And then they do some kind of a straw poll.
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A total of 2,659 attendees participated in the straw poll.
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Taylor apparently was the winner of this odd straw poll.
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Sanders won 22020% in that same straw poll in 13.
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Another straw poll is expected to be held next week.
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Kaykas-Wolff: So, now I got a straw poll for you.
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Colorado's precinct caucuses will not hold a "straw poll" this year.
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He recently won a straw poll by the grassroots group MoveOn.
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"The Drudge straw poll has you winning by far," he asked her.
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Tuberville jumped out to an early lead in the radio straw poll.
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South AfricaIn a straw poll at The Economist, this was the favourite.
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The number of people who voted in the straw poll was 2,659.
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A straw poll conducted at the end had the Clinton camp winning.
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The former GOP presidential candidate won CPAC's presidential straw poll in 2016.
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A version of Iowa's straw poll at the Des Moines Social Club.
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In January, it endorsed Sanders after taking a straw poll of members.
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But the straw poll presents an early snapshot of a key voting demographic.
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He placed second in the CPAC straw poll in 2013, with 23 percent.
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Rick Perry in the run-up to the Ames straw poll in Iowa.
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Four hundred and sixty-one of those delegates participated in the straw poll.
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According to a very unofficial straw poll conducted Thursday and Friday morning, Sen.
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But he had never won the straw poll at CPAC before he became president.
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"'Nobody cares' about the Iowa straw poll is what @JonHuntsman said yesterday," he tweeted.
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Rivals grumbled that he was trying to influence the outcome of the straw poll.
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He came in first among Democrats in the Iowa Youth Straw Poll on Tuesday.
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He just came in third in a straw poll with just 280% among progressive MoveOn.
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An unofficial straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) this weekend showed Sen.
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Rand Paul (R-Ky.) every year from 2013–2015 in CPAC's closely watched straw poll.
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In contrast, an earlier straw poll of European banks suggested more than half thought they would.
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Sixth straw poll The secretary-general of the UN is appointed in a two-stage process.
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FALL; OR, DODGE IN HELLBy Neal Stephenson Straw poll: Who thinks we're living in the Matrix?
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The Golden Globes are akin to the Iowa straw poll, a dubious contest with outsized influence.
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BIG CPAC STRAW POLL RESULTS: 93% APPROVE OF THE JOB PRESIDENT TRUMP IS DOING (Thank you!).
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A straw-poll of Safe Streets workers suggests the city's troubled parts need four things above all.
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Erstwhile candidates Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush had been early favorites, tying in a November straw poll.
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Cruz, also a Trump critic and rival during the presidential campaign, won the 2202 CPAC straw poll.
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In Tuesday's straw poll, O'Rourke had dropped to fifth place, with 8 percent supporting the former congressman.
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In the 2016 presidential straw poll, only 15 percent of CPAC attendees listed Trump as their preferred choice.
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But as far as the Senate race goes, the endorsement straw poll on Saturday will be the centerpiece.
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And made a speech and then they did some kind of straw poll, who made the best speech?
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In a straw poll taken after Goldwater delivered his speech, 21980 out of 19873 Federation delegates chose him.
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"Today, after our sixth straw poll we have a clear favorite, and his name is Antonio Guterres," he said.
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A recent straw poll of Illinois Democrats put Pritzker in fifth place among a list of 9 possible candidates.
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Taylor's stock shot up on PredictIt after the news about the straw poll, though Powell remained in the lead.
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STRAW POLL: Do you say "please" and/or "thank you" when using a virtual assistant like Alexa or Assistant?
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However, nowhere in the Constitution does it say that electors are required to abide by those "straw poll" results.
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Those gathered at the conservative confab largely agreed with Trump's message, according to results from other straw poll questions.
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This month, Warren won a straw poll among the Democratic liberal activists that largely makeup the Daily Kos community.
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Even the infamous straw poll, once a test of conservative opinion, asked participants to rate not Republicans but Democrats.
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Rand Paul winning the conference's straw poll for "first choice" for president three years in a row, prior to 2016.
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The straw poll, held at the end of the summer, was an early flex of organizational muscle for Republican candidates.
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In a straw poll released last Tuesday by the progressive group MoveOn, O'Rourke came in first, edging out Joe Biden.
