Melissa Joskow / Media Matters Users of the far-right message board 4chan organized to rig a Drudge Report online poll following the July 30 Democratic presidential debate. Multiple right-wing outlets touted the results. 4chan users similarly rigged previous post-debate Drudge polls. After the first night of the CNN debate, users on 4chan’s “/pol/” message board shared the poll and urged others to vote for author and presidential candidate Marianne Williamson. One user cheered that the message board was “rigging the Drudge poll,” calling it “a good thing.” It is unsurprising that 4chan users would attempt to rig this online poll, because there has been widespread reporting about how they have done it multiple times before -- and will again, regardless of the candidates in the debate.
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