{"id":8810,"date":"2024-12-16T19:18:50","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T11:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=8810"},"modified":"2024-12-16T19:18:53","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T11:18:53","slug":"pollster-selzer-defends-herself-against-critics-in-the-wake-of-iowa-miss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=8810","title":{"rendered":"Pollster Selzer defends herself against critics in the wake of Iowa miss"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"365\" height=\"195\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/3-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/3-4.jpg 365w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/3-4-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>J. Ann Selzer, a pollster for The Des Moines Register, vehemently denied any intent to sway an election poll during the 2024 presidential election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am mystified about what the motivation anybody thinks I had and would act on in such a public poll,\u201d Selzer stated during a Friday interview on PBS\u2019s \u201cIowa Press.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo, the idea that I intentionally set up to deliver this response, when I\u2019ve never done that before, I\u2019ve had plenty of opportunities to do it, it\u2019s not my ethic,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTo suggest without a single shred of evidence that I was in cahoots with somebody, I was being paid by somebody, it\u2019s all just kind of \u2026 it\u2019s hard to pay too much attention to it except that they are accusing me of a crime,\u201d she said in response to President-elect Trump\u2019s accusations of her negative intent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump alleged that Selzer\u2019s poll, which showed him losing by 3 points, was \u201cfake\u201d in a post on Truth Social.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA totally Fake poll that caused great distrust and uncertainty at a very critical time,\u201d Trump wrote after winning the state\u2019s electoral votes by a 16 point distinction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hill&#8217;s Headlines &#8211; December 14, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShe knew exactly what she was doing. Thank you to the GREAT PEOPLE OF IOWA for giving me such a record breaking vote, despite possible ELECTION FRAUD by Ann Selzer and the now discredited \u2018newspaper\u2019 for which she works,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAn investigation is fully called for!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Selzer said she would move on to \u201cother ventures\u201d after the November election amid controversy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>J. 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