FiftyPlusOne says pollster Wedgewood faked survey data; Wedgewood now calls its polls a "social experiment"

What we’re less sure of4 of 7 claims

• Medium

  FiftyPlusOne requested comment from Wedgewood on Oct. 20, a day after the pollster sent it raw data.

  Timeline comes from FiftyPlusOne's own account of its investigation; no independent confirmation of the dates.

• Medium

  The raw data Wedgewood sent is now confirmed as fraudulent.

  Rests on FiftyPlusOne's investigation and Wedgewood's admission; the story's 'confirmed' wording does not name who confirmed it beyond that.

• Medium

  Wedgewood's June 22–24 Michigan Senate poll of 353 likely voters showed Abdul El-Sayed leading Mike Rogers 49–44.

  The specific figures are not tied in the story to a named source, and the poll aggregator listings cited cover other states. The poll is now discredited, but the claim is only that it showed this result.

• Medium

  Francesca Hong cited Wedgewood polls.

  Plausible given PollingForecast's listing of a Wedgewood Wisconsin primary survey, but no source in the list shows Hong citing it.