r/neoliberal • u/BastianMobile NATO • Nov 17 '24

Pollster Ann Selzer ending election polling, moving 'to other ventures and opportunities' News (US)

https://eu.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/2024/11/17/ann-selzer-conducts-iowa-poll-ending-election-polling-moving-to-other-opportunities/76334909007/

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u/TheChinchilla914 Nov 17 '24

>Be a reputable pollster for decades

>absolutely shit the entire bed in 2024

>refuse to elaborate

>leave

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u/incredibleamadeuscho Nov 17 '24

she did elaborate in this post

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u/Khiva Nov 17 '24

Not really. She re-stated that she'd already planned to leave but didn't give much a breakdown on how that last poll was such a wild miss.

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u/incredibleamadeuscho Nov 17 '24

her methodology is clear every time she polls. it didnt change. it’s an outlier poll.

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u/buyeverything Ben Bernanke Nov 17 '24

I’m going to start referring to my major fuckups as outliers.

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u/incredibleamadeuscho Nov 17 '24

If you are in the polling industry, you are more than welcome to