Posted on 08/22/2026 1:56:52 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Popular polling aggregate FiftyPlusOne has suspended its work with two polling firms over ethical concerns related to their surveys in Florida’s Republican gubernatorial primary race.
The major political polling aggregate said the two pollsters, The Public Sentiment Institute and Patriot Polling, did not adequately disclose that they had received funding from GOP gubernatorial candidate James Fishback’s campaign before conducting their polls in the governor’s race. FiftyPlusOne also alleged that the TPSI polling firm fabricated data from a poll in favor of Fishback, a characterization the firm denies.
The scrutiny of the two polling firms comes just days after a separate fake polling firm, Median Strategies, made headlines for falsified polling it released in the Los Angeles mayoral race and a misleading report it published in the Wisconsin governor’s race. The instances of alleged unethical polling in the Florida governor’s primary are the latest to increase skepticism toward polls in the 2026 midterm season.
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People here at FR have known that polling firms, at least when they announce their results free of charge, are functioning as supporters of the Democrat party. That’s obvious to anyone who is conscious.
As my father often said: “anything that’s free is worth what you pay for it.”
Ethics? Pollsters? Those two words don’t go together.
Mark Russell had a comedy line after the Dems put the GOP leaders into an ethics investigation in the 90s.
“Ethics? You know, the Democrats were also investigated by Congress for ethics, too. None were found.”
Ethical polling is more often than not, an oxymoron.
These polling companies exist for illegal political contributions-in-kind.
Ethical standards!!!!! Thanks a lot, Washington Examiner! Now I have beer and snot all over my phone!
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