Pollster admits to fabricating data for ‘social experiment’ to expose flaws of industryWedgewood Polls said project was designed to highlight lack of scrutiny over polling sector by mainstream media A polling firm has admitted to using fabricated data in surveys that were picked up by national media outlets in the US, claiming the project was a “social experiment” designed to expose the lack of scrutiny over the sector. Wedgewood Polls…The Guardian4d agoWhole story →Governmentpolling industry scandal
Ex-Senate hopeful erupts after pollster admits faking data: ‘It was treated like a game’Wedgewood Polls was among several firms that released data during the 2026 Democratic primary race for the U.S. Senate showing state Sen. Mallory McMorrow trailing her opponents by a wide margin and Abdul El-Sayed — the eventual nominee — well ahead of his chief rival, U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens of Birmingham. But Wedgewood now says the poll’s data was fake…Raw Story4d agoWhole story →Government2026 democratic primary scandal
Mallory McMorrow partly blames fake poll for Senate campaign collapseA purported polling firm revealed that most of its polling data wasn't real, saying in a now-deleted social media post that it put out made-up polls of voters about the midterm elections.The Holland Sentinel2d agoWhole story →TechnologyCulture
How a fake pollster may have moved some 2026 electionsWedgewood Polls admitted that it had made up its survey results. Some candidates say those faked numbers killed their campaigns.POLITICO3d agoWhole story →Government
Sick trolls fess up to making fake polls that helped Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan: ‘Far too easy’Wedgewood Polls, 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.New York Post4d agoWhole story →Governmentmichigan election interference
Who won Abdul El-Sayed, Mike Rogers debate? Readers weigh inAbdul El-Sayed, no one ... or maybe Mallory McMorrow: Readers definitely do not think Mike Rogers won the WOOD-TV U.S. Senate debate.Detroit Free Press15d agoWhole story →Governmentmichigan senate debate
Horror as another suspect polling firm vanishes amid scrutiny: 'Major scandal'The election forecasting community was rattled this week by reporting that Wedgewood Polls, a recent upstart firm, had been fabricating most or all of its data . Now another polling firm is in experts' crosshairs — but they seem to have deleted their entire internet presence before anything could be proven. FiftyPlusOne, a polling analysis site,…Raw Story3d agoWhole story →Governmentpolling firm scandal
Polling Firm Admits to Fake Data, Says It Was 'Social Experiment'Wedgewood Polls posted on X Tuesday night that it fabricated its data throughout the 2026 election cycle, claiming it was done as a "social experiment" intended to spark reform of the industry. The post Polling Firm Admits to Fake Data, Says It Was ‘Social Experiment’ appeared first on Breitbart .Breitbart News Network4d agoWhole story →Government
