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straw poll
noun
A survey of opinion which is unofficial, casual, or ad hoc.
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One speaker called for a straw poll.
I took a straw poll.
Who will win the Ames straw poll?
He called it "a straw poll that had questionable methodology".
The candidates will also be judged in a straw poll.
Well, the Iowa straw poll is about retail politics.
A straw poll on Capitol Hill backs them up.
Other Republicans competing in the straw poll delivered full speeches.
Mr. Pawlenty got 14 percent of the straw poll vote.
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Could Ron Paul win the Ames Straw Poll?
So what impact does the Ames Straw Poll have?
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