Right before election day November 5, poll results from the Des Moines Register/Selzer showed that Vice President Kamala Harris was 3 points ahead of Mr. Trump in Iowa. This survey is surprising because Ms. Selzer is the most reputable expert in the United States, while Iowa tends to lean toward the Republican party. In the end, the president-elect won this “red” state with a difference of up to 13 points. Steven Cheung – Mr. Trump’s communications director – also claimed that Ms. Selzer “made a fool of herself in the final days of the campaign, contributing to a blatant effort to spread false information to the public, help Kamala Harris benefit.”

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The statement from Mr. Trump came hours after Ms. Selzer announced her plan to stop polling in an editorial in the Des Moines Register. She has been planning this for the past year. After the poll results were criticized, Ms. Selzer said “nothing was found to clarify the error,” but predicted survey participants had lied or changed their opinions. “I always value integrity. For those who question this, perhaps no words can stop them,” she added. Dubbed the “poll queen,” Ms. Selzer gained notoriety in 2008 when she accurately predicted that a then virtually unknown senator, Barack Obama, would defeat front-runner Hillary Clinton in the race. Democratic caucus in Iowa.