An online service ran a poll of its internet subscribers and asked whether they would re-elect the current President. Among the 1,304,240 responses, 768,731 answered "yes", 286,756
answered "no", and 248,753 said it was "too soon to decide". Given how large this sample
is, can it be considered to be representative of the population of the United States? Explain.

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The Answer of An online service ran a poll of its internet subscribers and asked whether they would re-elect the current President. Among the 1,304,240 responses, 768,731 answered "yes", 286,756
answered "no", and 248,753 said it was "too soon to decide". Given how large this sample
is, can it be considered to be representative of the population of the United States? Explain.

An Online Service Ran a Poll of Its Internet Subscribers