Question ID:PT9 S2 Q6 Passage:In the summer of 1936 a polling service telephoned 10,000 United States voters and asked how they planned to vote in the coming presidential election. The survey sample included a variety of respondents—rural and urban, male and female, from every state. The poll predicted that Alfred Landon would soundly defeat Franklin Roosevelt. Nevertheless, Roosevelt won in a landslide. Stem:Which one of the following, if true, best explains why the poll’s prediction was inaccurate? Correct Answer Choice:CChoice A:The interviewers did not reveal their own political affiliation to the respondents. Choice B:Only people who would be qualified to vote by election time were interviewed, so the survey sample was not representative of the overall United States population. Choice C:The survey sample was representative only of people who could afford telephones at a time when phone ownership was less common than it is today. Choice D:No effort was made to determine the respondents’ political affiliations. Choice E:Because the poll asked only for respondents’ candidate preference, it collected no information concerning their reasons for favoring Landon or Roosevelt.