{"id":2647128,"date":"2026-08-19T18:57:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T22:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pollster-who-had-thanksgiving-hating-socialist-up-23-points-closes-up-shop-admits-to-bungling-wisconsin-race\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T18:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T22:58:08","slug":"pollster-who-had-thanksgiving-hating-socialist-up-23-points-closes-up-shop-admits-to-bungling-wisconsin-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pollster-who-had-thanksgiving-hating-socialist-up-23-points-closes-up-shop-admits-to-bungling-wisconsin-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Pollster Who Had Thanksgiving-Hating Socialist Up 23 Points Closes Up Shop, Admits to Bungling Wisconsin Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpollster-who-had-thanksgiving-hating-socialist-up-23-points-closes-up-shop-admits-to-bungling-wisconsin-race%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2647128&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An organization that conducted polls claiming critically important leads for far-left Democrat Francesa Hong in Wisconsin\u2019s Democratic primary and for Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has admitted that these polls were fabricated. The group, Median Strategies, created the polls as a social experiment to test how false polling facts might spread without verification. Thay publicly apologized, stating they were not seeking publicity and declined interviews. the fake polls, including one showing Hong with a 23-point lead, were subsequently withdrawn, and all previous data was discredited. Experts highlighted that fabricated numbers can easily appear legitimate and can be amplified by campaigns and outside groups before verification.The incident raises concerns about the credibility of polling data, especially when used for political purposes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>An organization that released polls claiming far-left Democrat Francesa Hong was well ahead in Wisconsin\u2019s Democratic primary for governor has admitted it made the whole thing up.<\/p>\n<p>It also said a poll showing Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was far ahead of her challenger was fiction.<\/p>\n<p>The group fessed up to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2026-08-17\/poll-showing-bass-leading-raman-by-double-digits-was-bogus-company-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMedian Strategies was created as a short term social experiment to examine how purported polling information could enter and spread through the political information ecosystem without independent verification,\u201d the company said in an .<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">So this is pretty wild: A polling firm that came out of nowhere to show Francesca Hong with a 23-point lead over David Crowley in the Wisconsin primary has shut down and said its whole operation was bogus <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QTmlXkvGPC\">pic.twitter.com\/QTmlXkvGPC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brett LoGiurato (@BrettLoGiurato) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BrettLoGiurato\/status\/2089549375664013768?\">August 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not seeking publicity or attribution for the individuals involved and are declining interviews,\u201d the  said.<\/p>\n<p>In a social media post, Median had written, \u201cPolling has a credibility problem. Ours is the fix: no partisan clients, no campaign or party money, numbers that go wherever the data takes them even when it\u2019s inconvenient. Trustworthy polling, rebuilt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After Hong, who the fake poll said was up by 23 points, lost, Median issued a statement saying, \u201cWe got Wisconsin wrong- and by quite a margin too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Median then released a poll showing Bass ahead of City Council member Nithya Raman by almost 12 percentage points<\/p>\n<p>Median also released a poll on the race for Nevada governor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is much bigger than one fake poll,\u201d \u00a0Chris Wilson, a GOP pollster who now leads the public opinion firm EyesOver, said, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/polling-poll-fake-median-karen-bass-los-angeles-669c90cc77664546791185625d43ffda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s never been easier to make invented numbers look legitimate, and campaigns and outside groups have every incentive to amplify anything favorable before anyone verifies it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>AP noted that before Median\u2019s website went dark, it said it \u201chas concluded its polling project and will not publish additional polls.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll previously published polling releases have been withdrawn and should not be cited or treated as genuine polling data,\u201d it wrote.<\/p>\n<p>No explanation for the \u201csocial experiment\u201d has been provided.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hong is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America who has been defending her past trashing of Thanksgiving in the closing days of the race, as noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/6021344-progressives-face-midterm-test-wisconsin-minnesota\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her social media post in 2020 said America should \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/wisconsin-dem-frontrunner-called-cancel-thanksgiving-resurfaced-post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cancel Thanksgiving<\/a>\u201d in order to \u201cstop celebrating colonialism and the original superspreader event that killed indigenous folx [sic] and women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley ended up defeating Hong in the primary.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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