Margin of error in claim majority

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Suppose a recent poll of 1,000 people sets forth that 51% of Americans support the U.S. government's "War on Drugs." This poll is shown to have a margin of error of 2%. How would you go about explaining to a neighbor what the error means and how the claim that the majority of Americans support the war on drugs may be premature.

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