Note 26 — Chapter V · THE ANTI-SUFFRAGISTS
Reading edition
As an example I quote the canvass of women municipal electors in Reading made respectively by the suffragists in 1909 and anti-suffragists in 1911. When the suffragists canvassed, the results were:—
In Favour Against Did not answer and Neutral
1047 60 467
When the anti-suffragists canvassed in 1910 the results were:—
In Favour Against Did not answer and Neutral
166 1133 401
With such disparity as this between the two returns no conclusion can possibly be drawn from either without further investigation of the methods pursued.