Francesca Hong
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Nov 2, 2026
Joseph CottoHOST
Median Strategies, another now defunct firm, ran a parallel exercise.
Joseph CottoHOST
It published a Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial primary poll with socialist Francesca Hong up 20 points.
Joseph CottoHOST
A Los Angeles mayoral survey showed blue incumbent Karen Bass ahead by 12.
Joseph CottoHOST
After the results failed to materialize, Median admitted its numbers were falsified as a, quote, short-term social experiment, end quote, about the influence of fake polls.
Q WardHOST
Progressives also won high-profile primaries elsewhere, including Senate candidates Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan and Peggy Flanagan in Minnesota, both of whom have not adopted the socialist label, as well as DSA members and House candidates Melet Kiros in Colorado and Chris Rabb in Pennsylvania.
Q WardHOST
Democratic Socialist Francesca Hong narrowly lost in the gubernatorial primary in Wisconsin, a battleground state.
Q WardHOST
What Brookings' analyst dubbed a DSA summer serves to signal that unhappiness with the Democratic establishment and in the post-Biden world, opposition to elderly officeholders can be leveraged by young, charismatic DSA candidates and reflected in patience with party leadership that transcends ideology.
Q WardHOST
Republicans have sought to portray those victories as evidence that the Democratic Party is moving too far left ahead of the November midterm elections, while Democratic leaders have tried to temper concerns about the party's direction.
Kevin JacksonHOST
The quality of polling has degraded for the better part of 20 years.
Kevin JacksonHOST
In Wisconsin, a firm shut down after admitting it had published a fake survey that put leftist Francesca Hong 20 points ahead in her Democratic gubernatorial primary.
Kevin JacksonHOST
She lost by a razor-thin margin.
Kevin JacksonHOST
They thought she was 20 points ahead.
Michael BrownHOST
The fakes hit the Democrat primaries first, and they negatively impacted moderate Democrats.
Michael BrownHOST
Wedgwood's July 21 Wisconsin survey showed that progressive Francesca Hong at 38%, Mandela Barnes at 30%, and David Crowley at 9%.
Michael BrownHOST
And Hong's campaign put the numbers in a press release the next day.
Michael BrownHOST
On the prediction market, not a poll, a prediction market, Crowley's price fell from roughly 23% to 13% within 15 minutes of that release.
Jacob SoboroffHOST
Let's zoom in on some of those.
Jacob SoboroffHOST
In Wisconsin's Democratic gubernatorial primary, there are polls that showed progressive Francesca Hong leading the race.
Jacob SoboroffHOST
But her opponent surged late and beat her by less than a point.
Jacob SoboroffHOST
In Michigan, polls showed Abdul El-Sayed with a double-digit lead in the Democratic Senate primary.
Steve SchraderHOST
Just Sarah Rodriguez is the best candidate.
Steve SchraderHOST
Well, come to find out, he gets back in the race because they wanted to rig it against Francesca Hong.
Steve SchraderHOST
And then we find out from a senior Democrat operative who is signing subpoenas on this that there was, in fact, a backroom deal to get David Crowley out of the race to clear the field for Sarah Rodriguez.
Steve SchraderHOST
And the mainstream media seems to be ignoring this story.
Steve SchraderHOST
His record in Milwaukee for doubling, basically doubling taxes under his tenure.
Steve SchraderHOST
He's anti-police.
Steve SchraderHOST
He's every bit as radical as Francesca Hong.
Tony WiedGUEST
It really is the Democrat playbook.
Steve CortezGUEST
Clearly, you know, did not work.
Steve CortezGUEST
And in a desperate effort to beat Francesca Hong, they They put him back into the race and he, in fact, did end up getting the nomination.
Steve CortezGUEST
But the point is, he's a puppet.
Steve CortezGUEST
He's a stooge.
5 MINS LATER
Steve CortezGUEST
Right.
Steve CortezGUEST
He's a little more political, a little more sly.
Steve CortezGUEST
So he hasn't made some of the insane statements that Francesca Hong has made things like hating Thanksgiving.
Steve CortezGUEST
Right.
Steve CortezSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Once Sarah Rodriguez flamed out on her candidacy, clearly, you know, did not work.
Steve CortezSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And in a desperate effort to beat Francesca Hong, they put him back into the race.
Steve CortezSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And he, in fact, did end up getting the nomination.
Steve CortezSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But the point is, he's a puppet.
5 MINS LATER
Steve CortezSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Right.
Steve CortezSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He's a little more political, a little more sly.
Steve CortezSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So he hasn't made some of the insane statements that Francesca Hong has made things like hating Thanksgiving.
Steve CortezSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Right.
Steve CortesGUEST
Clearly, you know, did not work.
Steve CortesGUEST
And in a desperate effort to beat Francesca Hong, they They put him back into the race and he, in fact, did end up getting the nomination.
Steve CortesGUEST
But the point is, he's a puppet.
Steve CortesGUEST
He's a stooge.
5 MINS LATER
Steve CortesGUEST
Right.
Steve CortesGUEST
He's a little more political, a little more sly.
Steve CortesGUEST
So he hasn't made some of the insane statements that Francesca Hong has made things like hating Thanksgiving.
Steve CortesGUEST
Right.
Steve SchraderHOST
So we've decided we're going to play it again.
Steve SchraderHOST
It's Steve Cortez talking about David Crowley, how he exited the race and then got back in it so that they could make sure Francesca Hong did not get in there.
Steve SchraderHOST
So we will replay that for you.
Steve SchraderHOST
I love that Kid Rock story.
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