My point was that accounting for the straw poll helps you to predict the winner of the Iowa caucus.
I worked with Amnesty International on part of this poll, helping to design questions exploring psychological attitudes and influences.
Mr. Perry's entrance into the race on the day Mrs. Bachmann won the straw poll helped slam the brakes on her campaign.
Pluto, the un-planet, continues to make news without lifting a finger: Last week two of its moons got new names, Kerberos and Styx, with an Internet poll helping to determine the winner.
And whatever its weaknesses, the poll helped buttress the notion that Mr. Paladino was capitalizing on the publicity that followed his primary victory and putting his rival on the defensive.
In Ames, Iowa, on August 11th, Bachmann and Pawlenty entered into what may be remembered as a murder-suicide pact, with Bachmann killing off Pawlenty's candidacy with her attacks on his record in Minnesota (and, yes, her victory over him in the silly straw poll helped), but in the process damaging herself.
E-mail address GO SIGN UP Share Tweet In Ames, Iowa, on August 11th, Bachmann and Pawlenty entered into what may be remembered as a murder-suicide pact, with Bachmann killing off Pawlenty's candidacy with her attacks on his record in Minnesota (and, yes, her victory over him in the silly straw poll helped), but in the process damaging herself.
The poll helps explain why health care already looms large in the presidential campaign, and in statehouses from California -- where Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican, has proposed a sweeping coverage plan -- to Massachusetts, now instituting a program passed under Mitt Romney, the former governor and current Republican presidential candidate.
Our local poll helps explain the opposition to immigration reform in the House of Representatives, despite national polls consistently showing that a majority of the American public supports a path to citizenship.
Huckabee's showing in the straw poll helped boost his profile in the state.
