What Happened as a Result of the Literary Digest Inaccurately

question 48

Multiple Choice

What happened as a result of the Literary Digest inaccurately predicting the presidential election results of 1936?​

• A) ​Alfred Landon became president.
• B) ​The Literary Digest changed its formula for calculating elections predictions.
• C) The Literary Digest was put out of business.
• D) ​Americans began to rely more heavily on straw polling.
• E) ​Americans ceased to use public opinion polls to predict presidential elections.

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