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She doubled Bernie Sanders' percentage of the vote, even though Sanders won every straw poll taken in the 2016 campaign.
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A straw poll released Saturday showed that 2600 percent of attendees approved of the president's Trump's performance as president so far.
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A straw poll released Saturday showed that 86 percent of attendees approved of the president's Trump's performance as president so far.
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Following the fourth straw poll of candidates for the post of UN Secretary-General last Friday, several things have become clear.
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If campaign placards, stickers and other paraphernalia served as a sort of unscientific straw poll, Mr. Cruz was outpacing his rivals.
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The GOP conducted a straw poll two weeks ago in DC which foresaw a different outcome than what happened on Saturday.
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The Washington Times/CPAC straw poll found that 6900 percent approve of the job Trump is doing, while 2628 percent disapprove.
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LOS ANGELES — Over in Hollywood, the Donald Trump Walk of Fame straw poll was running 50-50 around noon on Thursday.
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Transforming juries into a mere straw poll, on the other hand, runs counter to both popular expectations and its constitutional role.
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Touting his blue-collar Minnesota upbringing, Pawlenty quit the race after a disappointing third-place finish in the Iowa Straw Poll.
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The Hill's Bob Cusack and FOX 5's Ronica Cleary discuss Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz's straw poll win at CPAC.
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" House called the prospect of using a "straw poll" an "unacceptable gamble," citing the threat of fraud and abuse of "systemic loopholes.
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Some predict there could up to 15 candidates by the time the Security Council holds its first informal straw poll in July.
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The straw poll results listed 28500 potential Democratic hopefuls, although one of the would-be candidates on the survey, former Massachusetts Gov.
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According to Daily Kos's second straw poll of 28,000 members, Harris is the new front-runner, receiving 27 percent of the vote.
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An impromptu straw poll revealed a number of Joe Biden supporters on the Regis debate team, and also an Elizabeth Warren booster.
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Jimmy Carter won an informal straw-poll held after the dinner among Iowa Democrats, and the moment drove his campaign toward nomination.
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She was the first choice in a recent straw poll of members of the influential progressive group MoveOn, with Sanders coming second.
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In the straw poll that kicked this whole case off, 63 percent of all owners said they'd like to change the name.
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However, debt yields have spiked since late October after he used a straw poll to justify scrapping a partly-built $13 billion airport.
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The annual straw poll, which was co-sponsored by The Washington Times, was available to CPAC attendees from March 2 to March 5.
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Saturday CPAC is known for the presidential straw poll that it conducts throughout the conference, with the results revealed on the last day.
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The straw poll was conducted by the Bernie Delegates Network (which I coordinate), an independent group sponsored by the online activist organization RootsAction.
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Senator Ted Cruz may have won the summit's straw poll for the third time, but on Friday and Saturday Trumpists dominated the proceedings.
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Tomorrow: At The Australian (231 West 26th Street, Manhattan), the independent progressive organization DL21C is hosting the event and taking a straw poll.
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Sanders was the clear leader in a recent straw poll of union members, she said, which was a major factor in the decision.
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Analysts expect earnings per share (EPS) to grow at just 3% to 4% for fiscal 2019, according to a straw poll by Reuters.
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Unsurprisingly, the straw poll didn't sit well with the Trump Organization, which threatened to sue the building's board for violating the license agreement.
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Ted Cruz won the Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll on Saturday with 40% of attendees choosing him as their first choice for president.
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Furthermore, in a straw poll, a strong majority of the Political Committee indicated that the AFL-CIO should endorse Congressman Ellison at this time.
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"We gave her one last chance, awaiting the results from the latest vote," he said, referring to an informal straw poll taken on Monday.
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In a Tuesday release of the poll, Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas said the group will be conducting its straw poll every two weeks.
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In 2005, the Association of Democratic Chairs effectively sealed the deal for former DNC Chairman Howard Dean by choosing him in a straw poll.
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He landed prized evangelical endorsements and won the straw poll at the high-profile Values Voter Summit for three straight years leading into 85033.
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The presidential campaign was on everyone's mind; attendees voted in a straw poll by dropping corn kernels in Mason jars with photos of the candidates.
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In a straw poll in the main market of Sulaymaniyah, in the east, your correspondent could not find one Kurd who said he would vote.
