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Donald Trump supporters artificially manipulated the results of online polls to create a false narrative that the Republican nominee won the first presidential debate on Monday night.
The efforts originated from users of the pro-Trump Reddit community r/The_Donald and 4chan messaged boards, which bombarded around 70 polls, including those launched by Time, Fortune, and CNBC.
In this latest incarnation, multiple Reddit users enlisted the Trump-supporting masses on r/The_Donald, which has over 200,000 subscribers, by posting dozens of online polls that are vulnerable to vote brigading, bots, and other forms of manipulation that make these non-scientific surveys notoriously unreliable.
Polls that were not open to public voting consistently put Clinton ahead of Trump. In a flash poll by Public Policy Polling, Clinton led Trump 51 to 40. A CNN/ORC poll conducted immediately following the debate found significantly stronger support for Clinton, who topped Trump 62 to 27.
http://www.dailydot.com/layer8/trump-clinton-debate-online-polls-4chan-the-donald/
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 28 2016, @05:33PM
I'm trying to work away from outrage so I can see the humor behind your thinking. If you want to shake up the system, vote third party so that it becomes a reality. When two parties take all the power, the third will play to the people's desires just to get back in the game. The fact that you think Trump will kill off the republicans, or really shake up anything except our foreign policy, is so ludicrous I don't know what to really say. I used to be more outraged by the weird and almost willful ignorance regarding Trump, but for my own peace of mind I'm trying to just see the humorous side of this whole mess.
(Score: 2) by jmorris on Wednesday September 28 2016, @07:45PM
Trump need do nothing, it has already happened. Raise your hand if you think the rift between the Trump "MAGA" folks, the Alt-Right, the traditional conservatives and the #NeverTrump forces can be healed, regardless what happens in Nov. The foundational compromise that the current Republican "Washington Generals" Party was built upon has been shattered beyond repair. Something new must now arise, something that will probably incorporate a couple of the factions but with entirely new priorities, goals and strategy.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 28 2016, @07:55PM
Extract puppet #1, replace with puppet #2, rebrand with a new compassionate message and unite against the damn socialists.
SHABAM, republicans are back in business. People will be angry, but only a small fraction will retain that anger as the political drama unfolds and the politicians promise to "fix" everything. Little did you know that "fix" means corrupt.
And hey, I'm bipartisan here, fuck the dems too for the same shady bullshit. Until we get a third party we stand zero chance of making a difference. Then it will be quickly corrupted by ideological spies and/or good ol' brainwashing propaganda. We need to fix the systemic issues, and these pissing matches between reps and dems has shit all to do with it.