Fake polls are not election fraud, although they certainly are a dirty trick.

Fake polls are definitely a “both sides” thing. A notorious example in the 2024 election was the Selzer poll, which was ludicrous when it was released and confirmed to be such during the actual election. 16 point misses by seasoned pollsters are not accidental. Polls generally speaking have long been used to shape public opinion and policy more than they have to actually understand the public .

Nowadays both sides are also doing what they can to manipulate the elections via prediction markets.