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  1. On Monday, he filed a consumer fraud suit against pollster J. #AnnSelzer & the #DesMoinesRegister over an outlier poll it ran showing #Trump trailing #Harris in the presidential race in Iowa, a conservative state that he went on to win by 13 percentage points. The complaint does not hinge on a #defamation claim—public figures must cross a high legal threshold to prove that they’ve been libeled—but rather a perceived violation of the state’s consumer protection statute.
    #FreePress #law #democracy

  2. All day, #political nerds had been waiting for the results of #AnnSelzer’s famously accurate poll of #Iowa. The state hasn’t been swingy in a long time, but the #Selzer poll, conducted for The #DesMoinesRegister, can offer clues about broader trends in the electorate. In 2016, when many #Democrats were feeling complacent about a #HillaryClinton victory, her survey showing #Trump leading by 7pts in Iowa was an early indication of his underestimated strength in the Midwest.

    #Women
    #HarrisWalz2024

  3. #polls #annselzer #iowa #desmoinesregister #elections2024 #KamalaHarris #tfg

    The best pollster in the country has VP Harris leading Trump in Iowa , this is a shock;

    “ The poll shows that women — particularly those who are older or are politically independent — are driving the late shift toward Harris.”

    “ It’s hard for anybody to say they saw this coming,” said pollster J. Ann Selzer, president of Selzer & Co. “She has clearly leaped into a leading position.” desmoinesregister.com/story/ne