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Pollster Behind Hong Poll Admits Pushing Fake Poll
FPM ^ | Aug 18, 2026 | Daniel Greenfield

Posted on 08/18/2026 1:26:28 PM PDT by Milagros

"A short term social experiment"

Polls were always a debatable proposition, but lately, like everything in politics, they’ve gotten worse. The Dem primary polls promising big wins by Hong and El-Sayed in Wisconsin and Michigan were, as the actual races showed, exercises in voter suppression.

Now the company behind at least one of them got caught and is admitting to having put out a fake poll.

Pollsters had been caught before, but the company made the mistake was putting out a poll showing a wide lead for the less socialist candidate in the LA race. Had the poll promised a wide lead for Nithya Raman, who ‘somehow’ scored most of the late arriving ballots despite nobody in the city having heard of her, the LA Times would have cheerfully reported the results.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: 2020; abdulelsayed; allsidesnews; cenkuygur; democratcorruption; democratfraud; dsa; francescahong; hasanpiker; medianstrategies; redgreenalliance; riggedelection

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1 posted on 08/18/2026 1:26:28 PM PDT by Milagros
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To: Milagros

Another thing that only happens in the mind of your local right-wing conspiracy theorist.


2 posted on 08/18/2026 1:32:53 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: Milagros

Sum Ting Wong.


3 posted on 08/18/2026 1:34:31 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: Steely Tom

Right....


4 posted on 08/18/2026 1:36:20 PM PDT by Milagros
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To: Texas Eagle

Lol


5 posted on 08/18/2026 1:38:54 PM PDT by Milagros
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To: Milagros

The old fake poll story. More like creating a distraction to hide a fart.


6 posted on 08/18/2026 1:49:52 PM PDT by suijuris
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To: Milagros

So who was the pollster?!!!


7 posted on 08/18/2026 1:52:55 PM PDT by dangus
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To: Milagros

Fuk Hong Poll.


8 posted on 08/18/2026 2:02:16 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: Milagros

Is this an example of I all the time statement?


9 posted on 08/18/2026 2:04:45 PM PDT by Raycpa
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To: Milagros

Propaganda.
...disguised as a social experiment.

Should be charged with election interference


10 posted on 08/18/2026 2:08:29 PM PDT by Z28.310 (Overthinkers Annonymous suggestion; "Do not simply comply". ..especially with ClusterB disorders)
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To: Milagros

Didn’t some guy get thrown in jail for “influencing an election” over a clear joke about Hillary — and another over a joke about the election being on Wednesday (not Tues)?

No similar “justice” here, of course.


11 posted on 08/18/2026 2:25:35 PM PDT by nicollo (Trump beat the cheat! )
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To: Z28.310

Then every pollster should be charged the same because they’re ALL fake. This one just admitted it out loud.


12 posted on 08/18/2026 2:34:46 PM PDT by bigbob (We are all Charlie Kirk now)
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To: bigbob

Okay.
I’m down with that


13 posted on 08/18/2026 3:05:17 PM PDT by Z28.310 (Overthinkers Annonymous suggestion; "Do not simply comply". ..especially with ClusterB disorders)
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To: Milagros

I would give 10-1 odds that this so-called “experiment” came out of a polymarket/kalshi/etc betting play.

I know lots of folks would prefer a deeper, partisan conspiracy — but I’ve been looking at the money flowing through these “bet anything” apps and even - can’t talk about it ;-) - correlating to some digital/social media spikes.

And just like old school bookies don’t really care about who wins; just setting the line to maximize the house take (including balancing the downside)?

Like I said.... 10-1 odds - joke intended - this was just naked betting market manipulation.


14 posted on 08/18/2026 3:43:49 PM PDT by Capn Hayek (Capital is not responsible for Labor's lack of planning)
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To: Milagros

Charge them with election interference. They intentionally misled the public in an attempt to influence elections. The old everyone wants to be on the winning side scam.


15 posted on 08/18/2026 4:48:58 PM PDT by Revel
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To: Milagros

What’s the solution for citizens when their govt turns into a bunch of whackjobs who cheated their way into office?

I wonder if the SC could find anything in the Constitution that covers that? Yes, I’m being a bit facetious, but I also think I’m making a valid point.


16 posted on 08/18/2026 4:56:14 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man, but it's okay... I wasn't married to it.)
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To: Bullish

……Or the polls were accurate and the “democratic “party changed the actual votes.


17 posted on 08/18/2026 8:20:06 PM PDT by Freak Flag (Trump. Can’t be bribed, can’t be blackmailed. )
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To: Milagros
The fake polling is the squirril.

The actual crime is the near 100% of the late votes going to her, after she conceded to Platner.

18 posted on 08/18/2026 8:28:30 PM PDT by going hot (Happiness is a momma deuce)
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To: going hot

Correct. A fake poll had to be created to make the election cheating seem somewhat plausible. It doesn’t matter if the fake poll gets exposed, as long as enough time passes to have the election certified.

EC


19 posted on 08/19/2026 6:27:14 AM PDT by Ex-Con777 ("Journalism is about covering important stories-with a pillow, until they stop moving." ~ David Burg)
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