Progressive Francesca Hong was seen as a front-runner in the primary to be the Democratic nominee for Wisconsin governor, but went on to lose.
Median Strategies, which billed itself as a trustworthy, non-partisan polling company, projected that Ms Hong had a more than 20-point lead over moderate David Crowley.
However, on Aug 11, she narrowly lost to Mr Crowley, handing establishment Democrats a win following a wave of victories by Left-wing candidates.
Median Strategies has now admitted the polling data were faked and part of a “short-term social experiment”, following a report by The Los Angeles Times.
At this point, the neoliberal media has degenerated to nothing but propaganda to maintain the status quo, by encouraging people to sit out instead of vote. Utilizing the bystander effect to prevent progressive leftists from taking power.
As has been demonstrated, polls have not been totally reliable. There’s a 60% CI the week prior to elections, and I would argue the reliability in more recent elections is dismal.
1/3 of the eligible voting population sat out the last election. That could’ve been enough to at least put one or two third-party candidates (progressives/leftists) in congress, depending on the jurisdiction.