Televised event shifts to pre-caucus chatter after Iowa Poll release canceled

UPDATE: The Des Moines Register, CNN and Selzer & Co. have made the decision to not release the final installment of the CNN/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll as planned this evening.

Nothing is more important to the Register and its polling partners than the integrity of the Iowa Poll. Today, a respondent raised an issue with the way the survey was administered, which could have compromised the results of the poll. It appears a candidate’s name was omitted in at least one interview in which the respondent was asked to name their preferred candidate.

Read the full statement: Des Moines Register, partners cancel release of Iowa Poll over respondent concerns

With the Iowa caucuses just days away, the Des Moines Register is partnering with CNN to present the results of the final Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom Iowa Poll on Saturday evening.

The much-watched poll, called the “gold standard” in political polling, will be released during a CNN Special Event: “Iowa Caucuses: The Final Poll,” televised from Des Moines’ Drake University. The event will also be streamed on DesMoinesRegister.com starting at 8 p.m. central Saturday, Feb. 1.

CNN’s Chris Cuomo will lead the show and will be joined by CNN colleagues John King, Dana Bash and David Chalian. Brianne Pfannenstiel, chief politics reporter for the Register, and J. Ann Selzer, president of the Iowa-based polling firm Selzer & Co., which conducts the Iowa Poll, will also participate.

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