What we know about who’s behind the fake polling operation Wedgewood Polls
Who exactly was running Wedgewood Polls, an admittedly fraudulent polling firm whose data have appeared over the past four months on the polling sites of some of the country’s top aggregators, and why they pursued the project remains one of the biggest mysteries in Washington just weeks before the midterm elections.
TL;DR
- The identity and motives of those running Wedgewood Polls are a mystery.
- Wedgewood Polls is an admitted fraudulent polling firm.
- Its data has been published on top polling aggregator sites over the last four months.
- Reports suggest career pollsters from across the political spectrum ran the operation.
- Another account states college students with little experience founded it as a grassroots project.