Trump Supporters Rigged Online Polls After First Presidential Debate

[DonViejo]

Anjali Sareen

That CNBC poll Donald Trump tweeted which showed him winning the debate over Hillary Clinton by a 61 percent to 39 percent margin? It was rigged.

Supporters of the GOP nominee rigged approximately 70 online polls in the wake of the first presidential debate to make it appear as though Trump won, according to a new report by The Daily Dot.

The idea to rig the polls likely came from Trump supporters on the forum sites 4chan and Reddit. There is a subreddit called “The_Donald” with over 200,000 subscribers. Together, the groups rigged multiple online polls, including those of Time, Fortune, CNBC, and BuzzFeed News.

After the polls initially came out showing Trump won, many suspected Russian hackers manipulated the results. Russia has been accused of interfering in this election previously, including possibly hacking the Democratic National Committee.

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http://www.nationalmemo.com/trump-supporters-rigged-online-polls-after-debate/

[Madam45for2923]

1. Busted!

Hahahahaha! Idjiots!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

2. 4chan is mostly pranksters; not many fans of tRump there. . . . . nt

[Zambero]

3. Think of a blue towel

What you just pictured was not a blue towel. As a persuasive tool, online debate results are just as effective.

[GeorgeGist]

4. NO Shit?

[Adrahil]

5. News orgs should stop posting these "polls"

They are bullshit click bait with no news value at all. But it puts eyes on their web pages and sells ads, so you can guess about whether that happens or not...

[Hortensis]

6. "61 to 39" told us that, now we know just who and where.

[NCTraveler]

7. I can't help people who put weight in online polling.

They simply aren't all there.

I remember a fool who once wrote about how a certain candidate was going to win all fifty states because of information they took from an online poll. Said person is currently slamming Clinton daily while leaving Trump alone.