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Literary Digest used what kind of polls to predict the popular vote in presidential elections?
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Straw polls . "straw poll or straw vote is a vote with nonbinding results. Straw polls provide dialogue among movements within large groups. [1][2] In meetings subject to rules of order, impromptu straw polls often are taken to see if there is enough support for an idea to devote more meeting time to it, and (when not a secret ballot) for the attendees to see who is on which side of a question. " From wiki
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How can one predict the next presidential succession?
It is impossible to predict absolutely the next presidential succession in a democracy. However, one can study the trends of polls, local elections and the mood of the electorate before an election to try to get some insights.
What are some examples of statistics to predict?
When polls are taken, they tend to predict the outcome of political elections.
How does the outcome of the off-year election affect the Presidential election?
Off-year elections occur in the middle of presidential terms. They usually reflect the current opinion of the President and his party. As such, they may predict what will happen two years later, in the next presidential election. However, much can change in two years and the candidates two years later may be very different from the present leadership.
How do you infer using literary text?
you could go and predict information in a story
How did the Census Bureau use the UNIVAC in a presidential election?
The UNIVAC I was used by the Census Bureau to predict the outcome of the 1952 presidential election.
What can you predict about Wilson as president?
Very little because his presidential term has already ended.
What was the problem with the 1936 Literary Digest poll?
The LD had been drawing its polling sample from 2 groups: automobile registrations and telephone subscriptions. This method allowed them to predict 5 presidential elections - 1916 to 1932 - correctly. By 1936, however, FDR had disenchanted many of the middleclass voters - those with cars and/or phones - who had helped him to his landslide in '32. Car and phone owners that year voted overwhelmingly for Landon, as the LD predicted. But the majority of voters were workingclass people with neither a car nor a phone. It was they the LD ignored - and they who reelected FDR.
What factors predict the outcome of elections?
amount of votes from people, amount of votes from electoral college. (in other words, there is no particular algorithm that tells you who will win)
Why did the literary digest miss judged the 1936 election?
Sampling error. The LD had been drawing its polling sample from 2 groups: automobile registrations and telephone subscriptions. This method allowed them to predict 5 presidential elections - 1916 to 1932 - correctly. By 1936, however, FDR had disenchanted many of the middle class voters - those with cars and/or phones - who had helped him to his landslide in '32. Car and phone owners that year voted overwhelmingly for Landon, as the LD predicted. But the majority of voters were working class people with neither a car nor a phone. It was they the LD ignored - and they who reelected FDR.
What factors are important in predicting presidential elections?
This is how I would predict the next president: 1. Look at the current situation and the people's wants and needs 2. Look at the past great leaders and how they got elected. (Hitler, Stalin, Churchill, Washington, etc.) 3. See which leader type the two candidates are. The one that is the closest to one of the candidates above will probably be elected president.
Foreshadowing is used for?
Foreshadowing is a literary device which the author deploys do indicate or hint at something which might or will occur later in the text. It basically allows the reader to predict an outcome.
What does the media use to predict to outcome of the election on election night?
What those of the media say it is - is what results are allready known, the rest is guesswork at best. This tecnique seems to be used in every country that has elections
