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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.

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Straw poll

Nodes27
Edges26
Triples25
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.074074
Components1

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Straw poll

Top relations

related to United States · 10
Straw poll → American, Ames Straw Poll, Being, However, Republican Party, Straw, Such, Texas Straw Poll, The, Well-known American
related to Other types of polls · 6
Straw poll → Honor-system, However, In, Opinion, Straw, The
related to China · 4
Straw poll → Chinese Politburo, Politburo, Since, Standing Committee
see also · 2
Straw poll → Republican Party, Straw

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Important terminology

straw polls poll may opinion conducted voting among also vote controls see results presidential polling ordinary online ballot often election

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ageinstance ofsuch as that publicly traceable to telephone numbers or voter registration addresses and that voluntarily provided by respondents0.80text
genderinstance ofsuch as that publicly traceable to telephone numbers or voter registration addresses and that voluntarily provided by respondents0.80text
polls can be made more scientificinstance ofsuch as that publicly traceable to telephone numbers or voter registration addresses and that voluntarily provided by respondents0.80text
Straw pollrelated to ChinaSince0.60section
Straw pollrelated to ChinaChinese Politburo0.60section
Straw pollrelated to ChinaPolitburo0.60section
Straw pollrelated to ChinaStanding Committee0.60section
Straw pollrelated to Other types of pollsStraw0.60section
Straw pollrelated to Other types of pollsIn0.60section
Straw pollrelated to Other types of pollsHonor-system0.60section
Straw pollrelated to Other types of pollsThe0.60section
Straw pollrelated to Other types of pollsOpinion0.60section

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