{"id":2370265,"date":"2024-11-18T10:58:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T15:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/she-knew-exactly-what-she-was-doing-trump-wants-iowa-pollster-investigated-after-huge-election-miss\/"},"modified":"2024-11-18T10:59:21","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T15:59:21","slug":"she-knew-exactly-what-she-was-doing-trump-wants-iowa-pollster-investigated-after-huge-election-miss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/she-knew-exactly-what-she-was-doing-trump-wants-iowa-pollster-investigated-after-huge-election-miss\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;She Knew Exactly What She Was Doing&#8217;: Trump Wants Iowa Pollster Investigated After Huge Election Miss"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fshe-knew-exactly-what-she-was-doing-trump-wants-iowa-pollster-investigated-after-huge-election-miss%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2370265&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent poll by J. Ann Selzer published by the Des Moines Register, President-elect Donald Trump was shown to be trailing Kamala Harris by\u200b three percentage points in \u200dIowa, despite his actual\u2064 victory in the state \u200dby 13 points. Trump \u200chas accused \u200cthe pollster \u200bof\u2064 spreading &#8220;fake news&#8221; and is calling for an investigation \u200binto what he perceives as election fraud. He \u2064indicated that \u2064the poll caused &#8220;great distrust and uncertainty&#8221; right before \u200dthe election. Selzer, reflecting on the flawed \u200dpoll, announced her decision to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">stop conducting election polling<\/a> and \u2064acknowledged her previous \u2063track record of accuracy may have led her to underestimate the\u200b implications of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-poll-finds-newsoms-job-approval-ratings-plunge-amid-looming-recall\/\" title=\"New Poll Finds Newsom\u2019s Job Approval Ratings Plunge Amid Looming Recall\">poll results<\/a>. Additionally, Trump\u2019s representative\u2062 claimed\u200c Selzer&#8217;s polling was a\u200d blatant effort to mislead the public to benefit Harris. Following the election, several individuals, including Senator Joni Ernst,\u2062 defended Trump&#8217;s position, asserting\u2063 that the\u2062 poll results were incorrect.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President-elect Donald Trump believes there was something more at work than a data error in a last-minute poll that showed Trump losing in Iowa to Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p>As noted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/11\/17\/trump-investigation-ann-selzer-iowa-poll-kamala-harris\/76389559007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA Today<\/a>, the poll by J. Ann Selzer showed Trump losing to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/meet-man-handed-trump-pennsylvania-helped-save-america-kamala-harris-presidency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harris<\/a> by three percentage points. He won the state by 13 points.<\/p>\n<p>The poll was published on the Saturday before Election Day by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/politics\/iowa-poll\/2024\/11\/02\/iowa-poll-kamala-harris-leads-donald-trump-2024-presidential-race\/75354033007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Des Moines Register<\/a>, which said the poll showed Harris &ldquo;leapfrogs&rdquo; Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She has clearly leaped into a leading position,&rdquo; Selzer said in comments that suggested what Americans believed to be a nail-biter of a contest was tipping towards Harris.<\/p>\n<p>Trump said the pollster needs to pay a price for spreading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/amish-helped-trump-win-pennsylvania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fake news<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680;BREAKING: PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST CALLED FOR AN INVESTIGATION INTO FRAUD POLLSTER FOR ELECTION FRAUD!<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;&hellip;possible ELECTION FRAUD by Ann Selzer and the now discredited &lsquo;newspaper&rsquo; for which she works. An investigation is fully called for!&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eGeSUv2C6U\">pic.twitter.com\/eGeSUv2C6U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bo Loudon (@BoLoudon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BoLoudon\/status\/1858284794783957187?