In CPAC's straw vote, Texas senator Ted Cruz took first place with 40 percent of the vote, and Rubio came in second with 30 percent.
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The new plan, which the Montgomery County Council accepted much of in a straw vote on April 25 before an expected formal vote in late May, also proposes a series of new, small parks and more bike lanes and walkways.
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August 6, 1986. p. B7. In the straw vote, Barry received 74 percent, candidate Mattie Taylor received 16 percent, and Gurley received 9 percent. Gurley's campaign chairman, Doug McLellan, called the event a "staged event" and accused Barry's campaign of packing the meeting with his supporters. The president of the group said the straw vote was legitimate because it was publicized widely and that Gurley lost the straw vote because his campaign did not have much visibility around the ward.
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By October, it was clear that the Northwest – where Charles Evans Hughes had carried only Oregon in 1916 – was strongly in favor of the Republicans: in Washington Harding led a combined poll of male and female voters 680 to Cox's 256.'First Straw Vote Favors Harding'; Boston Daily Globe, September 26, 1920, p. 6 A week later polls strongly suggested Cox would not register a majority in any antebellum free or postbellum state, and in the Evergreen State he was trialing four to one out of around 2,100 people polled.'Harding Leads in the Straw Vote: Cox Weak in North and West in Rexall Balloting'; Boston Daily Globe, October 3, 1920, p. Although there were some gains by the Democratic ticket in later polls, with Cox approaching a 1-to-2 ratio to Harding's support at the end of October,'Cox Gains in Straw Vote: Late Returns Give Him Missouri – Some Other States Close'; The New York Times, October 31, 1920, p.
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Scott, a long-time supporter of D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray, is a notable power-broker in local D.C. Democratic Party politics. According to article in The Washington Post, Scott secretly withdrew her support for Gray in early 2014 after the city began investigating tenant complaints at Park Southern Apartments, and switched her support to D.C. City Council member Muriel Bowser. Scott then allegedly declined to mobilize residents of the Park Southern Apartments to vote for Gray at a January 17, 2014, Democratic Party "straw vote" held in city Ward 8 (where the apartment complex is located). Gray subsequently lost the straw vote, and Bowser was catapulted to front- runner status in the Democratic mayoral primary.
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At meeting of the Ward 4 Democrats, the results of the straw vote were 95 percent for Barry, 4 percent for Taylor, and 1 percent for Gurley. Barry won the primary election with 71 percent of the vote.Brisbane, Arthur S. "Barry Gains Landslide In District: Clarke, Nathanson Win, Spaulding Loses In Voting for Council". The Washington Post.
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A straw poll or straw vote 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.Vote on the Michigan Republican debate - The Debates - nbcnews.
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Cochems returned to Madison in 1904 as both assistant football coach and assistant athletic director. In December 1904, the selection of a new head coach at Wisconsin was put to a straw vote with Cochems running against Phil King and two other candidates. King received 215 of the 325 votes cast. Having lost his bid for the head coaching job, Cochems signed in February 1905 to become the head football coach at Clemson.
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The only closed party "primary" in Louisiana is the Presidential Preference Primary which essentially is a non-binding straw-vote of party member preference for their nominee for President. It is not a true primary for any office in the traditional sense as losers may still end up the nominee, and winners may not. As noted above, at this time, the Libertarian Party of Louisiana does not yet qualify for such a primary.
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No polls were taken in Tennessee until the end of October, when President Wilson was given a clear lead, which led Hughes to concede the state.‘Wilson Retains Lead in Kentucky and Tennessee’; The Washington Post, October 29, 1916, p. 16 Later polls early in November confirmed this view,‘Still Uncertain in Many States: Presidential Contest Close to Very End of Straw Vote’; Boston Daily Globe, November 5, 1916, p. 58 giving Wilson a five-to-four lead over the whole state.
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Unlike the Democratic caucus, the Republican Party does not use voting rounds or have minimum requirements for a percent of votes. The Republican version is done with a straw vote of those attending the caucus. This vote is sometimes done by a show of hands or by dividing themselves into groups according to candidate. However, officially it is done with voters receiving a blank piece of paper with no names on it, and the voter writing a name and placing it in a ballot box.
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The canvassing was followed by a citywide straw vote from September 17th through September 21st, 1971. Out of 54,721 votes counted, over 82% of voters elected to keep the ship home, including 73% of the military personnel who voted. While not a "real" vote, the impact on public opinion was appreciable, boosted by national prime time coverage by CBS and ABC television. Constellation Vote PosterThe Connie Vote: The USS Constellation and the Peace Movement in San Diego, 1971, The Bob Fitch Photography Archive at Stanford University.
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As veteran antiwar activists, including Joan Baez and David Harris, became involved, Harris suggested organizing a citywide referendum on whether the Constellation should set sail.Joan Baez Wearing Stay Home For Peace T-Shirt, Joan Baez Prior to Singing at a Constellation Vote Rally This Constellation Vote became a major antiwar campaign over several months that led to a citywide straw vote in late September 1971 with 54,721 votes counted. Over 82% of voters elected to keep the ship home, including 73% of the military personnel who voted. While not a "real" vote, the impact on public opinion was appreciable.
