8.43 Voter Turnout in Canada How likely are you to vote in the next federal general election? A random sample of 300 adults was taken, and 192 of them said. that they always vote in federal general elections.a. Construct a 95% confidence interval for the propor- tion of adult Canadians who say they always vote in federal general elections.

b. In the 36 federal general elections and three referendums held in Canada from 1867 to 1997, an average of 71% of registered electors have turned out to vote. Voter turnout ranged from a low of 44% in the prohibition plebiscite of 1898 to a high of 79% at the general election of 1958. Based on the interval constructed in part

a, would you disagree with their reported percentage? Explain.

c. Can we use the interval estimate from part a to estimate the actual proportion of adult Canadians who vote in the next federal general election? Why or why not?