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Princeton's WordNet

  1. straw vote, straw pollnoun

    an unofficial vote taken to determine opinion on some issue

Wiktionary

  1. straw pollnoun

    A survey of opinion which is unofficial, casual, or ad hoc.

  2. Etymology: It may allude to a straw (thin plant stalk) held up to see in what direction the wind blows, in this case, the wind of group opinion.

Wikipedia

  1. Straw poll

    A straw poll, straw vote, or straw ballot is an ad hoc or unofficial vote. It is used to show the popular opinion on a certain matter, and can be used to help politicians know the majority opinion and help them decide what to say in order to gain votes. Straw polls provide dialogue among movements within large groups. Impromptu straw polls often are taken to see if there is enough support for an idea to devote more meeting time to it, and (when not a secret ballot) for the attendees to see who is on which side of a question. However, in meetings subject to Robert's Rules of Order, motions to take straw polls are not allowed.Among political bodies, straw polls often are scheduled for events at which many people interested in the polling question can be expected to vote. Sometimes polls conducted without ordinary voting controls in place (i.e., on an honor system, such as in online polls) are also called "straw polls". The idiom may allude to a straw (thin plant stalk) held up to see in what direction the wind blows, in this case, the wind of group opinion.

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  1. straw poll

    A straw poll is an informal and unofficial survey or vote conducted to gauge the general trend of public opinion on a particular issue. It can also be used to predict the outcome of a more formal vote or election. These polls are often used by politicians, businesses, or media to measure and report on public opinion, but they should not be considered as fully accurate or reliable because they may not involve a truly random or a large enough sample of the population.

Wikidata

  1. Straw poll

    A straw poll or straw vote is a vote with nonbinding results. Straw polls provide dialogue among movements within large groups. In meetings subject to rules of order, impromptu straw polls often are taken to see if there is enough support for an idea to devote more meeting time to it, and for the attendees to see who is on which side of a question. However, Robert's Rules of Order prohibits straw polls, calling them "meaningless and dilatory" because they subvert the deliberative charge of deliberative bodies. Among political bodies, straw polls often are scheduled for events at which many people interested in the polling question can be expected to vote. Sometimes polls conducted without ordinary voting controls in place are also called "straw polls". The idiom may allude to a straw held up to see in what direction the wind blows, in this case, the wind of group opinion.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of straw poll in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of straw poll in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of straw poll in a Sentence

  1. Matt Schlapp:

    His speech was well-received, but he didn't do that well in the straw poll.

  2. Jeff Kaufmann:

    Most people who come to the straw poll intuitively know that this is snapshot in time, they know the difference between a scientific poll.

  3. Craig Robinson:

    When you have a straw poll, it forces you to turn out people to an event. They make a bigger commitment of giving up their day in the summer to go vote for you at an event. Even though it doesn't matter, it's not binding, it forces you to organize early, it would have forced everyone to organize because the risk of not organizing is that you might get ejected from the race. Not having a straw poll hurt.


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