In 1924, Calvin Coolidge 2573, John W Davis 1200, Robert LaFollette 789.

In 1928, Herbert Hoover 2080, Alfred E Smith 1775.

In 1932, Herbert Hoover 1211, F.D.R. 395, Norman Thomas 386.

In 1936, Alfred E. Landon 1016, F.D.R. 995.

1940, Wendell Wilkie 2345, F.D.R. 1705

Between 1941 and 1945 Harvard served as a training ground for the armed forces and the Harvard Service News, the war time CRIMSON, took no polls and wrote no editorials.

The first post-war poll, in 1948, clearly indicated that things were changing around Harvard. Although Dewey got 52 per cent of the vote, the University split its vote schizophrenically. The breakdown:

Dewey 1520, Truman 739, Thomas 215, Wallace 212. Thurmond 95, Undecided 95, Other Candidates 70.

Coincidentally, this was the first year Radcliffe girls were polled. It was also the first year that the Democratic candidate for president was ever endorsed in a CRIMSON editorial.

In the four presidential elections since then, the Democratic candidates have been victorious in the University three times, and have been endorsed by the CRIMSON four times:

In 1952, Stevenson 1942, Elsenhower 1315. (Straw poll results charged fraudulent by HYRC.)

In 1956, Elsenhower 2785, Stevenson 2637.

In 1960, Kennedy 3461, Nixon 2412.

In 1964, Johnson 4470, Goldwater 719.

Although the CRIMSON only has on file the presidential straw polls since 1884 it is generally agreed that the practice is considerably older, dating probably to 1788. After all, the institution of President of the United States did not come into being until well into Harvard's maturity as a University.