straw poll

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Straw poll participants are not representative of even Republican primary voters, let alone the general electorate.
参与模拟投票的投票者甚至都不能代表共和党的主要选民，更不要提代表总体选民了。
Cassandra was rather encouraged by a straw poll of the audience: overwhelming approval for the 2012 London Olympics.
针对与会观众的民意调查以压倒性多数通过2012年伦敦奥运会，这令卡珊德拉倍受鼓舞。
The unexpected winner of the Florida straw poll, held soon after the Orlando debate, was Herman Cain, a fiery black Baptist preacher and former boss of Godfather’s Pizza?
在奥兰多辩论后立刻举行的模拟投票中令人意外的赢家是赫曼·凯因，一位热情的黑人浸信会牧师以及“教父披萨”连锁店的前老板。

Later that same day, those same delegates cast their votes in a straw poll.
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an unofficial vote that is taken to discover what people think about an idea or problem or how they intend to vote in an election

A straw poll is the unofficial questioning of a group of people to find out their opinion about something.