Practically all State Governors now are Democrats, but the election of Republicans to the Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio and, above all, New York gubernational posts would create more difficulties for the Democratic Administration than would the election of 60 or 70 opposition Congressmen.
In New York State, the electoral fight is especially important because a victory for Thomas Dewey, Repub lican District Attorney, would have a great psychological effect upon the Republican Party, which has been unable to find a popular leader since 832.
Nevertheless, despite wide speculation, close observers of the situation do not expect the elections to modify in any important way the present Lalance. Nor do they believe that lhe President's prestige will suffer any decline.
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