Lots of them tell both sides they're going to vote their way.

And people change their minds at the last minute, too.

You can't do much more than average the thing by means of a canvass." By nine o'clock, complete returns from the part of Jefferson County included in the Eighth District showed a net gain of one hundred and eight for Hopkins--a lead that it seemed impossible to overcome.
Washington County was not so bad.

Incomplete returns indicated a slight gain for Hopkins, but not more than a dozen votes altogether.
"Everything now depends upon Dupree and Fairview," announced Kenneth, "but I can't get any connection with them yet.

We won in Elmwood, anyhow, and Hopkins isn't ahead more than a hundred and sixty as the thing stands now.