Define "Public Opinion Poll

question 66

Essay

Define "public opinion poll." Discuss the early efforts of opinion polling, the effects of the inaccurate prediction by the Literary Digest poll in 1936, and the method developed by Gallup to provide more accurate methodologies. Do you believe these newer methods have provided accurate opinion poll data to help Americans understand public opinion on important political questions?

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