J. Ann Selzer Profile
J. Ann Selzer

@jaselzer

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Public opinion researcher, gathering data on perceptions of my state, my country, and my planet.

Des Moines, IA
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@jaselzer
J. Ann Selzer
4 years
Grinnell College National Poll on Morning Joe.
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4 years
I'm booked for tomorrow morning on CNN's Reliable Sources, unless something more important needs discussion.
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4 years
Forgive me, but after a morning of calls, this seems warranted. To those tempted to try to persuade anyone connected to the Iowa Poll to release another poll, please know: 1) The first rule of the Iowa Poll schedule is we do not talk about the Iowa Poll schedule, and
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4 years
One of the most thorough interviews I've done this cycle. With a few laughs thown in.
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4 years
One of the most accurate and widely respected pollsters, Ann Selzer ( @jaselzer ), joins me to break down her methodology and latest Iowa results:
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J. Ann Selzer
4 years
2) Your calls cannot change anything.
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4 years
Oh, the internal conversations!
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AJ Schnack
4 years
I know everyone knows this but @jaselzer & @Selzer_Co_MY are the best. Pollsters, yes, but good people also. I can only imagine their internal conversations when their last poll results were so divergent from all other polling. They were right, of course, and not just in IA...
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4 years
Grinnell College National Poll on Morning Joe.
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J. Ann Selzer
5 years
In case you were wondering, in the June Des Moines Register/Mediacom/CNN Iowa Poll, we had exactly one respondent for whom Hickenlooper was the first choice. For that one person, Pete Buttigieg was the second choice. Fun fact of the day.
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J. Ann Selzer
4 years
Here it is.
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J. Ann Selzer
3 years
I'm honored.
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3 years
Well lit. Plant. Books. Lovely presentation. Well within margin of error. 10/10 @jaselzer
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4 years
Here it is!
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Brianne Pfannenstiel
4 years
NEW ⁦ @DMRegister ⁩ Iowa Poll results Theresa Greenfield: 46% Sen. Joni Ernst: 43% #IASen
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J. Ann Selzer
5 years
I can now answer your question. Saturday night.
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Brian 🏳️‍🌈
5 years
@jaselzer when can we expect the next @DMRegister poll of the Caucus?
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J. Ann Selzer
4 years
Been there
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CNN Politics
4 years
This tiny township is one of the first to announce results on Election Day
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J. Ann Selzer
3 years
Someone I likely do not know in my feed posted a picture of the completed Mini puzzle today. I tried not to look at it, as I am on a team that competes on the puzzle daily. I had to report it and will get 25% added to my time. People! Think before you post.😀
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J. Ann Selzer
5 years
New polls(not mine) play out what I saw in the tea leaves of the June Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom Iowa Poll: Joe Biden is vincible.
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J. Ann Selzer
3 years
I wish there were a rule that when a news outlet announces a vote has been taken, they would report the numbers. "House votes to repeal 2002 Iraq war powers." Not that hard to add the numbers. Right there between "votes" and "to."
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J. Ann Selzer
2 months
From Grinnell College National Poll: As you think about the next 12 months, do you expect the overall strength of the U.S. economy to be better or worse as compared to the way you see it now? # GrinnellPoll
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J. Ann Selzer
3 years
A very thorough, fun interview.
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Elizabeth Yuan
3 years
. @JoeBiden 's win was much closer than polls predicted, but not every pollster emerged from Election Day with a black eye. Iowa's @jaselzer was right on the money. @WSJ talks with Iowa's queen of polling outliers about how she got it right.
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J. Ann Selzer
5 years
I say nothing.
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Jesse Stanton
5 years
@jaselzer When will we get another Iowa poll, please?
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J. Ann Selzer
4 years
Grinnell College National Poll on Morning Joe.
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J. Ann Selzer
5 years
Elizabeth Warren surges and Joe Biden fades in close Iowa race, new poll shows
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@jaselzer
J. Ann Selzer
5 years
Recalling the 1984 fire that destroyed something like half the existing medieval glass known in the world. York Minster has been rebuilt, never the same.
