POLITICAL NOTES: Polls

Gallup Polls, which probably lead public opinion as well as record it, last week showed striking increases in the strength of leading popular choices for the 1940 Presidential nominations. Among Democrats, John Nance Garner rose from a 20% choice (December) to 42%. Trailing him in order: Jim Farley, 10%; Cordell Hull, 10% ; Harry Hopkins, 8%.

Among Republicans, Thomas Edmund Dewey rose from 27% (before the Hines conviction—see below) to 50%; Michigan’s Vandenberg with 15% kept second place, ahead of Ohio’s Taft (13%). Herbert Hoover piled up 5%, sped past Alf Landon to capture fourth place.