The sterling reputation of vaunted pollster Ann Selzer took a major blow after her heavily hyped poll predicting that Kamala Harris would whip Donald J. Trump in Iowa turned out to be fake news and now she’s calling it a career.
Her final forecast for the Des Moines Register/Mediacom was a bombshell showing the Democrat nominee surging into a late lead in the Hawkeye State by 47 to 44 percent, a final shot of hopium into the veins of Harris backers and the media who ignored the fact that Trump easily won Iowa in 2020 and 2016, to predict that she would win the election, touting Selzer’s previously impeccable record.
“Iowa Poll: Kamala Harris leapfrogs Donald Trump to take lead near Election Day”@DMRegister https://t.co/iGgzuDQUCL pic.twitter.com/cuV0G6gxWU
— Tony Heller (@TonyClimate) November 11, 2024
“It’s hard for anybody to say they saw this coming,” Selzer said. “She has clearly leaped into a leading position.”
But alas, reality intruded with Trump walloping the vice president by 56-43 percent, a 13-point difference, on his way to a landslide victory that may have permanently ended the DEI regime, along with the credibility of mainstream media polling.
The now-discredited poll was so wildly off the mark that Selzer is retiring from election polling.
Opinion: Pollster Ann Selzer ending election polling, moving ‘to other ventures and opportunities’ https://t.co/6Qierkgesq
— Des Moines Register (@DMRegister) November 17, 2024
“Over a year ago I advised the Register I would not renew when my 2024 contract expired with the latest election poll as I transition to other ventures and opportunities,” Selzer announced in an op-ed for Iowa’s top newspaper.
“Would I have liked to make this announcement after a final poll aligned with Election Day results? Of course. It’s ironic that it’s just the opposite.” she wrote.
Selzer’s announcement was ridiculed by X users with some chiding her over letting her bias influence the poll that will be the one that everyone remembers her for with others suggesting that she “cooked the books” for what would be her grand finale.
Iowa pollster Ann Selzer just announced she’s retiring from polling.
Once known as the “gold standard” – she gave us the Harris +3 in Iowa poll.
Trump won the state by +13 (16 points off)
Selzer allowed her TDS emotions to greatly influence her numbers this time around.
— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) November 17, 2024
Ann Selzer’s retirement makes one thing totally clear.
She didn’t catch an outlier. She didn’t make an honest mistake.
She cooked the books and released a poll that she knew wasn’t just wrong, but dishonest.
She knew there would be no consequences in retirement.
— Derek. (@SuitablePolitic) November 17, 2024
This is what happens when you throw away your integrity.
— The Dunadan (@TDunadan) November 17, 2024
Took the big payout to skew the election then bails. Got it.
Q: Why do Democrats always cheat?
A: It’s the only way they can win
— Jeff Carlson (@themarketswork) November 17, 2024
Selzer was clearly paid a lavish amount by the Harris campaign to manufacture her preposterous suppression poll, or else she’s such a delusional partisan hack that she thought voters would actually stay home b/c of her fake poll. She destroyed her reputation for filthy lucre
— Jejune the Destroyer (@of_lyon68642) November 17, 2024
Ann Selzer’s retirement announcement confirms what we already knew: The Harris +3 was deliberate propaganda
— David D. Chapman (@DavidD_Chapman) November 17, 2024
This bitch called top dems bragging about her poll prior to the release. Nice unbiased integrity.
— Saoirse1776 (@Saoirse1776) November 17, 2024
Many people cashed in all their credibility to stop Trump in 2024. Like all the ppl who claimed he’s a fascist, just like Hitler, and threatened to put Liz Cheney in front of a firing squad. All those liars have been rendered impotent & silly. Never to be taken seriously again.
— AOC Parody (@ParodyAoc) November 17, 2024
“Congratulations to Donald J. Trump and J.D. Vance on their victory. After four years under Kamala Harris, Hawkeye state voters are eager for President Trump to fix what Kamala Harris broke. Starting on Day 1, President Trump and Vice President JD Vance will help to ease costs, secure the border, and protect Social Security for retirees like Ann Selzer,” the Trump campaign said in a statement after he easily won Iowa on election night.
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