The company behind the Des Moines Register, which published Ann Selzer’s poorly-aged Iowa poll, has launched an investigation after the poll’s findings were allegedly leaked on X prior to publishing, according to a new report.
Seltzer’s pre-election poll, which set off a multi-day media firestorm, inaccurately showed Vice President Kamala Harris leading in Iowa. The poll was published by the Des Moines Register on the evening of November 2. But an unknown social media user, who assumes the handle “IllinoisLib,” posted the results on X roughly an hour before it went live, according to a report from Semafor.
“Selzer is about to drop Kamala +3 Source: Major campaign surrogate. Not joking. Mark my words,” the post reads.
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In a follow-up post, the author wrote that Democratic Governor JB Pritzker of Illinois revealed the poll’s findings during a Duke Democrats meeting earlier in the day. …