Sharing Polling Numbers on Twitter: Decoding a Mystery

Perhaps the most bizarre electoral news since the midterms is the allegation that Republican operatives and outside groups used clandestine Twitter accounts to share polling data.

The Twitter accounts, which had no followers, tweeted polling results for House races in what might have been an effort to circumvent laws that preclude coordination between parties and outside groups. Their existence was first reported by Chris Moody of CNN, and the accounts were deleted moments after CNN contacted the National Republican Congressional Committee. CONT.

Nate Cohn, New York Times

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