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C One definite forecast can be made mado at this lime time in regard rc-gard to the pr presidential sl- sl den lal election c cl November ember 3 That ThatIs Is that the tho total ote for all all' presidential presidential d candidates will be greatly l ld 11 i excess of the number of ballots caslin cast casl castin castin in an any previous election Both of th the major parties have been concentrating a great deal of their energies energieS' upon seeing to it that every oI one olie prospective voters O was registered and the result so far farha ha has been bee a a surprising increase in the tho total registration In New York Y-ork State Stat for example the registration is nearly a n million ini iru excess s of the number who voted In the thc 1932 presidential election The Increased registration is proportionately proportionately proportion proportion- som somewhat what less heavy in other sta states tes but on the whole it Is Isa a sa safe fe bet that there thore are around 15 ore n citizens in th the tha nation qualified to vote this year oar than ever eyer before Tho The effort to get out the vote rote does docs no not end of course couse v with i th seeing that all possible voters are registered From now until the lie morning of r f elec eke elect election Ion tion t day the tho most vigorous efforts will be made to see to it th tint t not only those th-ose newly registered but 3 al alof 1 of the previously qualified voters hi is states where annual registration is not required actually go to the p polls lb That will not be such a difficult task as it has bas been in man many previous electrons elections The proverbial apathy of the tho American voters oters seems to lo be a minus quantity this year car Certainly not since 1916 has partisan spirit run such a high temperature and I penetrated so so deeply into the mass massof massof of voters voter's Expect Item heaviest cst lest Vote Voto While Whilo there theio are arc no exact figures of oC the total number of persons Qualified qualified quail quail- fied fled to vote ote In the entire nation on there are somewhere above citizens who have reached d the age of 21 and who can vote tote If they have been duly registered The heaviest vote ever cast was in 1932 when citizens went to the polls That the popular vote voto will run closer to than th this s year rear is the expectation expectation expectation tion of all of the thc best bost informed political political poli poll observers All AU of the political signs point not only to a heavy Y vote ote but to a much closer division of the vote bet between the major parties than at any Lime I within the pa past t 20 years cals That Is isono ono Olle of the reasons why It is so difficult cult cUl to forecast tho oho outcome with confidence At this thir stage in almost campaign campaign campaign cam cam- ever every ory previous lous pr presidential tho the experienced political forecasters forecasters fore fore- c casters have been boen able to S1 say ti Ith neat certainty which party would win lvin There ha have ha e a na as a matter of fact been vcr very few close elections lu iu the time pO political li history of America since 1860 But when it comes to predicting the tiro election outcome those e who ho Im ap approach I v- v the question with the m most moss r pe because o of wt wt 1 i fact factors factor's rs whose lose value Yalu it is to t-o de determine I i Relief and Labor Vote Continued on lU last page pase l. l This Week In Washington D. 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C Those two factors are arc the Pie r relief lIe r vote and the labor vote ote The general Jon gen that the relief vote vole is oral eral a assumption Tsui will go go- preponderantly for or the reelection re reelection re- re Roosevelt There Thoro Is election lection of Mr Ir no way of determining whit proportion proportion beneficiaries of the tho Administrations Administration's Administrations Administration's Ad Ad- tion of the tho ministrations ministration's relief reller measures have hav of voting the theDE boon been In the habit DE Democratic ticket anyway any Much Deitch the same serne situation exists In regard to the tho lab labor r vote Organized labor and the families of members account for Cor a aI I of labor un unions amens ons may I possible total of presidential on tin v votes vOles o to s. s But nut again the of thes arises as to what proportion In the habit o of f has been x Democratic ticket In voting yoting the Nobody knows elections previous ious ious tho the general belief bellet that thata While it Is a higher proportion of the tho organized ze l workers In trade and arnd Industry a aa and anda of those proportion a higher economic strata the lower occupy getup will vote for Mr 11 Roo Roosevelt this y year ear car carthan earthan Democratic than have voted for the candidates es tn In previous years there of or finding out what percentage percentage per per- is is no way of the relief vote and the of ot f the labor abor vote wily will go gJ to either o major candidates all of the signs of oi I In other wadIs wadI's close Int to lo ani am extremely the election for the first time in ill 20 years |