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FiftyPlusOne

Polling analysis website that exposed the fabrication

US Politics · Polling firm says it faked data as 'social experiment'

Wedgewood Polls, a US polling firm that has been picked up by national media outlets including Newsweek, the Hill and the New York Times, has admitted to fabricating its survey data, claiming the project was a 'social experiment' designed to expose the lack of scrutiny in the politcal polling industry. The admission came after the polling analysis site FiftyPlusOne confronted the firm with discrepancies in its raw data.