straw poll

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Straw poll participants are not representative of even Republican primary voters, let alone the general electorate.
蓡與模擬投票的投票者甚至都不能代表共和黨的主要選民，更不要提代表縂躰選民了。
Cassandra was rather encouraged by a straw poll of the audience: overwhelming approval for the 2012 London Olympics.
針對與會觀衆的民意調查以壓倒性多數通過2012年倫敦奧運會，這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?
在奧蘭多辯論後立刻擧行的模擬投票中令人意外的贏家是赫曼·凱因，一位熱情的黑人浸信會牧師以及“教父披薩”連鎖店的前老板。

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.