During the 2000 South Carolina Republican primary, George W. Bush supporters telephoned conservative white voters to ask if they would be more or less likely to vote for John McCain if they knew he had fathered an illegitimate black child. This was an example of a .a. push poll. b. bandwagon poll. c. saliency illusion. d. nonresponse bias.

a. push poll

Explanation:

Push poll -

It refers to as an interactive marketing method , in order to influence the individual or group to buy a certain goods or services , same method is employed during the political campaign , where the voters are manipulated in a way to vote for a specific person , is referred to as push poll .

The method is widely used in order to control the minds of the people .

Hence , from the given scenario of the question ,

The correct answer is push poll .

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