Fake Polls In Elections
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- Ryan KingNew York Post
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Fake Polls In Elections. (2026, October 23). The Aporia. https://the-aporia.com/event/96710
“Fake Polls In Elections.” The Aporia, 23 Oct. 2026, https://the-aporia.com/event/96710.
“Fake Polls In Elections.” The Aporia, October 23, 2026. https://the-aporia.com/event/96710.
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Wedgewood Polls admitted to creating false data in a social experiment aimed at exposing weaknesses in how polling is verified and reported. The firm’s fake poll of Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow was cited as contributing to her decision to drop out of the US Senate race, though the Democratic super PAC Senate Majority PAC denied relying on this data for its strategy. Wedgewood Polls stated their intention was…
Sick trolls fess up to making fake polls that helped Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan: ‘Far too easy’ →The article discusses recent developments involving fake polls in the 2026 campaign, focusing on a scandal with a firm called Wedgewood Polls which admitted to fabricating data. The author also reflects on past instances of fake polling firms like Strategic Vision and Research 2000, highlighting patterns indicative of data forgery that were uncovered through statistical analysis. This piece is an opinion-based…
Fake polls are a real problem →A U.S. polling firm called Wedgewood Polls admitted to fabricating most of its data, causing significant controversy ahead of the midterm elections. The fake polls affected political campaigns, media coverage, and public perception; for instance, Michigan Senate candidate Mallory McMorrow experienced a drop in donations and morale following misleading poll results attributed to Wedgewood. Major polling aggregators…
Fake pollsters and bogus polls becoming a real issue in U.S. midterms →Analysis
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- 21 Oct
A sham polling firm publicly confessed to pumping out fake polls after it was caught fabricating data by election nerds at FiftyPlusOne, which had been poised to publish an investigation.
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23 Oct Fake pollsters and bogus polls becoming a real issue in U.S. midtermsA U.S. polling firm called Wedgewood Polls admitted to fabricating most of its data, causing significant controversy ahead of the midterm elections. The fake polls affected political campaigns, media coverage, and public perception; for instance, Michigan Senate candidate Mallory McMorrow experienced a drop in donations and morale following misleading poll results attributed to Wedgewood. Major polling aggregators…National Post
22 Oct Fake polls are a real problemThe article discusses recent developments involving fake polls in the 2026 campaign, focusing on a scandal with a firm called Wedgewood Polls which admitted to fabricating data. The author also reflects on past instances of fake polling firms like Strategic Vision and Research 2000, highlighting patterns indicative of data forgery that were uncovered through statistical analysis. This piece is an opinion-based…Silver Bulletin
21 Oct Sick trolls fess up to making fake polls that helped Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan: ‘Far too easy’Wedgewood Polls admitted to creating false data in a social experiment aimed at exposing weaknesses in how polling is verified and reported. The firm’s fake poll of Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow was cited as contributing to her decision to drop out of the US Senate race, though the Democratic super PAC Senate Majority PAC denied relying on this data for its strategy. Wedgewood Polls stated their intention was…New York Post
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