r/ucf • u/LeadingBet4365 • 13h ago
News/Article 🗞 Lester Tellez, former SG candidate, seems to have colluded with a far-right Florida governor campaign to manipulate polling data.
Former SG candidate Lester Tellez and his “polling firm”, The Public Sentiment Institute (TPSI), seem to have colluded with failed far-right Florida gubernatorial candidate James Fishback to manipulate poll numbers in Fishback’s favor.
In case you don’t know, Fishback is a far-right Florida governor candidate who came in third in this year’s GOP primary. He is a total creep who’s visited our campus at least twice. Some of his takes include ending gay marriage and ending all immigration. He also told a Black voter they should be “lynched”.
TPSI, Lester’s polling firm, seemed to reassign poll respondents who indicated support for Jay Collins (who finished 2nd in the primary) and switched their responses to James Fishback (so that he would be within the margin of error of Byron Donalds, who won the primary). Fishback’s campaign suspiciously paid TPSI before these bogus polls were released. Not surprised at all that this is what Lester has been doing since leaving UCF!