Literary Digest's Prediction of the Winner in the 1936 Presidential

question 189

Multiple Choice

Literary Digest's prediction of the winner in the 1936 presidential election suffered from which common polling errors?
I.Wealthy Republicans were oversampled.
II.Polls were taken in early September,and voters changed their minds by November.
III.Only property owners were included in the sample.
IV.The polling relied heavily on self-selected respondents.

• A)I and II
• B)II and III
• C)III and IV
• D)I, II, and IV
• E)II, III, and IV

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