The largest presidential poll ever got the results dead wrong


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In 1936, a magazine called “Literary Digest” surveyed millions of people and predicted that Republican Alf Landon would handily defeat the Democratic incumbent, Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Clearly, there was never a President Landon. Here’s what went wrong.

Produced by Arielle Berger. Original reporting by Dan Bobkoff.

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