Pollsters have fraudulently given false polls in past elections.
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The Kuhner ReportOct 26, 2026
Multiple sources report that at least two polling firms, Wedgewood Polls and Median Strategies, admitted fabricating poll results in the 2026 cycle, which supports the claim that pollsters have fraudulently given false polls.
What was said
… In one thing, I always look to the future, but always also I have my eye on the past, because everything always is judged by the past. That's the only thing you have to go by, no matter what the issue is. In the past, the pollsters have fraudulently given false polls, and if you notice, the credible pollsters, it's usually within a week before the actual election, they start to narrow it down, the reliable pollsters, but the rest of them will lie right up to the beginning. So he is right. If you go by past history, we should be okay. But when it comes to people that vote, remember, I live in Massachusetts, the land of the politically stupid. All right, so believe me, when it comes to elections, I'm always very skeptical. …
The Kuhner Report · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. The Hill reports that Wedgewood Polls acknowledged falsifying data in a series of polls released over the past year, and that DDHQ and other aggregators removed the fake results.[1]
Supports. Al Jazeera reports that Wedgewood Polls admitted its battleground-state statistics were fake, and that an earlier operation, Median Strategies, also acknowledged fabricating results in August.[2]
Supports. The Christian Science Monitor reports that the two most prominent fake pollsters acknowledged fabricating polls, describing them as a 'social experiment' to expose weak media vetting and oversight.[3]
Context. The Boston Globe notes that Wedgewood's fabricated surveys were included in many prominent media aggregations, while also arguing that the polls generally are not fake.[4]
Sources
4 sources: 1 tier 1, 3 not rated
- 1Fake polls fooled the political world. Now the midterms face ...thehill.com · tier 1 · cited for: supports
- 2Fake polls expose vulnerabilities in US elections ahead of ...aljazeera.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 3What's up with bad – and even fake – polls in the 2026 midterms? We asked an expert.csmonitor.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4The polls aren’t fake. But have pollsters fixed their errors?bostonglobe.com · not rated · cited for: context
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