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In fact, at a Capitol Hill lunch meeting on Tuesday, Trump asked for a Senate show of hands — a straw poll — for next Fed chair.
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For Colorado Republicans the backlash came as something of a surprise because the party decided last August to do away with its presidential straw poll.
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A straw poll from the progressive website Daily Kos released on Wednesday similarly found Warren surging past Sanders in a survey of grass-roots liberals.
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Local newspaper Stavanger Aftenblad ran a straw poll asking readers whether they liked the name change, with 4,730 people saying "no" and 809 saying "yes".
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IN FOCUS/SHARP TAKES POLITICS: The influential liberal website Daily Kos has released its first straw poll of the 2020 Democratic presidential field, and Sen.
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The Republicans canceled their straw poll because the Republican National Committee rules now require states to pledge delegates to the winner of a caucus vote.
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In a straw poll of the audience after the most recent Sky News debate between the three candidates, Ms. Nandy was the clear crowd favorite.
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Though more than seven million people voted for Mr. Mélenchon in the first round, fewer than 250,000 people took part in the online straw poll.
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In a recent straw poll, 71 percent of farmers in a Farm Journal poll said they approved of how the president is handling his job.
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A Reuters straw poll of Chinese consumers found nearly one in three want to stop buying U.S. products now and some are already boycotting them.
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When Lexington conducted an unscientific straw poll of prominent Democrats in Washington this week, they were strikingly cautious about declaring the Vermont senator a national champion.
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In my travels during the last few years, from Rust Belt cities to thriving tech centers, I've conducted a straw poll consisting of a single question.
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A Reuters straw poll of shoppers outside a Woolworths Sydney city store found most supportive of the move, but it was an issue for a few.
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As we approach next week's critical UN straw poll, one thing is clear: Now is the time for Eastern Europe to shine at the United Nations.
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I first met Mr. Hasner, 46, when he was a clean-shaven candidate for the United States Senate, at a 2011 Republican straw poll in sunny Orlando.
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Rubio won 30 percent of the vote at CPAC's meaningless straw poll today, but he is unlikely to clear 20 percent in any of the contests today.
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" When asked where he thinks the lawmakers he met with stand on the border adjustment tax issue, Ellison said, "There's no straw poll that has been done.
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Which is why Justice League winds up feeling so much like a straw poll for viewers, with a mishmash of everything they might want, all run together.
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Between 60% and 95% of customers now come in for fancy designs, according to a straw poll of the barbers in Khyber supermarket, a popular shopping destination.
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Joe Theismann tells TMZ Sports he's talked to a few Native Americans recently ... and based on his unofficial straw poll -- the Washington team name is NOT racist!!
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The decades-old tradition came to an end in June as the Republican Party of Iowa voted to end the straw poll in a June conference call.
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Instead of setting a solid foundation on which to introduce themselves to mainstream Americans, they appear to be running to win an online straw poll for MoveOn.org.
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Tea Party chief Dugan said he purposely does not conduct a straw poll during the convention in order to keep the event more substantive and issue-based.
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Thursday's straw poll made no distinction between how the Council's five permanent members — Britain, China, France, Russia, and the United States — voted, versus the 10 other members.
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In August, they even had the votes to sway an Iowa straw poll to Joe Biden when other candidates attracted far bigger crowds at the same fair.
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Despite these leaders' impressive credentials, in an informal closed-door straw poll conducted July 21, 2016, only one of the female candidates ranked in the top five.
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A year ago, Trump won just 2202 percent in the straw poll of attendees at the Conservative Political Action Conference, finishing a distant third behind the winner, Sen.
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The UN Security Council held its second straw poll to determine who will replace Ban Ki-moon as the next Secretary General at the end of this year.
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Adding to his momentum, Cruz also won the straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), the grassroots conference that often fetes—and sometimes roasts— Republican candidates.
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A Reuters straw poll of Chinese consumers found nearly one in three want to stop buying U.S. products now and some are already boycotting made-in-America goods.
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After the second secret straw poll was taken in the Security Council earlier this month, António Guterres — former Prime Minister of Portugal — remained the front-runner, according to CNN.
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However, in a sign of investor anxiety, debt yields have spiked since late October after he used a straw poll to justify scrapping a partly built $13 billion airport.