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J. Ann Selzer
4 years
From years of viewing experience, I have to say @SHO_TheCircus is never better than when it’s snowing. In Iowa, or elsewhere.
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J. Ann Selzer
4 years
Happy to announce I am with power once more
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J. Ann Selzer
4 years
Earlier this week, I gave an hour-long interview to Preet Bharara. He asks unusual questions, and so it was a pleasure to spend the time. The podcast launched this morning. It's long, just fair warning.
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J. Ann Selzer
5 years
Let's look at the historical data. In our polling ahead of the 2016 caucuses, 19% in August of 2015 and 25% in October of 2015 said it would be their first caucus. As campaigns do their work, with time, they recruit more and more first-time caucusgoers.
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Toxic Vitriol🌹
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@jaselzer @djjohnso Only expecting 19% of caucus attendees to be first timers? CNN entrance polls showed 44% were first timers in '16 and youth vote turnout was up in '18.
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J. Ann Selzer
4 years
Here's the main story. More on the Register's site.
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J. Ann Selzer
4 years
Get ready!
@brianneDMR
Brianne Pfannenstiel
4 years
🚨New Iowa Poll alert! We’ve got news on the Iowa Senate race, the presidential race, and Iowans’ feelings about the coronavirus and racial unrest
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J. Ann Selzer
5 years
How Sanders and Clinton tracked 2014-2016.
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J. Ann Selzer
3 years
Highlights from Grinnell College National Poll: Confidence 2022 general election votes will be counted as voters intended: 53% very/somewhat confident, 44% not too/not at all confident
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J. Ann Selzer
4 years
Ha!
@WakeUp2Politics
Gabe Fleisher
4 years
As we wait for the #DemDebate to begin, I spoke with @jaselzer , the polling queen of Iowa (“I prefer goddess,” she joked.) She warned about the unpredictability of caucuses. “I would not jump to declare we know how this is going to turn out” More in Wake Up To Politics tomorrow
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J. Ann Selzer
7 months
One of the key findings is the almost universal appeal of term limits for members of Congress.
@GrinnellPoll
Grinnell College National Poll
7 months
The latest #GrinnellPoll data: strong bipartisan majorities favor term limits for Congress and the Supreme Court.
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J. Ann Selzer
3 years
Dear Twitter. You've created technology to link several tweets together. Great. Not great is posting the last tweet of the series first. While the tweets may land as an uninterrupted series, better would be to list the tweets so a reader can scroll down and read them in order.
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J. Ann Selzer
4 years
I wonder what other polls are showing.
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J. Ann Selzer
4 years
We call the combination of these scores the candidate's footprint.
@LauraRBelin
Bleeding Heartland
4 years
It's extremely helpful that @jaselzer polls have been asking #Iowa caucus-goers who they are actively considering as well as for 1st and 2nd choice. #iacaucus
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J. Ann Selzer
1 year
Me too.
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Geoff Garin
1 year
I try. I really do.
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J. Ann Selzer
4 years
A fun conversation with @DavidYepsen this afternoon to air on PBS Iowa tonight, tomorrow, and the next day on Iowa Press.
@AndBatt
Andrew Batt
4 years
Taping @IowaPress now with @jaselzer @DavidYepsen , Selzer says: “In September, I said if I was Joni Ernst I would attach myself to @ChuckGrassley in this state.” Selzer openly wonders if Democrats peaked too early in Iowa with absentees and R energy was stronger on home stretch
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@jaselzer
J. Ann Selzer
5 years
Just to put it out there, calling our shop to tell us to "release the polls" is an odd strategy. It presumes a) we forgot we had polls we had on hand and just needed to be reminded to release them, or
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@jaselzer
J. Ann Selzer
5 years
By request, here is the link to the freshly squeezed FiveThirtyEight podcast I recorded yesterday with my fellow wonk, Galen Druke.
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J. Ann Selzer
4 years
Just started watching the new Ken Burns-produced documentary, College behind Bars. I’m only 14 minutes in, and I already highly recommend this. If you decide to watch it, and you get to the 14 minute mark, you’ll know why I decided to tweet this.
