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SharonClark

(10,497 posts) Wed Nov 4, 2020, 09:47 AM Nov 2020

One pollster was close regarding Iowa - Selzer/Iowa Poll [View all]

Ann Selzer's last poll for Iowa had Trump and Ernst ahead by more than any other A rated poll:
Trump +7
Ernst +4.

Vote count:
Trump +8.2
Ernst +6.6

Iowa was hit by a red wave that hit in the last week, 538 showed this as a progressively higher red line.

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One pollster was close regarding Iowa - Selzer/Iowa Poll [View all] SharonClark Nov 2020 OP

Iowa and Ohio appear to be a lost cause at this point. Ace Rothstein Nov 2020 #1

Yes, unfortunately for Ohio too. Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2020 #3

If we pay attention to polls at all in the future, maybe the key is.... Blasphemer Nov 2020 #2

She was rated the gold standard of the gold standard by 538. PTWB Nov 2020 #4

Then we'd all be demoralized even before the election. LisaL Nov 2020 #6

Demoralized? No. Motivated as hell? YES!! PTWB Nov 2020 #7

Well, the Iowa poll came out before the election. LisaL Nov 2020 #11

All the other polls had Iowa pretty close. PTWB Nov 2020 #12

Gold standard qazplm135 Nov 2020 #5

It was only in the last 2 or 3 weeks that people thought Biden might JI7 Nov 2020 #8

Iowa's Ann Selzer on what journalists need to know about polling SharonClark Nov 2020 #9

Ugh Bigredhunk Nov 2020 #10