Second polling firm admits to fabricating data after fake survey rocks LA mayor’s race

Pollster TPSI admits it changed responses from voters supporting Jay Collins to indicate greater support for James Fishback

Median Strategies admitted its polls on the Los Angeles mayor race and Wisconsin primary were fabricated as a "social experiment" before closing.

Fake polling from mysterious company highlights danger of unvetted election surveys  Toronto Star

A mysterious political firm admitted to fabricating multiple election polls this month

Fake polling from mysterious company highlights danger of unvetted election surveys  AP News

Median Strategies revealed that recent polls from the firm were intended to expose how easily false results can be spread.

Francesca Hong, the failed communist candidate in the Wyoming gubernatorial primary race, was supposed to shellac David Crowley. After all, she had a 23-point lead over her opponent, according to data from Median Strategies. But it turns out Median Strategies was a fake polling company that just wanted to run a “social

A fake polling firm that drew headlines for a poll showing Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass in the lead in her mayoral primary was also behind a poll showing Francesca Hong far ahead in the Democratic gubernatorial primary in Wisconsin. In the days before the Wisconsin gubernatorial Democratic primary, a viral poll from a

A fake polling firm projecting Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and Wisconsin Democrat socialist gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong with leads over their opponents admits these were fake polls as part of a "short-term social experiment."