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A closer look at the Channel Nine poll asking people if they support the extension of #COVID19 restrictions in Melbourne. The spike of 160,000 'no' votes this afternoon is a bot attack - it instantly stopped without tapering off and is a consistent incline. #IStandWithDanAndrews 
The results prior to the bot attack show wide support for the extension of restrictions (as you'd expect).
The results after the bot attack where the results were flipped.
What a surprise. The Channel Nine poll on Andrews' performance is the latest poll to be hijacked. After steadily climbing for several days, it suddenly jumps a whopping 160,000 'no' votes this afternoon! #IStandWithDanAndrews #pollgate
Here's the figures for the last several days, on the left shows the jump, on the right shows relative to time.
It's harder to hijack a custom poll than it is to hijack a Twitter poll where you can buy votes off the shelf. In most cases a developer would be required and, presuming Channel 9 has security features in place, some sophisticated VPN work would be required.
