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Polling Company Goes Dark as Investigative Report Suggests They’re Yet Another Fake

Posted on 10/23/26 at 9:00 am
Posted by loogaroo
Welsh
Member since Dec 2005
44382 posts
Posted on 10/23/26 at 9:00 am
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The polling company SoCal Strategies appears to have been exposed as another fake outfit, as the company’s online presence went dark in the midst of a bombshell investigation.

Polling aggregator FiftyPlusOne dropped a lengthy report on Thursday bringing into question multiple surveys put out by SoCal Strategies, as well as who exactly is running the company.

FiftyPlusOne had also recently conducted an investigation into Wedgewood Polling. With that investigation set to expose them, Wedgewood admitted that their polling had been fake and was part of a social experiment and criticism of modern polling and reporting.


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The same tipster who went to FiftyPlusOne about Wedgewood had also mentioned SoCal Strategies, which has some mysterious connections to Wedgewood.


https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/polling-company-goes-dark-as-investigative-report-suggests-theyre-yet-another-fake/
Posted by texag7
College Station
Member since Apr 2014
41970 posts
Posted on 10/23/26 at 9:01 am to
It doesn’t matter if it was fake because it started a conversation

- SFP
Posted by cajunangelle
Member since Oct 2012
173310 posts
Posted on 10/23/26 at 9:15 am to
By the time we find out the Dem blue tidal wave was fake, the election will be over. el-sayad and Talarico supporters, the Bush klan, are

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This post was edited on 10/23/26 at 9:18 am
Posted by Padme
Member since Dec 2020
10283 posts
Posted on 10/23/26 at 9:16 am to
Why do that?
-kalshi betting
-raise money from hopium sheep
-discourage oppo
-lazyness(sample the way as 20 years ago)
Posted by cajunangelle
Member since Oct 2012
173310 posts
Posted on 10/23/26 at 9:24 am to
Posted by BoarEd
The Hills
Member since Oct 2015
45954 posts
Posted on 10/23/26 at 9:26 am to
The FCC shouldn't care if media outlets use demonstrably fake and wholly fabricated political polls in advance of an election

- Bunk Hamas, Slippin' Jimmy
Posted by teke184
Zachary, LA
Member since Jan 2007
105562 posts
Posted on 10/23/26 at 9:27 am to
The least surprising person chiming in is the former Speaker of the Texas House. You know, same guy who impeached Paxton and got his shite pushed in when it was shown to be a total sham.

Yeah, I’m shocked he isn’t going to vote for Paxton. The whole mess cost him his seat.
Posted by 3rdDOWN
Member since Sep 2026
340 posts
Posted on 10/23/26 at 9:27 am to
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admitted that their polling had been fake and was part of a social experiment and criticism of modern polling and reporting.

this is their built in excuse if they get caught.
Posted by cajunangelle
Member since Oct 2012
173310 posts
Posted on 10/23/26 at 10:06 am to
Sidenote: Trump is defending Vivek right now live to reporters as I type this.
Posted by Wraytex
San Antonio - Gonzales
Member since Jun 2020
4526 posts
Posted on 10/23/26 at 10:17 am to
The fake polls have made for the best mainstream media on camera melts on election night.
Posted by stelly1025
Lafayette
Member since May 2012
10482 posts
Posted on 10/23/26 at 12:04 pm to
Push polls have always been a thing to drive the public to vote a certain way ,but I wonder how many of these are being used to push betting markets? These prediction markets are pushed mainly by polling and bets that are laid down. What if these firms have the internals ,but push out bogus polls to go into the aggregate to push the betting market to better odds on a likely loser? You could make a killing. Take Al-Sayed in Michigan, he is cooked you can tell by having to pull a Clinton and order some fried chicken to try and impress the black folk. If he is doing that this close to the election in dark blue Detroit than numbers aren't there ,but Polymarket has him at 72%. I starting looking at behavior and muh Russia is back, Elizabeth Warren had sort of a meltdown on a rare credit to CNN for calling her out, and it looks like the Senate will hold and probably add and the House may flip ,but I don't see a wave election. So again I wonder if this is to somewhat push betting markets.
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