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In reply to the discussion: Harris to Concede Defeat to Trump in Evening Speech, Sources Say [View all]The_REAL_Ecumenist
(880 posts)From FORBES Magazine :
https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/11/03/why-outlier-poll-showing-harris-winning-iowa-could-spell-trouble-for-trump/
& The Iowa Poll of 808 likely voters conducted Oct. 28-31 and released late Saturday (margin of error 3.4 points) shows Harris ahead 47%-44% in the state, after Trump led by four points in Iowa in Selzers September poll for the paper and by 18 points in June against President Joe Biden.
The poll found politically independent voters, women and older voters are the driving force behind Harris rise in the state, which could be a bellwether for the rest of the country.
Harris has overtaken Trumps support among independents as a whole in Iowa, and now leads 46%-39%, and she leads by 28 points among independent women, a sharp swing since Septembers five-point lead, though independent men still favor Trump by a much smaller 47%-37% margin.
Harris leads women over the age of 65, 63%-28%, and men in that age bracket 47%-45%, the poll found.
Selzer, revered among politicos, got her start in polling as a staffer at the Des Moines Register, and has overseen its Iowa poll since 1987, branching off to found her own firm, Selzer & Co., in the 1990s.
Statistician Nate Silver ranks Selzer among the top two highest rated pollsters in the U.S., second only to the New York Times/Siena, according to his grading scale, which factors in historical accuracy and transparency/disclosure standards, along with the pollsters statistical bias toward Democratic or Republican candidates.
Selzers best-known poll is perhaps her 2008 poll that accurately predicted an influx of first-time caucusgoers would deliver former President Barack Obama a victory.
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SUDDENLY, TRUMP won there DESPITE the OVERWHELMING support for Kamala? This makes NO sense!