In the Last Presidential Election Before the Candidates Began Their

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In the last presidential election before the candidates began their major campaigns, the percentages of registered voters who favored the various candidates were as follows: $$\begin{array}{l}\text { Registered Voters } \quad \text { Percentages }\\\begin{array} { l l } \text { Republicans } & 34 \\\text { Democrats } & 43 \\\text { Independents } & 23\end{array}\end{array}$$ After the major campaigns began, a random sample of 400 voters showed that 172 favored the Republican candidate, 164 were in favor of the Democrat candidate, and 64 favored the Independent candidate. Use α = .01 to determine if the proportion of voters who favored the various candidates changed.