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    North Carolina Votes
    North Carolina Votes
    North Carolina Votes
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    North Carolina Votes

    By Donald R. Matthews

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    Here for the first time in one handy volume are the statistics, presented in 304 tables, of the general election returns that show the vote in each of the hundred counties for the president of the United States, 1868-1960, the governor of North Carolina, 1868-1960, and the United States senator from North Carolina, 1914-1960.

    Originally published 1962.

    A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe University of North Carolina Press
    Release dateJun 1, 2012
    ISBN9780807874325
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      North Carolina Votes - Donald R. Matthews

      Introduction

      Americans are said to be unusually fond of statistics. The evidence in support of the generalization is impressive. Almost any growing boy can tell you Mickey Mantle’s current batting average, correct to three decimal places. Football scores, basketball shooting percentages, and track records are reported in awesome detail by the daily press and printed in numerous reference works for the wonderment of future fans. Facts and figures on other subjects are almost as well reported. A moment or two spent with the World Almanac informs one that the Washington Monument is exactly 555 feet, 5 1/8 inches tall; that 212,000 cubic feet of water per second passes over Niagara Falls, 94 per cent over the Horseshoe portion; that in 1960 there were 24,035 hospital beds and 1,743 bassinets in the 130 hospitals in Alaska; that the population of Blackfoot, Idaho, was 7,378 in 1960, a sizeable increase over its 1950 population of 5,180. And where else but in the United States could the Kinsey report, a statistical tome on sex, become a nationwide best seller? We do have a penchant for counting, measuring, weighing, and for publishing the results in readily available form.

      Under the circumstances, it is odd that the results of our elections are so poorly reported. The federal government, which regularly collects and publishes detailed information on the population, social structure, and economic activity of the United States, has left this responsibility very largely to the states. The states have responded variously or not at all. The result is that we have less adequate statistical information on elections—the pulse of American democracy—than on most other areas of

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