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J. Ann Selzer
2 years
Let the speculation begin! The Iowa Poll is back with its first 2024 question. The Iowa Poll, the 'gold standard' of political surveys, is back with new tracking on Gov. Kim Reynolds, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley and the economy.
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J. Ann Selzer
8 years
@MarkHalperin @jlrye @mmckinnon @jheil @SHO_TheCircus FANTASTIC episode-opens secret door to the heart of 2016 campaign in all its glory.
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J. Ann Selzer
5 years
Always fun working with the political teams at The Register and CNN!
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Rachel Stassen-Berger
5 years
I know what you are doing Saturday night. NEW IOWA POLL TO BE RELEASED ⏰
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J. Ann Selzer
3 years
Another weekend. Another Trump parade.
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J. Ann Selzer
5 years
The time might finally have come for me to watch Fight Club.
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Rachel Stassen-Berger
5 years
For the people calling/email the @DMRegister about polls: The first rule of planning the Iowa Poll is we don't talk about the Iowa Poll. The second rule is: Read the first rule. Guess what the third rule is?
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J. Ann Selzer
5 years
Queen of diamonds!
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Brianne Pfannenstiel
5 years
And snaps to ⁦ @RachelSB ⁩ who made this face more times than I can count in the last week as we planned a poll release and coverage of yet another super chaotic week in Iowa politics. She’s a queen.
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J. Ann Selzer
4 years
New poll shows Trump's tough path to reelection | TheHill
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J. Ann Selzer
4 years
Sad news. I was fortunate he succumbed to my campaign to meet him many years ago. I had worked on a research project to test if the little local NY talk show had legs for syndication. Yes. We spent 45 minutes in his office chatting happily away. I'm an unabashed fan.
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Maggie Haberman
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Regis Philbin Dies at 88
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J. Ann Selzer
3 years
If you've never listened to the Christmas Carol read by the very best, tune in to Iowa Public Radio. Read by Doug Brown, from 9 a.m. to noon on IPR's AM News and FM News/Studio One stations and again from 9 p.m. to midnight on IPR News stations.
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J. Ann Selzer
4 years
It would be perfectly okay to fast forward past my bit to listen to ISU economist Dave Swenson and Mayor Quentin Hart of Waterloo for fresh insight into the Iowa economy, and into the feel of politics in the not-so-white parts of Iowa.
@TheTakeaway
The Takeaway 🎙
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The view from Iowa: @jaselzer , whose poll is considered the “gold standard,” walks us through her latest data set and what to make of this incredibly close race. Listen to the latest Politics with Amy Walter:
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J. Ann Selzer
5 years
Something of an explainer for the new Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom Iowa Poll.
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J. Ann Selzer
5 years
We do not discuss our polling schedule. Imagine my kindest, most gracious voice as I say that.
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J. Ann Selzer
3 years
Highlights from Grinnell College National Poll: President Joe Biden Favorable/Unfavorable numbers: 49-43%, improved from August 2020 43-48%.
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J. Ann Selzer
5 years
Telling tidbits from Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom Iowa Poll: Only 20% have a first choice candidate and say they are unlikely to be persuaded to support someone else.
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J. Ann Selzer
4 years
We've learned to prepare for such occasions.
@RachelSB
Rachel Stassen-Berger
4 years
Because we ask second choices in our polling (and our pollsters @jaselzer and @Selzer_Co_MY are AMAZING), here's how our poll would look if Booker's supporters were reallocated: 20% Sanders 18% Warren (that's +1) 17% Buttigieg (+1) 15% Biden
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J. Ann Selzer
2 years
Wordle 216 2/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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J. Ann Selzer
1 year
When your go-to opening word is the Wordle of the day, it's going to be a good day! Wordle 695 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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J. Ann Selzer
3 years
Iowa Poll: A majority of Iowans want U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley to decide not to run in 2022; 28% hope he will via @DMRegister
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J. Ann Selzer
4 years
Even more depth.
