1936 election as predicted by Literary Digest and Gallup (user search)
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« on: August 26, 2016, 11:57:10 AM »
The main reason that polls like the Literary Digest overstated R numbers at that time is because most polls were done by telephone, which was still primarily owned by wealthy Americans at that time.  And prior to the culture wars, those voters were solidly GOP. 

I just wish that the Literary Digest prediction had been accurate...
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