'Enjoy retirement': Veteran pollster mocked after Harris prediction in Iowa was 'shockingly wrong'

Conservatives connected societal media are blasting a seasoned pollster successful Iowa aft erstwhile President Trump easy won the authorities contempt a play canvass that showed VP Kamala Harris up by 3 points.

The Des Moines Register-sponsored canvass successful Iowa 3 days earlier the predetermination caused a firestorm erstwhile it showed Harris winning by 3 points successful the reliably reddish state. 

"It’s hard for anybody to accidental they saw this coming," pollster J. Ann Selzer, president of Selzer & Co., who conducted the poll, told the paper connected Saturday. "She has intelligibly leaped into a starring position." 

The Fox News Decision Desk called Iowa for Trump connected Tuesday nighttime and the erstwhile president held a commanding pb by implicit 10 points astir 11 PM ET prompting a question of conservatives connected societal media blasting the poll. 

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"Congratulations to Donald J. Trump and J.D. Vance connected their victory," Deputy Political Director Alex Latcham said successful a statement. "After 4 years nether Kamala Harris, Hawkeye authorities voters are anxious for President Trump to hole what Kamala Harris broke. Starting connected Day 1, President Trump and Vice President JD Vance volition assistance to easiness costs, unafraid the border, and support Social Security for retirees similar Ann Selzer."

"Enjoy retirement…," Trump co-campaign manager Chris LaCivita posted connected X on with a screenshot of an nonfiction calling Selzer "the champion pollster successful politics."

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"It was shockingly wrong," writer and broadcaster Piers Morgan posted connected X. Trump conscionable crushed Kamala successful Iowa. Ms Selzer’s canvass was a turkey of Biblical proportions."

"Selzer is simply a disgrace," Washington Free Beacon reported Joe Simonson posted connected X. 

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Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump speaks arsenic erstwhile archetypal woman Melania Trump listens aft they voted connected Election Day astatine the Morton and Barbara Mandel Recreation Center, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, successful Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

"They each talked astir Ann Selzer similar she was the Oracle of Delphi due to the fact that they truthful wanted to judge it," writer Glenn Greenwald posted connected X.

Fox News Digital reached retired to the Des Moines Register and Selzer for remark but did not instantly person a response. 

Fox News Digital's Brie Stimson contributed to this report.