It was probably the single most misleading poll published this year. On Nov. 2, Ann Selzer at the Des Moines Register published a poll which found Kamala Harris leading in Iowa by three points. This was considered huge news at the time both because Iowa was considered a safe bet for Trump and because Selzer was considered a very credible pollster.
I chronicled some of the responses to the poll here. My favorite came from a column by Michelle Goldberg at the NY Times. Imagine this scene playing out in progressive homes across the country just prior to the election.
On Saturday evening I was watching a movie with my family when a text message made me gasp so hard that it scared them. “What happened?” my husband asked, worried. “Nothing bad,” I said, slightly overcome. “It’s just … Ann Selzer has Harris up three in Iowa!”…
So many of us were…
