Washington Post Poll Had Brown Up 9 in Maryland; Hogan Won
A Washington Post-University of Maryland poll showed Democrat Anthony Brown leading Republican Larry Hogan 47% to 38% among likely voters in the Maryland governor's race.
The poll portrayed the Republican challenger as a long shot in a race he won.
What was reported
A Washington Post-University of Maryland poll showed Democrat Anthony Brown leading Republican Larry Hogan 47% to 38% among likely voters in the Maryland governor's race.
What actually happened
Hogan won 51% to 47.2%. FiveThirtyEight noted that Hogan had trailed in every nonpartisan poll released all year, part of a broader 2014 pattern in which governor polls leaned toward Democrats by about three points on average.
The proof
Official Maryland results show Hogan winning by about four points.
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Washington Post Poll Had Brown Up 9 in Maryland; Hogan Won — Bad Call. Official Maryland results show Hogan winning by about four points. Full file: https://www.thepropagandafiles.com/case/wapo-umd-poll-brown-leads-hogan/
Original reporting
- WTOP (AP): Poll: Brown leads Hogan by 9 percentage pointshttps://wtop.com/news/2014/10/poll-brown-leads-hogan-by-9-percentage-points/
- UMD: Washington Post-University of Maryland poll, Oct. 2-5, 2014https://criticalissues.umd.edu/partners-polls/post-poll-2
Corrections, findings & records
- Ballotpedia: 2014 Maryland gubernatorial resultshttps://ballotpedia.org/Maryland_gubernatorial_election,_2014
- FiveThirtyEight (archived): The polls were skewed toward Democratshttps://webarchive.library.unt.edu/dentonfracking/20141114000743/http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-polls-were-skewed-toward-democrats
Archived copies
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- Archived copy: WTOP (AP): Poll: Brown leads Hogan by 9 percentage pointshttps://web.archive.org/web/2/https://wtop.com/news/2014/10/poll-brown-leads-hogan-by-9-percentage-points/
- Archived copy: UMD: Washington Post-University of Maryland poll, Oct. 2-5, 2014https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://criticalissues.umd.edu/partners-polls/post-poll-2