Wedgewood Polls has admitted to releasing fake poll results including one that may have driven state Sen. Mallory McMorrow out of the Michigan Democratic Primary for Senator.
Wedgewood made the admission after election analysis website FiftyPlusOne said Tuesday that it had launched an investigation into how Wedgewood had conducted their survey research.
Wedgewood now says the poll’s data was fake and was an “experiment” designed to be a “wake-up call” to voters about the vulnerabilities of modern polling.
Well isn't that just special?
Apparently Wedgewood's "poll results" have been referred to on mainstream media and have been included in polling averages including those published by Nate Silver. Silver has updated his numbers resulting in a slight improvement in Republican chances.
Then they want to know why we don't trust polls. I can't wait for Mike Johnson to run with this one.
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