats; only one IN CONTRAST TO the GOP Southerner In five says his .whose strength is based basic allegiance is to the GOP. (In congressional election largely on a central core of since the end of World War adherents to a unifying RepubII, the Democratic share of the lican philosophy the DemoSouthern popular vote has crats' present majority posiat nearly 80 per tion is largely a result of what , averaged might be called historical accent.) cident. ' Northern Negroes. Nearly Within Democratic strongout-. three out of four Negroes ' side of the South (72 per cent) holds, for example, there is little unity such as exists with i say they consider themselves e the Republican Democrats. on the basic issue of conservatism vs. liberalism. : rank-and-fil- Records Group Elects ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., Oct 6 (JP) Miss Alma K. Ledlg of Chicago was elected presi-den- t Saturday of the American Records Management Assn., succeeding Charles Macbeth of Culver City, Calif. fp: I II - -IIEEJXT1 -- SEE TODAY'S PAGE A-- 13 ' a Dwight D. Elsenhower . . . Overcame Demo majorities. that holds together the Dem ocratic Party, IT WAS THE success of Franklin D. Roosevelt In capturing the Northern- - urban blocs without losing the support of the Southern conservatives that created the present political majority of the Democrats. ADDING TO THE success the continuing decrease in the population in, the traditionally Republican , rural areas of the North and West. With thelf precariously assembled but thus far excoalition, tremely successful where do Democratic leaders go from here? :. was AMONG GOP VOTERS who are aware of the meaning of these two terms, for example, conservative philosophies are preferred - to liberalism by about a margin. In future trends, where With Northern Democrats, are the Democrats' greatest the preference for the libstrength and weaknesses? eral philosophy Is clear by On the plus side, certainly, a margin. must be counted the continuIn the South, however, con- ing growth of urban America servatism is preferred to libthe clustering of the eleceralism by a ratio of 3 to 2. torate In metropolitan areas Political atrategy - not po- where the Democrats have allitical Ideology Is the cement ways done well. -l liutuuiceA t&e 7emywU November 1st, -- from a jewelry store OUR OWN MODERN. 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Currently the college group jnakps up about 17 per cent of the electorate. If this ratio holds as the predicted increase in college-trainepersons continues, these statistics of the future will begin to challenge the Democratic superiority. Still another challenge-o- ne that exists currently, in fact concerns the question j of voter turnout '' d Not only win the better educated group continue to grow, but, judging from past performance, they will probably continue to compile a ''better voting record than those wit less education. Thi? is not a new problem for the Democrats, but it is one that may become more severe. bN SEVERAL occasions In past elections, their potential big majority has dwindled to a slim majority or even a minority simply because many of their avowed supporters did rs not take the trouble to vote for I F-- Every oneVotecL Demo Win in It is too early in the race to make any precise estimate of voter turnout in the November congressional elections. But as of now, indica-tion- s are that interest in the coming election is lagging behind what it was at this point in the 1958 congressional elections. r IF THIS lag continues up until the election, it could mean that less than half of the adults in the country would go to the polls In November. IF EVERYONE were .compelled by law to vote-4- s the case in Netherlands, and other foreign. nations Gallup Poll fmSingsvin-dicat- e that the Democrat would have an easy time of it, outpolling the GOP by many millions of votes. J-- Hf WHEN THOSE people who say they voted in the 1960 election, for example, are asked with which party they would register, if they had to sign up again, the totals, are as follows: IF , 1960 Voters Would sign up: Democratic . Republican Undecided big-cit- 51 "30 10 Among those persons who did not vote in 1960, the Democratic margin would be better in registra-than tion: IF RE REGISTERING 1960 Non-Voter- Would sign up: Democratic S' can e tme reason or another. The fact is as shown by Gallup Poll figures that if ajl adults were Required by law to vote (as is the case in some foreign countries), the Democrats would sweep to vie. tory in every Congressional election. Political observers agree that a new voters Initial ins SUMMING UP, these stupression of n party can play an important role in his fu- dent images of the Demoture voting behavior. cratic Party again confirm practically speaking, the Just how are the Demo- that, crats faring blithe nations Democrats are not one, but several parties the Northern colleges and high schools presthe Southern conservently? How respectable is the liberals,the union workatives, students these which image" now have of the Democrats. . er, the small farmer in the From descriptions students South. give of the Democratic Party - THAT THE Democrats hav in, a special Gallup study been able to hold together among this age group three these diverse elements is testidistinct, and quite different, mony of their adroit political pictures emerge. V strategy. By its very nature, however, PERHAPS MOST prevalent is the concept of the Dem this diversity is also one of erats as the party of the wort-in- the Democratic Partys greatman', the champion of the est potential weaknesses. r workers. In this category are statements like Oriented toward the have-not- s . . . minority groups . lover of labor unions . . . poor the l iiEErrT farmers in overalls educated . . . the SEE TODAY'S PAGE A1S lower economic classes." Another component part in ! I 56 26 g blue-colla- ... -- y |
