In English: At least one of the poll workers was spiking the results, and they don't know if it was isolated to one worker, or part of a coordinated effort.
Polls, like everything else, are hackable, and people have paid zero attention to this line of attack on our elections. I speculated a bit about this last October, but was focused on another potential issue (rerouting phone calls to prepared responders).
OTOH if we're worried about poll manipulation then we also should question if we're getting the real story on why this poll was pulled.
In other words, if management was influenced to pull a result they didn't like, that would be manipulation of a very different kind.
In other words, if management was influenced to pull a result they didn't like, that would be manipulation of a very different kind.
The story and information need to be handled carefully, because the goal of some manipulators (those tending towards authoritarian) is chaos and mistrust.
On the one hand, I don't want to increase mistrust. On the other hand, you don't get gain trust by burying your head.
On the one hand, I don't want to increase mistrust. On the other hand, you don't get gain trust by burying your head.
By the way, a big part of the answer to reliable polls is the same as a big part of the answer to reliable elections: you need to audit the results.
I wonder if they recorded all the poll calls? (Which is just one part of how this could be audited.)
I wonder if they recorded all the poll calls? (Which is just one part of how this could be audited.)
