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A sample poll of 100 voters chosen at random from all voters in a given district...

A sample poll of 100 voters chosen at random from all voters in a given district showed that 54 ± 3% of those polled were in favor of a particular candidate.

Find the confidence limits for the proportion of all voters in favor of this candidate.

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