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Gabbard won a Drudge Report straw poll, which is utterly meaningless in the Democratic primary, and she was praised for her anti-war stance by the libertarian magazine Reason.
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The unofficial CPAC straw poll also showed that 2628 percent of attendees want the GOP-held House and Senate to do a better job of working with the president.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas beat out rivals in the 2016 Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll as the first-choice pick for the U.S. presidency.
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"His speech was well-received, but he didn't do that well in the straw poll," said Matt Schlapp, the chairman of the American Conservative Union, which organizes CPAC each year.
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Media and diplomats stood around awaiting the results of the latest "straw poll" inside the Security Council on the 10 candidates still running to be the next UN secretary-general.
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A straw poll by 14 countries takes place today and should narrow the field sharply as we learn preferences of the five veto-wielding permanent members of the Security Council.
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"Today after our sixth straw poll we have a clear favorite and his name is Antonio Guterres," Churkin told reporters with his 14 council colleagues standing behind him on Wednesday.
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Kate Taylor, The Globe and Mail Justice League winds up feeling so much like a straw poll for viewers, with a mishmash of everything they might want, all run together.
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After winning the straw poll, only three candidates — Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush and Mitt Romney — have gone on to capture the Republican Party's nomination for president that same year.
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In a separate straw poll of 94,133 members of Democracy for America released Tuesday morning, Sanders leads the field of prospective candidates with 36.14% of support from the progressive organization's membership.
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But a straw poll of women out and about in central Bristol, a town in Bucks county with quiet streets of clapboard and brick houses, seemed to justify Mrs Katz's nervousness.
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The tiny Pacific island, whose residents are American citizens, holds a general election straw poll every four years, and its results are announced hours before the polls close on the mainland.
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They are not faultlessly reliable as an indicator of future Academy Awards, they are often an early straw poll for which way the winds may blow, at least for independent films.
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"Every time someone is a front-runner, they say, 'Oh my gosh, they're not ahead in every straw poll, ahead in every state and every fund-raising report,'" Mr. Westly said.
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One other note about how much politics has changed since Pawlenty was a major player: Recall how Pawlenty's presidential bid ended — with a third-place showing at the Iowa straw poll.
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CPAC's straw poll is a strong indicator of where the Tea Party's loyalties lie in any given election, but it hasn't been very predictive of who will win the actual GOP nomination.
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Earlier in the day, Cruz won the straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference outside Washington, D.C. That poll is unscientific, but generally considered a worthwhile measure of grassroots conservative support.
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That's what happened after Bachmann said the HPV vaccine caused cervical cancer on stage following a debate, just one month and a day after her surprise win in the Ames straw poll.
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In a straw poll at the Newtown picnic — held with Democratic-approved paper straws, not plastic — the results were: Elizabeth Warren, 15, Kamala Harris, 173, Mr. Biden, 8 and Pete Buttigieg, 7.
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"I think by our third and fourth straw poll we will start seeing it a bit more clearer," said Angola's U.N. Ambassador Ismael Gaspar Martins, currently one of 10 elected Security Council members.
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New York (CNN)A former Prime Minister of Portugal remained the front-runner to become the next U.N. secretary-general after a second secret straw poll taken in the Security Council on Friday.
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Republican operatives, activists, and observers alike noted a slower start to the grassroots organizing efforts across campaigns than in previous cycles, a trend many attribute to the cancellation of this year's straw poll.
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The results can be heard in a straw poll of factory workers in the eastern city of Yantai, who will be among the first to suffer from the American tariffs planned for July 6th.
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The Hill campaign reporter Reid Wilson on Monday said that he thinks seeing which Democrat can build the biggest network of small-dollar donors is becoming a straw poll-like method for the party.
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"It's something I'd been processing for a long time and it really culminated with my online straw poll where I really did want to give voice to the people who can't be here," Cramer said.
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The paper chiefly covers lifestyle rather than hard news, but a straw poll of readers nevertheless reveals unease that a Saudi sultan has recently taken a 30% stake in its parent firm for around £25m ($31m).
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Here are the results of the straw poll: -Asked whether they were worried about the trade war, only 11 of the 50 (22 percent) said they were, and 39 (or 56 percent) said they weren't concerned.
