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An exit poll of 400 voters by XYZ Newspaper suggests that there are 210 voters preferring...

An exit poll of 400 voters by XYZ Newspaper suggests that there are 210 voters preferring candidate Joe. Do you think the newspaper should conclude Joe won the election? Use the poll result to construct a 99% confidence interval to find it out and explain your conclusion.

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