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[Pottsville, PA] semi-rear shot Sen. Edward Martin greeting two smiling women and two men standing next to them // CU hands of US soldier put absentee ballot in letter drop slot at Army post office // [New Bedford, MA] CU side view Rep. John F. Kennedy standing in crowded line // CU military man fills out official ballot // MS man walks past ivy-covered building // [Middlebury, CT] VS CU Sen. William Purtell talking and listening to radio // CU man at outdoor microphone / [Beacon Falls, CT] Senate candidate Prescott Bush, in overcoat with collar turned up, greets people outdoors; wife Dorothy Walker Bush stands with him / [Wisconsin] Senator Joseph McCarthy, at table on platform with bunting behind him, reaches toward camera to shake hands with off-camera person / MS audience applauds and sits down at tables // [Middlebury, CT] Sen. William Benton speaks in office // [Democratic HQ] side view Senator Estes Kefauver looks up at return boards // [sped-up footage] tilt down audience at Republican party headquarters arena / tilt down arena with banner in back "Ike & Dick Come to Massachusetts, Massachusetts Goes for Ike & Dick" / VS audience in arena / at 1:43 a few black people can be seen in audience / [normal speed] MS Dwight D. Eisenhower, at microphones on podium, smiles and points to his wristwatch / LS Eisenhower and other politicians surrounded by press for photo op in arena, orchestra in bkgd