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Fake polls send shockwaves through the political world ahead of midterms
A fake polling controversy is causing a bipartisan uproar as the midterms reach the homestretch. Plus, a look at the tightening Minnesota Senate race, the latest developments in Texas and South Carolina and President Trump’s broader red-state tour. Join The Hill’s senior vice president of editorial content, Bill Sammon, and Decision Desk HQ’s chief…
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The Trump administration will release 315,000 barrels of heating oil, but analysts say the amount is too small to make much of a difference.
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A fake polling controversy is causing a bipartisan uproar as the midterms reach the homestretch. Plus, a look at the tightening Minnesota Senate race, the latest developments in Texas and South Carolina and President Trump’s broader red-state tour. Join The Hill’s senior vice president of editorial content, Bill Sammon, and Decision Desk HQ’s chief…
Less than two weeks before the election, Trump continues to crash through barriers that he wouldn't dare cross in his first term.
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Another fake polling scandal has hit less than two weeks before the midterm elections, ripping open old wounds about the Michigan Democratic Senate primary and renewing skepticism about pollsters as they increasingly forecast a blue wave on Nov. 3. An outfit called Wedgewood Polls released a statement on social media Tuesday acknowledging most of its…
For the second time in as many months, a fraudulent entity claiming to be a polling operation has been outed for releasing fictitious numbers in hotly contested midterm election campaigns.
An actual fake polls scandal shows the need for continued skeptical appraisal, not simply ignoring all polling data.
An unbelievable story is breaking about the garbage polling in some areas. A fake pollster called Wedgewood Polls is behind it. FiftyPlusOne, which is the revision of Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight at the New York Times, reported, “Last week we received a credible tip from a trusted source that Wedgewood Polls might be faking data. We ...