@RachelSB
Rachel Stassen-Berger
4 years
Want to dig into the Iowa Poll details of all the Democratic candidates polled? We've got a guide for you. via @robinlopsahl , @katie_akin
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J. Ann Selzer
5 years
Cokie Roberts's was among the first voices of women journalists to penetrate my world. For so many to gather at one place--NPR--seemed astonishing. Cokie Roberts, Nina Totenberg, Susan Stanberg, Linda Wertheimer. Talk about a dynasty.
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Nina Totenberg
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The world will be a lesser place without my darling friend, Cokie Roberts, who died early this morning. I said good-bye last night. Told her I'd see her on the other side some day, where I know she will still be a star.
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I'm increasingly hearing the empty phrase "and whatnot" finish people's sentences. Maybe 10 years ago, it was "and such." Not sure where these habits start.
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J. Ann Selzer
4 months
Snow squall. As though we don’t have enough.
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J. Ann Selzer
4 months
Latest from Iowa Poll, courtesy of Des Moines Register, NBC News, and Mediacom:
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J. Ann Selzer
6 years
I was #80 this morning. Normally #30 . Big turnout?
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J. Ann Selzer
3 years
Sad to learn this. Probably my favorite episode of Laverne and Shirley featured Lenny and the Squiqtones. Performing in a talent show, Squiggy vamped: "This is a little song called Night after Night. It's about two nights, one right after the other. I laughed for days.
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Helen Kennedy
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RIP David Lander Lenny and Squiggy made me laugh so much as a kid
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These two look remarkably alike, I think.
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J. Ann Selzer
5 years
I love debates. I love charts. Ross Perot breathed life into the conversation, making it much more of a spectator-friendly event. RIP. PS: Anyone who knows me will know I objected to his pie charts not starting at 12.00 and reading in a clockwise direction.
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J. Ann Selzer
4 years
Wednesday? How is that possible?
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Rachel Stassen-Berger
4 years
Dear friends: Today is WEDNESDAY. Best, Rachel
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J. Ann Selzer
5 years
Thanks!
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Matt McIver
5 years
Congrats to @jaselzer on Selzer & Co. receiving an A+ rating from @538politics ! #dsmusa #catchdesmoines
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J. Ann Selzer
3 years
This is why I love March Madness. Great win for Drake. Wichita State played with so much heart. Sad for them to go. But great for Drake.
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J. Ann Selzer
4 years
Just curious why many articles with a headline about 23, say, states showing spikes of COVID-19 cases do not list the 23 states. Or show me a map. They'll mention California, maybe, and go in depth with photos of Santa Rosa. I'd like to know the 23 (or whatever) states.
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J. Ann Selzer
5 years
@jheil @amyklobuchar @SHO_TheCircus @Showtime Can't wait to see how your videographer captures this event on The Circus.
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J. Ann Selzer
5 years
Here is the attachment, showing questions asked and topline answers reported out so far, including second choice.
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J. Ann Selzer
5 years
Go to the CNN story and click on the poll for all the numbers released so far, including second choice. Hard for me to get Twitter to pick it up.
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J. Ann Selzer
5 years
Telling tidbits from Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom Iowa Poll: [Corrected from earlier] Biden’s favorable rating is down 15 points from March 2019 and his unfavorable rating has almost doubled in that time.
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J. Ann Selzer
5 years
Kind words. Thank you.
@smithbm12
Brian Smith
5 years
Proud that the @DMRegister continues to work with one of the best to produce the #IowaPoll ! @jaselzer is an incredible asset for the state.
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J. Ann Selzer
4 years
Iowa Poll: Donald Trump and Joe Biden are locked in a dead heat six weeks to Election Day via @DMRegister
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J. Ann Selzer
1 year
@RachelSB Sad news, yet I am optimistic you have a bright future. You're one of the best editors I've worked with. Politics editors more specifically.
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J. Ann Selzer
2 years
I'm just now reading that when Americans listen to happy music, it moves markets upward. One music streaming service says the happiest song is Earth, Wind, and Fire's "September." I counter with Katrina and the Waves "Walking on Sunshine." Other nominations?
