Wedgewood Admits Most Polling Was Fake After Surveys Reached Aggregators

Wedgewood acknowledged Tuesday that nearly all its work was fake after its midterm surveys appeared on prominent polling aggregators.

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Wedgewood Admits Most Polling Was Fake After Surveys Reached Aggregators

Wedgewood, a group presenting itself as a pollster, acknowledged Tuesday that nearly all of its work was fabricated, according to The New York Times.

The group had released multiple midterm election surveys that were picked up by prominent polling aggregators. The disclosure puts the reliability of those surveys and trust in polling under scrutiny.

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