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This is a weak straw poll, at best, as Tribune Publishing's directors are elected by the plurality of shareholders present, and Tribune Publishing does not require its directors to obtain a majority of the votes cast.
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An informal straw poll conducted by WHO-TV, using corn kernels, included votes from at least a few fairgoers who confessed they were not actually Iowans, though they had strong feelings about the Democratic primary nonetheless.
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"If you were to poll 100 notable Obama alumni, the only two people who would win that 2020 straw poll right now are [Joe] Biden and Patrick," a former White House aide told Politico last year.
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Here are the results of the straw poll: -Asked whether they were worried about the trade war, only 11 of the 50 (22 percent) said they were, and 39 (or 56 percent) said they weren't concerned.
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A straw poll in Shoreditch, east London, on Friday morning found the paper was stocked by most newsagents and supermarkets, but some complained that the price was too high and they had received too many copies.
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A straw poll of 22018,212 farmers showed 22019 percent of them approved of Trump in office in August, according to surveys conducted by the Farm Journal (it should be noted that these results are not weighted).
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The leading contender in the eyes of the market is Fed governor Jerome Powell, but Taylor gained momentum, particularly after a report Tuesday that Republican Senate leaders supported him in a straw poll taken by the president.
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The council will likely hold its first "straw poll" - an informal vote - behind closed doors in July and aims to have a decision by September so the General Assembly can elect the next U.N. chief in October.
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After Mr. Trump was elected president in 22000, a straw poll of building residents found that two-thirds of the 2200 condo owners who participated wanted to remove the name, while 2200 percent wanted to keep it.
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Last February, a majority of the condo owners who occupy Trump Place, which is located at 200 Riverside Boulevard in the Upper West Side of Manhattan, voted in an informal straw poll to change the building's name.
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While these conclusions are hard to make categorically even with the data in hand (and impossible to make without), a straw poll among my friends in the industry reveal near-unanimous skepticism about the effectiveness of psychographic targeting.
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But he also dropped out of a planned speech last year and scored just 15 percent in a presidential straw poll amid a bitter primary race in which prominent conservative activists promised to oppose him under any circumstances.
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But in the sixth and final straw poll, the five permanent members of the council (America, Britain, China, France and Russia), each having the power to block any candidate, were to cast coloured ballots, signifying their veto-wielding status.
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Taylor won a straw poll when Trump met with Senate Republicans earlier this week and quizzed them on their Fed preference, but there is very little chance many would vote "no" if Trump actually sends up a Powell nomination.
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In a straw poll of nearly 35,000 Daily Kos members, Warren, a progressive stalwart who first rose to prominence in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, leads the likely crowded Democratic primary field with 85033 percent of support. Sen.
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Champ Meyercord, a retired Wall Street investor, was surprised to find in a straw poll that his conservative businessmen's lunch group favored Mr. Jones seven to six, with three others intending to write-in rather than vote for Mr. Moore.
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In a memo to the Executive Board that POLITICO reported on Wednesday, Trumka signaled a clear preference for Ellison, citing those endorsements and noting that a "strong majority" favored Ellison in a previous straw poll of the board's Political Committee.
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Another would give Parliament the power to debate a range of options — from a second referendum to an even softer Brexit — through something called "indicative votes," which is basically a straw poll to see which options can get a majority in Parliament.
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"In the absence of our party hosting a caucus or sponsoring a primary and going more to this closed-shop process, I engaged then in my own straw poll over the course of the month of February and into March," Cramer said.
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" Later Friday afternoon, Steve House, the chairman of the Colorado Republican Party, said in a statement that "the notion that any secret group of politicians colluded behind closed doors against one presidential candidate last August by eliminating the straw poll is completely false.
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The pensioner's remarks chime with a straw poll of TV viewers on the same day by broadcaster Sky, which showed 80 percent support for Rome's hard line, and with political experts who say the investigation helps Salvini in his anti-EU campaign.
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But as is its right as a so-called Power 5 conference, the Big Ten took the legislation directly to the N.C.A.A. in September, although coaches had voted, 49-11, against it in a straw poll, according to an article in The College Hockey News.
