Question

Literary Digest mailed out millions of sample ballots to its readers months before a presidential election and then recorded responses from those completed and returned. From 1920 through 1932, these ________ predicted election results quite accurately, including the margins of victory. Group of answer choices social surveys straw polls sample surveys push polls

Answer 1

Answer: straw polls

Explanation:

A straw poll an unofficial vote that shows how the public thinks about a specific subject or their vote intentions in an election.

Literary Digest took a presidential election straw poll for years, and for years it accurately predicted the winner. It was only in 1936 that the poll predicted, mistakenly, the Republican candidate as the winner, and Literary Digest lost its credibility.

Answer 2

Answer:

Straw poll

Explanation:

Straw poll is a type of poll which is unofficial, it is used so as determine the opinion of the populace on a subject matter. It is also used by politicians to determine public opinions, this will help them to know what is best to say so as to gain people's vote during election.

Straw poll can also be used during a meeting to instantly determine an agreement or a consensus.