Literary Digest magazine mailed 10 million sample ballots to potential voters, and 2.3 million responses were received.
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Literary Digest magazine mailed 10 million sample ballots to potential voters, and 2.3 million responses were received. Given that the sample is so large, was it reasonable to expect that the sample would be representative of the population of all voters? Why or why not?
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