Iowa pollster Ann Selzer said in an interview Friday that an infamous poll showing Vice President Kamala Harris leading President-elect Donald Trump by 3 points in the historically red state He mentioned criticisms of the results and what was wrong with them.
“I'm not here to give you any news. If you're expecting me to know exactly why things went wrong, I don't. Check this out, it would be very strange if this happened, but we are investigating everything in an unprecedented move for transparency. I then put the crosstabs, queue system, and my analysis online. It was pretty complete so there was no need to update it. we don't know. What do you wish you had known? Yes, I wish I knew,” Selzer said. At Iowa Press With host Kay Henderson, The Gazette's Des Moines bureau chief Erin Murphy and Iowa Public Radio's Katarina Sostarik.
In the end, Trump won Iowa by more than 10 points. Selzer's polling was heavily promoted by the media before the election because her poll predictions in past elections have been historically accurate.
Ms. Murphy asked Ms. Selzer to address some of the backlash she has received regarding the poll results.
Kamala Harris and President-elect Donald Trump side by side. (Getty Images)
Iowa pollster Ann Selzer suggests her data may have inspired Republican voters to prove it wrong
“Let's deal with this allegation, because I'm confused as to who would have a motive for participating in a poll like this and acting on it. I don't understand that, and I take the allegations very seriously. They're saying this is what it was.'' Election interference is a crime, and I've never done it before, but I deliberately set it up to respond this way. That's not my ethics,” Selzer said. .
“But to suggest without any evidence that I was in collusion with someone or that I was taking money from someone, that's all kind of, they're accusing me of a crime. Other than that, it's hard to focus on it too much,'' she added.
Mr. Seltzer said, des moines register About how she was exposed to criticism and questions. In response, she wondered if her poll itself changed the state's perception of Trump.
Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a concession speech after the 2024 presidential election on the campus of Howard University on Wednesday, November 6, in Washington, DC. (AP/Jacqueline Martin)
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“In response to criticism that I had 'manipulated' the data, or that I was being paid (perhaps by anonymous sources on the Democratic side), or that I was engaging in psychological operations or some form of voter suppression, I have It has been reported that the findings of this last poll may actually energize and energize Republican voters who thought they were probably headed for victory. ”
She also announced that she plans to move on to “other businesses” after the election.
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FOX News' Lindsay Cornick contributed to this report.
