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During the 1936 presidential election campaign, a poll taken by Literary Digest predicted that Alfred Landon would defeat Franklin Roosevelt. The problem with this poll was

During the 1936 presidential election campaign, a poll taken by Literary Digest predicted that Alfred Landon would defeat Franklin Roosevelt. The problem with this poll was Correct Answer those who responded to the poll were not a true cross-section of the voting public

D. Those polled were chosen from automobile registrations and telephone directories, so this was not a representative sample. Many supporters of Franklin Roosevelt did not have cars or telephones.

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