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Trump demands investigation of pollster who showed Iowa lead for Kamala Harris

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    10% Center

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    85% ReliableGood

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    94% Negative

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54% : In the data-heavy analysis, she walked through seven factors that may have contributed to the result that showed Harris leading Trump, 47% to 44%.
53% : But in the waning days of a pressure cooker campaign, Selzer's poll for the Des Moines Register, part of the USA TODAY Network, outraged the GOP and gave Democrats false hope ahead of what turned out to be a national Republican rout.Trump's takeover: Matt Gaetz to Elon Musk signal big ambition and combat aheadTrump on Sunday described the poll as "possible ELECTION FRAUD by Ann Selzer and the now discredited 'newspaper' for which she works," adding, "An investigation is fully called for!"Survey errors aren't known to violate criminal statutes.
51% : Asked if Trump was calling for a criminal investigation of the pollster, spokesman Steven Cheung replied: "President Trump was very clear in his Truth Social post."'Nothing is more rewarding than figuring out what went wrong'In a 19-page review of the poll she released Sunday, Selzer wrote: "I'll continue to be puzzled by the biggest miss of my career."
47% : In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump blasted the Nov. 1 poll results for causing "great distrust and uncertainty at a very critical time.
24% : ""She knew exactly what she was doing," Trump wrote of pollster J. Ann Selzer, 68, who announced her departure from political polling on Sunday.
15% : Trump defeated Harris in Iowa by 13 points, 56% to 42.7%.

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