The Literary Digest tried to predict the outcome of the presidential elections of 1936 by using a nonscientific poll and an unrepresentative sample. As a result, the pollsters forecast that Republican Alfred Landon would easily defeat Democratic incumbent FranklinD) Roosevelt. This is an example of _____.

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The Literary Digest's error in predicting the 1936 presidential election outcome is an example of a straw-polling error, which occurred due to their use of a nonscientific poll and an unrepresentative sample.

The Literary Digest Tried to Predict the Outcome of the Presidential