Pollster Selzer defends herself against critics in the wake of Iowa miss

J. Ann Selzer, a pollster for The Des Moines Register, vehemently denied any intent to sway an election poll during the 2024 presidential election. 

“I am mystified about what the motivation anybody thinks I had and would act on in such a public poll,” Selzer stated during a Friday interview on PBS’s “Iowa Press.”

"So, the idea that I intentionally set up to deliver this response, when I’ve never done that before, I’ve had plenty of opportunities to do it, it’s not my ethic,” she said.