Roper & Gallup

Thirteen weeks before the election, during the week ending Aug. 5, Elmo Roper's interviewers conducted the latest FORTUNE survey. Result of one question: "Which one of these four statements do you come closest to agreeing with?"

1) Roosevelt has done an excellent job and it is very important that he should be President during the next four years 24.1%

2) Roosevelt has made mistakes and he's been in office for a long time, but it's still better that he should be elected President again for the next four years 28.4%

52.5%

3) While Roosevelt has done some good things, he's been in office long enough and the country would be better off to change to Dewey for the next four years. 30.7%

4) The reelection of Roosevelt for another four years would be a very bad thing for this country. 13.2%

43.9%

Don't know 3.6 %

Pollster George Gallup also has a score sheet. He finds Dewey slightly ahead, among 35 of the 48 states sampled in the past six weeks. Yet to be tested: the border states (Oklahoma, Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland); Pennsylvania, and all the crucial Northeast states but New York and Massachusetts. It takes 266 electoral votes to elect a President. The Gallup totals:

ROOSEVELT DEWEY

Electoral % Lead Electoral % Lead Votes Votes 8 S. Car. 89 6 Neb. 67

12 Ga. 84 8 Kans. 66

9 Miss. 84 4 S. Dak. 63

11 Ala. 80 4 N.Dak. 62

9 Ark. 78 13 Ind. 57

10 La. 76 19 Mich. 57

23 Texas 75 10 Iowa 56

8 Fla. 68 12 Wis. 56

14 N. Car. 67 6 Colo. 55

12 Tenn. 67 3 Wyo. 55

11 Va. 64 28 Ill. 54

4 Ariz. 58 25 Ohio 54

4 Mont. 57 4 Idaho 53

4 Utah 57 11 Minn. 53

4 N. Mex 56 47 N. Y. 52

3 Nev. 56 6 Ore. 51

25 Calif. 53 --

8 Wash. 53 206

16 Mass. 52

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