A possible leak of Ann Selzer‘s now-infamous Iowa presidential election poll is being investigated by the publisher of the Des Moines Register. According to Semafor, newspaper chain Gannett, the Des Moines Register’s publisher, is looking into a lone tweet that predicted the results roughly 45 minutes before it was public. The poll became well known in the final few days before last week’s election after it showed Democratic nominee Kamala Harris up by 3 points in Iowa. Republican nominee Donald Trump ended up winning the state handily, proving the poll wrong. “Selzer is about to drop Kamala +3,” wrote user @IllinoisLib, who said the source was a major campaign surrogate. “Not joking. Mark my words.” The poster then said it was Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker who mentioned it at a Duke University Democrats meeting. According to Semafor, the Des Moines Register “is legendarily careful with Selzer’s polls, which shape perceptions of crucial early caucuses in both parties.”
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