How pathetic is this? Pro-Trump internet trolls tried to hijack Nickelodeon's kid's survey & failed

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Pro-Trump internet trolls tried to hijack Nickelodeon’s kid’s survey on who should be president — and failed

October 27, 2020
By Matthew Chapman

On Tuesday, Nickelodeon hosted its “Kids Pick The President” straw poll, in which young viewers of the network give their own opinion on who should win the presidential election. The poll has no electoral significance, given that kids cannot vote and given that the survey methodology is not scientific and lets anyone opt in regardless of how it balances the sample.

Despite this, pro-Trump internet trolls reportedly sought to hijack the results, spreading the message to get people to flood the poll with votes for President Donald Trump.

In the end, however, they couldn’t even do it. Joe Biden won the poll, 53 percent to 47 percent.

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https://www.rawstory.com/2020/10/pro-trump-internet-trolls-tried-to-hijack-nickelodeons-kids-survey-on-who-should-be-president-and-failed/

[soothsayer]

1. Jeezus they're pathetic

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2. True! But even the troll hordes failed to wreck the vote.

I have no problem seeing that as a sign of good things.

[central scrutinizer]

3. Used to happen here all the time

I remember so many “DU this poll!!!!” posts where somebody came across some meaningless opinion poll and tried to get people here to vote. They are just click bait scams. Happily, they seem to have disappeared.

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4. Yeah, I remember them but I don't recall any posts advocating rigging a Nickelodeon kid's poll.