You Vote: With news of a company admitting it has been releasing fake polling data, what say you?
The organization said it was a social experiment to test whether news outlets would verify data from an unknown pollster.
House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday insisted that bombshell revelations that an upstart polling company fabricated its data were proof that surveys showing a strong Democratic lead in the midterms were inaccurate.
Wedgewood Polls issued a statement this week confirming that it had released fake polling data throughout the election cycle. The organization said it was a social experiment to test whether news outlets would verify data from an unknown pollster. Wedgewood Polls featured in polling aggregators like the New York Times, FiftyPlusOne, and others.
"I’ve been sounding the alarms that the polls are WRONG—and new evidence of that is now piling up!
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