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In the late 60's, recognizing the growing demand for single-family homes, the Osias Organization, headed by Colonel Nathan Rood, who was also the first appointed Mayor, purchased most of the land and began the development of North Lauderdale proper. In April 1969, by straw vote, Michael Saraniero became the City's first elected Mayor. Once the city was laid out, the promise of affordable homes near the seaside ushered in a 10-year development boom in the 1970s. Where the rich and famous flocked to Miami Beach, regular families enamored with the Sun Belt, moved to North Lauderdale.
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The forum almost ended at that point as this is what the citizenry wanted. The groups from Oakland and Humboldt counties were prepared to walk out if some version of a single party system wasn't included in the discussion. Our table was politically diverse in its make up, yet upon a straw vote ten of our twelve preferred some form of Medicare coverage for all. Upon threat of there not being any discussion at all, we were allowed to consider how such a program would differ from the choices on the table, but nothing beyond that would be accepted.
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As his choices run short, President Livingston is notified of a secret straw vote that Congress will conduct before the actual impeachment vote: if the resolution against him passes, he will order the U.S. Armed Forces into full war footing against Russia. The straw poll is a landslide in favor of impeachment. As promised, Livingston's final act in office is to declare free-fire rules against any and all Russian military targets, with the notable exception of the submarines in the Kara Sea bastion. In his final moments as President, Livingston begs Lambert to stay in the cabinet to moderate Constanzo's aggression towards Russia, urging him to avoid a second nuclear exchange at all costs.
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On April 3, May easily won a Ward 8 Democratic party straw poll, confirming her lead in the Ward 8 race. May received 177 votes, followed by Trayon White with 79 votes, Natalie Williams with 77 votes, Sheila Bunn with 53 votes, and Eugene Kinlow with 30 votes. (All others received fewer than 30 votes.) Will Sommer, writer of the influential "Loose Lips" political column for the Washington City Paper, observed that May's win may have indicated trouble for her campaign: May paid for a free barbecue for all comers just two blocks from where the straw vote was held, and Mayor Muriel Bowser stood on a nearby street waving a May campaign sign.
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Those petitioners announced that they had recently changed the name of their settlement from "Watts Park" because they did not want any affiliation with Watts."Would Remain Outside: Many Protests Made Against Lines of Proposed City of Watts," Los Angeles Times, February 6, 1907, page II-8 The City of Watts was approved by voters of the district, and it became a municipality in May 1907, with J.F. Donahue, who was a driver for the Blue Ribbon beer company, as mayor and Frederick J. Rorke as city clerk. There was, however, no money to run the city because it had become incorporated too late to levy and collect any taxes. A proposed business license fee raised so much objection that the Board of Trustees, or the city council, submitted to the people a straw vote (nonbinding) question about allowing liquor to be sold in the city.
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None of the three candidates did any campaigning in a state which had voted Democratic at every election since 1876. All media polls from September onwards suggested that North Carolina would always go to Davis.Henning, Arthur Sears; ‘Coolidge Probably, Deadlock Possibly, Survey Indicates: La Follette and Davis Both Weaker Than Believed, National Trip Shows’; The Washington Post, October 5, 1924, p. 9 A Digest poll at the end of October, which included votes for some candidates not on the ballot, had Davis winning by 21.5 percentage points,‘Total on Digest Poll Gives Coolidge Victory: Concession of All States Where Straw Vote Was Close Still Leaves Him 327 Electors’; Boston Daily Globe, October 31, 1924, p. 13 and that proved a good guide to the final margin, which saw Davis carry North Carolina by 19.16 points, an increase of 5.68 points upon James M. Cox’s margin in 1920 and in fact 2.77 points greater than Woodrow Wilson’s margin in the state in 1916.
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As early as the end of August, Harding campaign strategists led by Washington State Senator Miles Poindexter were saying Cox’s pro-League policies would lose him the West.‘Claims west for Harding: Poindexter Says Cox’s Wilsonian Policy Will Not Win Votes There’; Special to the New York Times, August 27, 1920, p. 1 a straw poll at the beginning of October vindicated Poindexter: Harding led Cox in Idaho by slightly less than a two-to-one margin.‘Harding Leads in the Straw Vote: Cox Weak in North and West in Rexall Balloting’; Boston Daily Globe, October 3, 1920, p. 10 At the end of October, Idaho was described as “absolutely certain” for Harding,‘Harding 33 Sure, Cox 114, Is Prediction: John T. Adams of G. O. P. Committee Estimates Result of Electionm Lists Doubtful Votes. Republican Nominee, He Says, Will Capture at Least 380 in Total’; San Francisco Chronicle, October 31, 1920, p.
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