The Archive · 1940

No Landslide Seen

However, it is generally expected that Mr. Roosevelt will not win by a landslide. His plurality in the popular vote, even according to Democratic estimates, will be only four to six million.

Political experts believe that the votes of five large states—New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio and Michigan—which combined have a total of 157 electoral votes, may decide whether the President wins by a landslide or in a "photo finish."

The election race in all these states is regarded os being close, President Roosevelt, according to most sur-

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