ELECTIONS IN U.S.
GAINS FOR REPUBLICANS.?
WASHINGTON, October 31. On Tuesday the United States holds the biennial Congressional'elections.
At one time it. was thought that America's entry of the war • would markedly affect the chances of those candidates who were strongly isolationist before the war, but the results of the primaries have rather shattered such notions. The truth is that until late last year the preponderant desire in America was to keep out of actual hostilities, and. consequently there is no wish to punish those Congressmen. who strove to keep America aloof from the conflict.
Though the war has entered on a period of suspense, with eyes turned anxiously towards the Solomons, the electors voting on Tuesday will not be over-influenced by the grim realities of the war.
Republican gains are indicated in »< various ways, particularly because there is a normal svvingback in what is called an off-year election, as the Presidential election comes two years later.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 107, 2 November 1942, Page 5
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