\">November 17, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A totally Fake poll that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-vows-investigation-into-pollster-ann-selzer-who-predicted-he-would-lose-iowa-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump vows investigation into pollster Ann Selzer who predicted he would lose Iowa - Washington Examiner\">caused great distrust<\/a> and uncertainty at a very critical time. She knew exactly what she was doing,&rdquo; Trump posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/113500487850838306\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Thank you to the GREAT PEOPLE OF IOWA for giving me such a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-pollster-calling-it-quits-after-iowa-election-prediction-gaffe-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Top pollster calling it quits after Iowa election prediction gaffe - Washington Examiner\">record breaking vote<\/a>, despite possible ELECTION FRAUD by Ann Selzer and the now discredited &lsquo;newspaper&rsquo; for which she works. An investigation is fully called for!&rdquo; &nbsp;Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p>When USA Today asked Trump representative Steven Cheung it he was implying there should be a criminal investigation of Selzer, Cheung said, &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/amish-helped-trump-win-pennsylvania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Trump<\/a> was very clear in his  post.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Selzer &ldquo;beclowned herself during the last days of the campaign in a seemingly blatant attempt to misinform the public for the benefit of Kamala Harris,&rdquo; Cheung said.<\/p>\n<p>Selzer announced that she is done with election polling on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Would I have liked to make this announcement after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ann-selzer-announces-retirement-from-election-polling-after-iowa-strikeout-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Ann Selzer announces retirement from election polling after Iowa strikeout - Washington Examiner\">final poll aligned<\/a> with Election Day results? Of course.&#8239;It&rsquo;s ironic that it&rsquo;s just the opposite,&rdquo; Selzer wrote in an Op-Ed for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/opinion\/columnists\/2024\/11\/17\/ann-selzer-conducts-iowa-poll-ending-election-polling-moving-to-other-opportunities\/76334909007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Des Moines Register<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am proud of the work I&rsquo;ve done for the Register, for the Detroit Free Press, for the Indianapolis Star, for Bloomberg News and for other public and private organizations interested in elections,&rdquo; she wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Donald J. Trump&rsquo;s Election Day results put Ann Selzer&rsquo;s fake news polling to shame.<\/p>\n<p>Iowans proved her wrong once and for all &mdash; Iowa is Trump Country! &#127482;&#127480; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sDaoSJ8jBB\">https:\/\/t.co\/sDaoSJ8jBB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Joni Ernst (@joniernst) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joniernst\/status\/1858257799312179408?\">November 17, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Polling is a science of estimation, and science has a way of periodically humbling the scientist. So, I&rsquo;m humbled, yet always willing to learn from unexpected findings,&rdquo; Selzer wrote.<\/p>\n<p>In her post, she said her &ldquo;history of accuracy&rdquo; may have led her not to question the poll results.<\/p>\n<p>Selzer also released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/25318922-nov-2024-iowa-poll-ann-selzer-review-and-analysis-002?responsive=1&amp;title=1?embed=true&amp;responsive=false&amp;sidebar=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">19-page analysis<\/a> of where she might have gone wrong.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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According to USA Today, the J. Ann Selzer poll showed Trump trailing Harris by three percentage points, despite his actual victory in the state by 13 points. The Des Moines Register published this poll on the Saturday before Election Day, suggesting that Harris had &#8220;leapfrogged&#8221; ahead of Trump. Selzer remarked that Harris had clearly taken a leading position, implying that what many viewed as a close race was shifting in her favor. In response, Trump claimed the pollster should face consequences for disseminating false information.<\/p>\n<p>Trump later called for an investigation into Selzer and her affiliated newspaper for potential election fraud, labeling the poll as &#8220;totally fake&#8221; and detrimental during a crucial time. He expressed gratitude to Iowans for their overwhelming support despite alleged election fraud from Selzer&#8217;s side.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if Trump&#8217;s comments implied criminal investigation of Selzer, his representative stated that Trump&#8217;s message was clear. Cheung accused Selzer of attempting to mislead voters in favor of Harris during the campaign&#8217;s final days.<\/p>\n<p>Selzer announced she would no longer conduct election polling and reflected on her career with pride while acknowledging her unexpected findings from this experience. 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