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J. Ann Selzer
3 years
Well worth the read. This account includes some details I've not come across elsewhere. Excellent reporting.
@ChadPergram
Chad Pergram
3 years
Jan. 6 under the Capitol Dome: The darkest entry yet in Clio's tablet | Fox News
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J. Ann Selzer
5 years
Go to the CNN story and click on the poll for all the numbers released so far, including second choice. Hard for me to get Twitter to pick it up.
@Rob_Richie
Rob Richie
5 years
In a typical state or congressional district, these numbers under DNC rules would mean only Warren and Biden would be >15% & earn delegates. In Iowa, caucus voters have more power & can move to backup choices. Hoping @jaselzer will start releasing 2nd choices allowing estimates
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J. Ann Selzer
4 years
Grinnell/Selzer Poll. Trust Proportion of public who trust sources Completely + Mostly 91%Your doctor 83%Government experts in public health 72%Governor of your state 50%VP Mike Pence 46%President Trump
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J. Ann Selzer
5 years
1988--My first presidential election as Iowa Poll director. Summer of 1988, our poll showed Dukakis with a 2-to-1 lead over G.H.W. Bush. The newsroom was skeptical. But they could not find anything else in the poll findings they doubted, so decided to publish the rookie's poll.
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Bleeding Heartland
5 years
@kkondik The #Iowa county map of 1988 presidential election blows my mind. Dukakis not only won the state by 10 points, he carried 75 of the 99 counties. Even Steve King's home county!
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J. Ann Selzer
5 years
I’m not an expert in such things. But I would think both teams get a possession in overtime. Otherwise the randomness of the coin toss is determinative?
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J. Ann Selzer
4 years
In my typical way, I went right to the map, eyeballing the differential by party by district, calculating in my mind that it looked to be about even statewide. Then, I raise my eyes to see the work already done, confirming my eyeballs. 641 difference statewide, advantage GOP.
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Bleeding Heartland
4 years
Going into the 2018 general election, when Ds flipped #IA01 and #IA03 and held #IA02 , the Democratic voter registration advantage was: about 23K in #IA01 (nearly 30K now) about 24K in #IA02 (around 28K now) about 1K in #IA03 (around 15K now)
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J. Ann Selzer
4 years
I have a butter cow necklace. It look just like this.
@jpelzer
Jeremy Pelzer
4 years
Not sure who to attribute this to, but it's pretty funny
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J. Ann Selzer
5 years
b) we would relent on any plan not to release a poll because it made someone mad. In reality, kind of a waste of time, effort, and emotion.
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J. Ann Selzer
2 years
A rare moment of victory ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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J. Ann Selzer
2 months
Taylor Swift: Overall 52-32% favorable-to-unfavorable. Democrats 70-17% Republicans 39-41% Independents 51-33% # GrinnellPoll
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J. Ann Selzer
4 years
What a fun conversation with illustrious journalist @AlHuntDC Al Hunt, and legendary political consultant @JamesCarville . They dig deep.
@AlHuntDC
Albert Hunt
4 years
In this week's War Room podcast @JamesCarville and I talk impeachment of course. Plus @JASelzer joins us to analyze why @PeteButtigieg is out in front in the latest Iowa poll @DMRegister @CNN
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J. Ann Selzer
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@NateSilver538 I recall how giddy I was when ours first opened and it said “fewer.” Ah. A sign-maker who understood countable nouns. I mentioned this to the checker, who, sadly, was not giddy at all.
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J. Ann Selzer
3 years
President Joe Biden makes dent in partisan divide with COVID-19 response, Iowa Poll finds via @DMRegister
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J. Ann Selzer
5 years
Suggestions to ignore or embrace: Here are some of the things that happened this year I'm most proud of. And some ways we can build on what we learned. Here are some things that didn't go as planned, and what we've done to minimize that going forward. That kind of thing.
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J. Ann Selzer
3 years
Coming soon!
@RachelSB
Rachel Stassen-Berger
3 years
It’s that time again!
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