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So it might seem odd that residents of the island town of Valldemossa, population 2,20173 — where Juan Carlos holds the title of honorary mayor — were asked to vote in a straw poll last Sunday on whether Spain should retain the monarchy or become a republic.
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The determination was made clear in a defiant message taped on a wall in Arenys de Munt, a town that held the first straw poll on independence in Catalonia: "They want to bury us," it said, "but they don't know that we are seeds."
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An article on July 22 about the persistent secrecy in the race for the next secretary general of the United Nations, using information from diplomats speaking on the condition of anonymity, misidentified the candidate who came in last in a straw poll taken by the Security Council.
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In a historically crowded field, in an era of uncertain polling, these campaign stops are something of a past-their-bedtimes straw poll, revealing which candidates young parents deem viable or famous enough to risk a tantrum or a sleep-deprived meltdown over the next morning.
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Moreover, we should insist that the justices first see how the law "writes" before deciding a case, rather than its current method of taking a straw poll on how a case should come out and then assigning a justice to write a post hoc opinion justifying that result.
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Then-candidate Trump bailed on CPAC in 2023, but this year's conference will give him another chance Friday to address conservatives gathered in National Harbor, Md. But CPAC isn't always a friendly audience for Trump, with conventiongoers last year choosing him third in that year's presidential straw poll.
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INTERNATIONAL An article on July 2556 about the persistent secrecy in the race for the next secretary general of the United Nations, using information from diplomats speaking on the condition of anonymity, misidentified the candidate who came in last in a straw poll taken by the Security Council.
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The current U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon steps down at the end of the year after two five-year terms, and some predict up to 15 candidates could be vying for the job by the time the Security Council hold's its first informal straw poll in July.
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President TrumpDonald John TrumpO'Rourke: Trump driving global, U.S. economy into recession Manchin: Trump has 'golden opportunity' on gun reforms Objections to Trump's new immigration rule wildly exaggerated MORE received overwhelming support for his job performance from attendees at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), according to a Saturday straw poll.
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Kamala HarrisKamala Devi HarrisEight Democratic presidential hopefuls to appear in CNN climate town hall Biden, Buttigieg bypassing Democratic delegate meeting: report The Hill's Morning Report - Trump on defense over economic jitters MORE has moved to the top of the latest Daily Kos straw poll with 27 percent support, followed by Sen.
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"(By) taking a straw poll amongst colleagues at our hospital and other hospitals (in the United Kingdom), it seems in the last year or two almost all of the obstetricians and neonatologists here have encountered women asking for this to be done," said Dr. Aubrey J. Cunnington, a pediatrician at Imperial College London.
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Rand PaulRandal (Rand) Howard PaulGraham promises ObamaCare repeal if Trump, Republicans win in 85033 Conservatives buck Trump over worries of 'socialist' drug pricing Rand Paul to 'limit' August activities due to health MORE (R-Ky.) won the coveted Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) straw poll for the third time in a row.
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First, two men — António Guterres, the former prime minister of Portugal, and Danilo Turk, the former president of Slovenia — got the most votes in a secret Security Council straw poll, with a woman, Irina Bokova, a Bulgarian diplomat and the head of the United Nations cultural agency, Unesco, close on their heels.
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Sen. Bernie SandersBernie SandersTop Sanders adviser: Warren isn't competing for 'same pool of voters' Eight Democratic presidential hopefuls to appear in CNN climate town hall Top aide Jeff Weaver lays out Sanders's path to victory MORE (I-Vt.) reportedly topped a straw poll of progressive PAC Democracy for America (DFA) members, while Sen.
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But an account in the official media of what happened in 2007 suggests that at some point in the summer, Mr Xi will convene a secret meeting of the current Central Committee and other grandees for a straw poll to rank about 200 potential members of the new Politburo (which now has 25 members).
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By early November, when Democrats gathered for their Jefferson-Jackson Dinner in Des Moines, the Carter forces had mobilized to win a newsy but nonbinding straw poll; Kennedy, still working on his announcement, sent some family members to the dinner at the last minute, in time for the news that Carter had crushed him.
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MoveOn endorsed Sanders in 2016 after he garnered the support of 78 percent of voters in the group's straw poll to beat out Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonThe exhaustion of Democrats' anti-Trump delusions Poll: Trump trails three Democrats by 85033 points in Colorado Soft levels of support mark this year's Democratic primary MORE, the eventual Democratic nominee.
