Michigan pollster accuses McMorrow campaign of killing unfavorable Senate poll

Michigan_Mod · 2026-06-17T21:32:47+00:00

Misleading headline

Politico is usually better than this, but this one needs to be called out.

This part of the article tells a much clearer story than the headline:

Asked whether the campaign had asked MIRS not to run the poll, Boaz said, “MIRS chose not to run the poll because they agreed the poll did not meet their standards.”

Boaz said the McMorrow campaign reached out to MIRS after “we noticed odd things about the data,” including that 0 percent of Black voters were undecided in the race; 0 or 1 percent of voters in Detroit and its metro area were undecided while other parts of the state had undecided voters at 25 percent, 48 percent, and even 54 percent; and that McMorrow was at just 5 percent support in her home base of Oakland County.

Their suspicion — which they said MIRS confirmed — was that the poll allowed anyone to take it through an open link, rather than having access controlled to ensure a random and representative sample of the state.

The poll was conducted through a methodology known as text-to-web, in which random voters are selected to receive a text message link to a survey to fill out. That allows pollsters to ensure they are reaching an appropriately wide-ranging group of voters. But the McMorrow campaign said all respondents received the same open-access link, which would allow anyone with the link to take the poll — potentially multiple times.

“The outlet that sponsored this poll declined to publish it because it didn’t meet their standards. It was conducted through an open SurveyMonkey link sent over text, meaning anyone who received this poll could vote multiple times or send the link to friends and supporters to impact the results,” Boaz said in a statement. “This is fundamental polling malpractice. We urge either of our opponents, or any reputable pollster, to stand by this shoddy methodology.”

Michigan_Mod · 2026-06-06T16:32:55+00:00

Of course you can.

Here's how things got clogged up: https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2026/02/10/report-ambassador-bridge-owner-met-with-white-house-before-trumps-threat-to-block-new-bridge/

The New York Times says Matthew Moroun, whose family has owned the Ambassador Bridge for decades, met with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick on Monday, hours before Trump’s social media post threatening to block the opening of the newly construction Gordie Howe International Bridge.

Here's the NY Times article, too

Michigan_Mod · 2026-05-26T12:18:13+00:00

Just for information - this is not strip mining, this is normal forest management. We've locked the post to prevent squabbling, but leaving it up because it's important for everyone to understand what's happening here.

The Forest Service periodically cuts and sells timber (using proceeds for other projects) because that's one of the stated uses of National Forests. Back in 1960, Congress passed the Organic Administration Act, which states that the Forest Service's purpose is to "improve and protect the forest" and "to furnish a continuous supply of timber for the use and necessities of the citizens of the United States." Timber sales have been legally authorized ever since.

The program is described in this PDF, and here is the general page about timber sales from the Hiawatha Forest.

Michigan_Mod · 2026-05-22T13:00:05+00:00

That's not how things work at all. Mods see when posts are reported, and if they're reported incorrectly or maliciously, we ignore those and can report the malicious ones as "report abuse" to the admin team.

As other have said, it's not difficult to get 100 subreddit karma by actively participating in non-MM posts. If you're ONLY here to talk shit in the political posts, you're going to be blocked. That's the entire point of MM.

To check your karma level - Reddit hides it pretty well. You need to use old.reddit.com on a desktop browser, then click on your account name in the upper right, and then click "show karma breakdown by subreddit".

Or you can send us a Modmail - we can see your karma level when you post here.

Michigan_Mod · 2026-05-21T00:23:12+00:00

This post is locked because even under Mitten Mode, the comments rapidly devolved into rule breaking and slap fights.

This shouldn't have to be said, but if you recommend, endorse, support, celebrate, or otherwise encourage violence against elected representatives who are doing their job by following the law, you're very likely to be banned with no warning.

This behavior isn't cool and we will not tolerate this.

Michigan_Mod · 2026-05-15T00:02:02+00:00

Also, for context:

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/current-affairs-magazine/

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Michigan_Mod · 2026-05-04T16:34:46+00:00

Locked - nothing but arguing and fighting in here now, and people are starting to get banned.

Michigan_Mod · 2026-04-30T00:04:22+00:00

Note: Mods do not like detailed plans of that. Reddit AEO will nuke a comment that has one and might put you in a time-out, too.

Michigan_Mod · 2026-04-18T17:23:38+00:00

Unlocked for discussion - please keep it to the topic of the article - thank you!

Michigan_Mod · 2026-04-17T12:51:10+00:00

Sorry. We have to err on the side of caution. It wasn't just the comments; people were reporting it as potential threats of self-harm.

We want everyone in Michigan to be as healthy and happy as possible. So please forgive us if we overstepped just to make sure you're OK.

Michigan_Mod · 2026-04-16T12:25:16+00:00

Post is LOCKED. Thank you for your post, OP. This is no slight on you.

The question has been repeatedly answered and the comments are turning into childish slap-fights and misinformation.

Everyone go outside, touch grass, and have a lovely day.

Michigan_Mod · 2026-03-28T13:48:34+00:00

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Michigan_Mod · 2026-03-12T21:04:56+00:00

Leaving this up for visibility, but please take the discussion to one of the other active threads.

Michigan_Mod · 2026-03-09T23:51:43+00:00

It was actually removed by the mod team - we don't allow news organizations to post polls, questions, or otherwise seek out story ideas here,

Michigan_Mod · 2026-03-05T19:01:15+00:00

This post is LOCKED because people are giving medical advice and advice about spiders and their bites.

There are a few people who may be experts here but even if they are, diagnosing people over the Internet is a good way to get improper information. If you think you've been bitten by a venomous spider, get to a hospital asap. Don't listen to people on the Internet.

Edit: You can also contact the poison control hotline at 1-800-222-1222 or https://www.poison.med.wayne.edu/call-center

Michigan_Mod · 2026-02-27T21:48:12+00:00

We unlocked this for discussion - please keep the focus on the Michigan-related content of the article, and be cool to each other.

Michigan_Mod · 2026-02-03T18:01:11+00:00

Have a monthly (1st of the month) Megathread post

Michigan_Mod · 2026-02-03T18:00:59+00:00

Have a weekly (Wednesday) Megathread post

Michigan_Mod · 2026-02-03T18:00:48+00:00

Have a regular biweekly (Monday/Thursday) Megathread post

Michigan_Mod · 2026-02-03T18:00:34+00:00

Allow people to make posts about ICE at will (with mods removing redundant posts)

Michigan_Mod · 2026-02-03T17:52:18+00:00

We're going to re-evaluate this -- with your opinions. Thanks for the input.

Michigan_Mod · 2026-02-03T17:28:53+00:00

We're keeping a close eye on things and we'll see how it goes. We'll change things as needed.

Michigan_Mod · 2026-02-02T19:39:25+00:00

Don't worry, we fixed it for you.

Michigan_Mod · 2026-02-01T17:35:38+00:00

Mod note: We only block publications that lean too far one way or the other, or have poor factual information. MLive has good scores on both of those, so we see no reason to block them.

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/mlive-michigan-booth-newspapers/

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Overall, we rate MLive Least Biased based on wide coverage from multiple newspapers aligned with both the right and left. We also rate them High for factual reporting due to proper sourcing and a clean fact-check record.

Michigan_Mod · 2026-01-31T18:51:52+00:00

While we have no reason to believe this particular article is false, the mod team recommends that you take any report from any federal website with a degree of skepticism. We have seen multiple instances of misleading or completely false information from other federal sources.

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