Politics

Along with the rest of New Hampshire, Hanover gave its attention to politics during the first part of March and then turned out in record numbers to vote in the Presidential Primary on March n. For a town pictured by one noted midwest journal as a stronghold of New Dealism, it's surprising where all the Republican votes come from. Hanover cast 910 Republican ballots and 98 on the Democratic side. This total, on a foul day, was 302 greater than the primary vote in 1948, indicating something of the political excitement that had been generated.

Hanover gave General Eisenhower one of the largest majorities in the state. The Republicans favored him over Senator Taft, 697 to 149. Stassen polled 42 votes and Schneider 2, while General Mac Arthur got 9 write-in votes, and Justice Douglas one. In the Democratic balloting, Hanover preferred Senator Kefauver over President Truman, 47 to 25. Governor Stevenson received 20 write-in votes.

President Dickey got two Republican write-in votes for Vice President, and President Emeritus Hopkins and Prof. Andrew J. Scarlett '10 each got one.