BREAKING: FIRE will defend J. Ann Selzer, the veteran pollster whose last poll before the 2024 election incorrectly predicted Vice President Kamala Harris leading in Iowa, against a baseless lawsuit by President-elect Donald Trump that threatens Americans’ First Amendment rights.
Trump’s lawsuit claims Selzer’s poll constitutes “consumer fraud.” That is not what those words mean. Consumer fraud laws are about the scam artist who rolls back the odometer on a used car, not a newspaper pollster whose prediction of an election winner doesn’t pan out.
Selzer used the same methodology as when she previously called the state for Trump in 2016 and 2020, but this time she got it wrong. After Election Day, she released the full results of her telephone survey along with the weighting system used to interpret the data.
Selzer adds: “The response to a mismatch between my final poll and the decisions Iowa voters made should be thoughtful analysis and introspection. I should be devoting my time to that and not to a vengeful lawsuit from someone with enormous power and assets.”
This is America. No one should be afraid to predict the outcome of an election. That’s why we refuse to let Donald Trump abuse the legal system to punish Selzer for speech he dislikes.
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BREAKING: FIRE will defend J. Ann Selzer, the veteran pollster whose last poll before the 2024 election incorrectly predicted Vice President Kamala Harris leading in Iowa, against a baseless lawsuit by President-elect Donald Trump that threatens Americans’ First Amendment rights.
Trump’s lawsuit claims Selzer’s poll constitutes “consumer fraud.” That is not what those words mean. Consumer fraud laws are about the scam artist who rolls back the odometer on a used car, not a newspaper pollster whose prediction of an election winner doesn’t pan out.
Selzer used the same methodology as when she previously called the state for Trump in 2016 and 2020, but this time she got it wrong. After Election Day, she released the full results of her telephone survey along with the weighting system used to interpret the data.
Selzer adds: “The response to a mismatch between my final poll and the decisions Iowa voters made should be thoughtful analysis and introspection. I should be devoting my time to that and not to a vengeful lawsuit from someone with enormous power and assets.”
This is America. No one should be afraid to predict the outcome of an election. That’s why we refuse to let Donald Trump abuse the legal system to punish Selzer for speech he dislikes.
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