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2016 Postmortem

LuvLoogie

(7,003 posts) Sat Aug 15, 2015, 09:33 PM Aug 2015

OMG! Carson only one vote behind Hillary in State Fair Straw Poll!!

Feel the BENds!!

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OMG! Carson only one vote behind Hillary in State Fair Straw Poll!! (Original Post) LuvLoogie Aug 2015 OP

Bernie has been gaining on tRump. PowerToThePeople Aug 2015 #1

Wait, Dems can vote in Repub polls and vice versa? SonderWoman Aug 2015 #2

I don't know? Do you? LuvLoogie Aug 2015 #3

No idea. SonderWoman Aug 2015 #4

It was announced earlier (heard it on MSNBC) that DURHAM D Aug 2015 #5

PowerToThePeople

(9,610 posts)

1. Bernie has been gaining on tRump.

Reply to LuvLoogie (Original post)

Sat Aug 15, 2015, 09:38 PM

Aug 2015

Wonder where it all will end?

SonderWoman

(1,169 posts)

2. Wait, Dems can vote in Repub polls and vice versa?

Reply to LuvLoogie (Original post)

Sat Aug 15, 2015, 10:20 PM

Aug 2015

LuvLoogie

(7,003 posts)

3. I don't know? Do you?

Reply to SonderWoman (Reply #2)

Sat Aug 15, 2015, 10:31 PM

Aug 2015

Do they check registration, residency, eligibility? Is it a random sampling of fair goers, or of just those who choose to participate?

SonderWoman

(1,169 posts)

4. No idea.

Reply to LuvLoogie (Reply #3)

Sat Aug 15, 2015, 10:34 PM

Aug 2015

Never really bothered to find out, but if that's the case it would make these polls even more meaningless.

DURHAM D

(32,609 posts)

5. It was announced earlier (heard it on MSNBC) that

Reply to LuvLoogie (Reply #3)

Sat Aug 15, 2015, 10:43 PM

Aug 2015

Iowa is not doing a straw poll this year.

However, the Secretary of state or something (a Republican gadfly) set up a table and anyone can vote there as many times as they want.

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