When Survey Organizations Wrongly Predicted, in 1948, a Comfortable Victory

question 47

Multiple Choice

When survey organizations wrongly predicted, in 1948, a comfortable victory for Republican Thomas Dewey over Democratic president Harry Truman, what issue of public polling did they fail to heed?

• A) the issue of question wording
• B) the issue of intensity
• C) the issue of forced choice
• D) the issue of sampling
• E) the issue of timing

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