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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Trowj on 2023-11-06 18:07:29.

Original Title: TIL about the 1936 Literary Digest Presidential Poll which was so wrong it destroyed the magazine’s credibility. It projected Republican Alf Landon to defeat Incumbent Franklin Roosevelt easily. Roosevelt ended up winning 48 states and the popular vote by 24 percentage points