Trolls pushing Gabbard and deBlasio targeted online polls after debate last night

[pnwmom]

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/trolls-target-online-polls-following-first-democratic-presidential-debate-n1023406?fbclid=IwAR15NAwMSVFxifeVgIi4G73MUTCNhvNdDAeKf5GIBRKtmJKZD55dbtwzN9c

Users from pro-Trump communities on 4chan and Reddit implored fellow members to vote for lower-polling candidates in online polls, specifically Tulsi Gabbard and Bill de Blasio, in the hours after Wednesday’s Democratic debate — a sign that digital manipulation efforts related to U.S. politics and elections remain very much alive.

Users on 4chan’s anonymous far-right /pol/message board repeatedly posted links to polls across the web, encouraging one another to “blow the polls out” for Gabbard, the congresswoman from Hawaii who has developed a substantial support base among many of its users.

The posts pointed users toward polls on national news websites like the Drudge Report, The Washington Examiner, and Heavy.com, but also polls from local news providers like NJ.com, which posts from several newspapers in the state.

“GIVE HER YOUR POWER,” read one 4chan post from 1 a.m. Thursday, pointing to a screenshot of the still-active Drudge poll showing Gabbard leading.

[JI7]

1. didn't both attend that Sanders institute meeting thing

[George II]

4. They both were featured speakers, as was Cenk Uygur.

[yaesu]

2. polls are always wrong in this country, they are a waste of time. nt

[pnwmom]

3. Online polls are a joke, but traditional polls with randomly selected subjects

are usually within the margin of error.

This was true in 2016 as well. The final national polls were within about a percent of where HRC ended up.