According to the text, the failure of the Literary Digest survey to accurately project the winner of the Landon versus Roosevelt election was the result of:
A) nonresponse bias.
B) a poorly designed questionnaire.
C) a biased sample.
D) using stratified sampling instead of simple random sampling.

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The Literary Digest survey failed because it used a biased sample, primarily drawing from telephone directories and automobile registrations, which did not accurately represent the general population during the Great Depression.

According to the Text, the Failure of the Literary Digest