Progressive Francesca Hong was seen as a front-runner in the primary to be the Democratic nominee for Wisconsin governor, but went on to lose.
Median Strategies, which billed itself as a trustworthy, non-partisan polling company, projected that Ms Hong had a more than 20-point lead over moderate David Crowley.
However, on Aug 11, she narrowly lost to Mr Crowley, handing establishment Democrats a win following a wave of victories by Left-wing candidates.
Median Strategies has now admitted the polling data were faked and part of a “short-term social experiment”, following a report by The Los Angeles Times.
Polling can have a significant effect on voter turnout. When polls show a race is very close, turnout increases; when polls show a decisive lead, turnout is suppressed. In this case Hong lost by about it 4,000 votes or 0.5%.
Yes. So go out and vote is what you are saying, right? Like I said, people vote, not polls!