The only thing it accurately measures is the ability of each candidate to organize and pay for the massive people-moving which is required to do well in the straw poll (those buses to get "your" supporters to the straw poll don't pay for themselves, in other words).
Volunteer, knock on doors, get your neighbors to the polls, drag them there if you need to".
Just get your ass to the polls and vote.
So a big money advantage doesn't mean much if you can't get your people to the polls.
The rules also require that precincts be closed on the Sunday before Election Day, a day when black churches in Florida transport members from services straight to voting booths through the "Get Your Souls to the Polls" program.
Get your name into opinion polls.
Libby Leffler, strategic partner manager at Facebook, recommends things like photo competitions and polls to get your followers to submit their own content; not only is it compelling but it saves you time too.
So you get your information about people from polls (which can be misleading) and the media (which is deliberately misleading), and we end up with a leadership campaign aimed at a public who hate benefits, immigrants and shirkers.
You can go to deed poll and get your name legally changed for just £14 now.
Do you have to go really far to get to your polling place, or have you been unable to make it to the polls before they closed?
