10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STRAW VOTE»
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straw vote in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The Politics of the Black "nation": A Twenty-five Year ...
The leading scholar on straw-vote polls, Claude Robinson, says: "While straw
polls have been used, for the most part, in gauging popular sentiment towards
candidates standing for governmental office, they have also been employed as ...
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Philosophy of the Social Sciences: Philosophical Theory and ...
Under this straw— vote procedure the upshot might be the same as under the
sequen— tial priority rule: a rejection of the straw vote. But equally it might be the
revision of some of the group's existing commitments. Both pos— sibilities are ...
Straw Vote One of the early types of preelection polls, the straw vote got its name
from the farmers' trick of throwing a handful of straw in the air to see which way
the wind was blowing. For more than a century, newspaper and magazine straw
...
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Safire's Political Dictionary
See CHARLIE REGAN . straw poll (straw vote) Originally an informal survey of a
small group to determine opinion; now becoming a term for a scientific, large-
scale poll based on the theory of a random sample. “Ballads, bon mots,
anecdotes, ...
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
This expression alludes to a straw showing in what direction the wind blows, an
observation also behind the idiom straw vote. straw that breaks the camel's back
➧ See last straw. straw vote Also, straw poll. An unofficial vote or poll indicating ...
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The Papers of Will Rogers: From the Broadway stage to the ...
Good-night friends, good-night." Well, sir, I'll tell you what we've got to do here to-
night. I was like to forget it - and that's take a straw vote. All around through the
country I take a straw vote. Now a straw vote is about the lowest form of voting.
Will Rogers, Arthur Frank Wertheim, Barbara Bair, 2005
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Survey Research in the United States: Roots and Emergence ...
It was also Gallup, in particular, who emphasized the polls of 1936 as a new
chapter in straw-vote journalism rather than as a new chapter in market research.
The Straw-Vote Tradition GALLUP'S CHRONICLE Gallup became an informal ...
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Notes and Comments, 3rd Edition
Are straw votes allowed? No. A straw vote is more than an innocent effort to get a
sense of where members stand on a question; it can be used to mislead
members. The tenth edition comes down hard on straw voting: "straw Polls Not In
Order.
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Common Value Auctions and the Winner's Curse
Once one accounts for deliberations in the form of a straw vote, there exist
equilibria in which voters reveal their information in the straw vote, and then vote
optimally based on the pooled information in the actual vote (Coughlan 1997);
i.e., ...
John H. Kagel, Dan Levin, 2009
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The Intentional Leader
Once alternatives are presented and pros and cons outlined, press for a straw
vote. How many favor option 1 ? option 2? option 3? option 4? 6. After the straw
vote on that issue, continue the discussion in the following fashion: a) If there is a
...
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STRAW VOTE»
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straw vote is used in the context of the following news items.
HK protesters to hold straw vote on government proposals
Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong say they will hold a straw poll on government proposals they had rejected earlier in the week as the campaign in the ... «Today's Zaman, Oct 14»
Why Ron Paul keeps winning straw polls
Paul easily won the straw vote at this weekend's Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, outdistancing the likes of former Massachusetts governor ... «Washington Post, Jun 11»
Mike Pence Wins 'Value Voters' Straw Poll 2010: House Republican …
WASHINGTON — A straw vote suggests that social conservatives favor Indiana Rep. Mike Pence to head a Republican presidential ticket with former Alaska ... «Huffington Post, Sep 10»
