Standard error of the sample proportion voting

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Problem: An exit poll of 1126 voters in the 2014 New York gubernatorial election indicated that 60% voted for the Democratic Candidate, Andrew Cuomo with most of the rest voting for the republican candidate, Rob Astorino.

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Question 1: If actually 55% of the population voted for Cuomo, find the standard error of the sample proportion voting for him, for this exit poll.

Question 2: If actually 50% of the population voted for Cuomo, would it have been surprising to obtain the results in this exit poll? Why?

Question 3: Based on your answer in 2) would you be willing to predict the outcome of this election?

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