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The Pollwatcher: Another fraudulent pollster is out of business, and a third group just disappeared
The Washington Post • • nation
Key Points:
- A group named Wedgwood Polls admitted to publishing fabricated midterm election polls, describing it as an “experiment” to see if media outlets and poll aggregators would report on the false data.
- The fabricated polls were initially accepted and included in mainstream poll trackers, raising concerns about the vetting processes of these platforms.
- The fake poll scandal came to light following an investigation by FiftyPlusOne, a website started by former FiveThirtyEight staff, which questioned the legitimacy of Wedgwood’s polling data.
- This incident shares a common thread with another fake poll scandal this year, highlighting vulnerabilities in how poll data is verified and disseminated by media and aggregators.
