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Fake Polls and Election Integrity | Venice Beach News
A fabricated poll claiming Mayor Karen Bass led Councilwoman Nithya Raman by 12 points was exposed as a social experiment by Median Strategies, a firm with a history of misleading polls—including one that predicted a Wisconsin governor’s win before he lost. Bass’s campaign initially shared the fake poll, later deleting it and urging others to do the same, while Raman’s team condemned the amplification. City Controller Kenneth Mejia, backing Raman, called it a “push poll” and warned about the dangers of unverified information in elections. The incident underscores how easily misinformation…
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