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21straw poll — (N. Amer. also straw vote) noun an unofficial ballot conducted as a test of opinion …
22straw poll — also straw vote noun (C) an unofficial test of people s opinions before an election, to see what the result is likely to be …
23straw ballot — noun : straw vote …
24Straw polls for the Republican Party 2008 presidential nomination — Numerous straw polls were held for the Republican Party s 2008 United States presidential nomination. The largest was the Ames Straw Poll held in Iowa on August 11 2007, won by former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. Other large straw polls… …
25Straw polls for the Democratic Party 2008 presidential nomination — Numerous straw polls were held for the Democratic Party s 2008 United States presidential nomination. Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama lead all Democratic candidates in total straw poll victories.The following sections collect local… …
26vote — I n. collective opinion as determined by voting 1) to take a vote on (a motion) 2) to put a motion to a vote; to bring a motion to a vote 3) to influence, swing a vote (recent events swung the vote in our favor; the press can influence the vote)… …
27Straw polls for the 2008 United States presidential election — The following sections collect local event based public straw polls where American voters selected among Democratic, Republican, and other appropriate candidates for the 2008 presidential election. The largest was the Ames Straw Poll held in Iowa …
28Ames Straw Poll — The Ames Straw Poll is a straw poll that takes place in Ames, Iowa, on a Saturday in August of years in an election cycle in which the Republican presidential nomination seems to be undecided (that is, in years without an incumbent Republican… …
29Jack Straw — Infobox Minister honorific prefix = The Right Honourable name = Jack Straw honorific suffix = MP office1 = Lord Chancellor Secretary of State for Justice term start1 = 28 June 2007 term end1 = primeminister1 = Gordon Brown predecessor1 = The Lord …
30New Hampshire Straw Poll — The New Hampshire Straw Poll is a straw poll for the United States Republican presidential primary elections that was started in 2011 through promotion by ABC News and WMUR TV. The first poll was held on Saturday, January 22, 2011, in Derry, New… …
