Prexy Poll Finds Wallace Favorite; Truman Shut Out (Vol. 13, Issue 11)

The Commentator poll of student presidential preferences, held in conjunction with Varsity Magazine’s nation-wide collegiate opinion poll, resulted in a landslide victory for Henry A. Wallace and his Progressive party. Douglas, Eisenhower, and Stassen followed in that order.

Not a single vote was cast for Harry S. Truman, probable Democratic standard bearer this fall, and only thirty-two per cent of the students polled expressed a preference for the Democratic Party, as compared to fifty-five per cent for the Progressive Party.

The complete results of the poll, in which 136 students participated, are as follows:

Candidate Votes 

Wallace - 76

Douglas - 19

Eisenhower - 16

Stassen - 10

Arnall - 3

Baruch - 2

Brewster - 2

Taft - 2

Martin - 1

Mead - 1

O’Dwyer - 1

Staltonstall - 1

Wagner - 1

Warren - 1

Party Votes 

Progressive - 72 

Democratic - 42

Republican - 9 

Liberal - 4 

Independent - 1