Iowa Pollster Ann Selzer Retires After 16-Point Miss

Iowa Pollster Ann Selzer Retires After 16-Point Miss

Iowa Pollster Ann Selzer Retires After 16-Point Miss

The Trump campaign predicted biased polls attempting to show bloated support for Vice President Kamala Harris days before Des Moines Register pollster Ann Selzer’s election-eve poll showed her leading in the red state.

Turns out the campaign data scientists were right and Selzer’s portrayal of the electorate was wrong by 16 points — so wrong Selzer has retired as the pollster for the famed Iowa Poll.

Still, Selzer contends she planned to retire even after the embarrassment of her 11th-hour poll showing Harris plus-3 in an Iowa general election she would ultimately lose to Trump by nearly 14 points (56%-42.7%).

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