A major polling scandal rocked the political world just two weeks before the midterm elections, in which a fake firm fabricated results in key races, raising questions about the validity of a polling industry already under constant scrutiny.

The firm, called Wedgewood, claims it was conducting a “social experiment” to reveal the issues plaguing the industry and to call for reform.

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