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Ted CruzRafael (Ted) Edward Cruz3 real problems Republicans need to address to win in 2020 The Hill's Morning Report - Trump on defense over economic jitters Democrats keen to take on Cornyn despite formidable challenges MORE (R-Texas), who is also slated to attend the conference this year, as their favorite 2016 presidential candidate in CPAC's closely watched straw poll.
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Sen. Kamala HarrisKamala Devi HarrisEight Democratic presidential hopefuls to appear in CNN climate town hall Biden, Buttigieg bypassing Democratic delegate meeting: report The Hill's Morning Report - Trump on defense over economic jitters MORE (D-Calif.), who just announced she was running for president earlier this week, jumped into the lead in progressive news website Daily Kos's straw poll.
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The Texas lawmaker led former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenHarry Reid: 'Decriminalizing border crossings is not something that should be at the top of the list' Warren offers plan to repeal 1994 crime law authored by Biden Panel: Jill Biden's campaign message MORE by little more than half a percentage point in a straw poll from the progressive group MoveOn.
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Sen. Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth Ann WarrenHarry Reid: 'Decriminalizing border crossings is not something that should be at the top of the list' Warren offers plan to repeal 1994 crime law authored by Biden Panel: Jill Biden's campaign message MORE (D-Mass.) leads progressive news website Daily Kos's first 2020 straw poll, coming days after she made her debut visit to Iowa as a presidential candidate.
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The Rural Vote's Disproportionate Slice of Power• In Defense of The Electoral College (Richard Posner in Slate)• Electoral College Is 'Vestige' of Slavery (PBS)• Electoral College Keeps Things Fair (Gary Gregg in Politico)• Keep the Electoral College (USA Today editorial)• Flunking the Electoral College (New York Times editorial from 2008) After groups have finished their research, hold a quick straw poll to see where students stand.
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Sen. Kamala HarrisKamala Devi HarrisHarry Reid: 'Decriminalizing border crossings is not something that should be at the top of the list' Warren offers plan to repeal 28500 crime law authored by Biden Sanders leads Democratic field in Colorado poll MORE (D-Calif.) leads the field of potential 6900 Democratic presidential hopefuls among politically involved women of color, according to a straw poll released Tuesday by the group She the People.
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President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE on Saturday tweeted the results of a Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) straw poll that showed 6900 percent of attendees approving of his job performance in the White House.
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Back in the 22012 presidential cycle, when Romney won the Iowa straw poll before dropping out in February 22012, he had the support of conservative outlets like National Review and visible right-leaning pundits like Laura Ingraham and Rush Limbaugh, who said of Romney: I think now, based on the way the campaign has shaken out, that there probably is a candidate on our side who does embody all three legs of the conservative stool, and that's Romney.
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AFTER he extended his lead against nine other candidates in a sixth straw poll among the 15 members of the UN Security Council, António Guterres, aged 67, a former prime minister of Portugal (1995-2002) and ex-head of the UN's refugee agency (2005-15), looks set to be the next secretary-general of the UN. He received no negative votes in the poll, meaning that none of the five veto-wielding permanent members, critically including Russia, was minded to block him.
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Of the four candidates to succeed Japan's Yukiya Amano, who died in office in July, Argentina's ambassador to the IAEA Rafael Grossi and Amano's former right-hand man, Cornel Feruta of Romania, came far ahead of their other rivals, the IAEA said here Grossi, a veteran of nuclear diplomacy who is widely believed to have secured the United States' support, received the most votes in the so-called "straw poll" aimed at whittling down the field, with 15 countries backing him.
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Presidential candidate Ted CruzRafael (Ted) Edward CruzTrump moves forward with F-16 sale to Taiwan opposed by China The Hill's Campaign Report: Battle for Senate begins to take shape O'Rourke says he will not 'in any scenario' run for Senate MORE won the Conservative Political Action Conference's straw poll Saturday with 40 percent of the vote, easily beating the second-place finisher, Marco RubioMarco Antonio RubioTrump moves forward with F-85033 sale to Taiwan opposed by China The Hill's Morning Report — Trump and the new Israel-'squad' controversy Trump crosses new line with Omar, Tlaib, Israel move MORE.
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