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The community should now decide if the implementation should be continued or not: the straw poll will last two weeks from August 22 – September 4 (UTC). An extensive discussion, including a summary of the major issues and recommendations, can be found and continued at Pending Changes/Closure.
Notably, Puerto Rico becomes the second U.S. territory to implement straw polls for presidential elections, following Guam, which initiated its own straw poll in 1980 and has conducted preference votes in conjunction with each presidential election since that time. [3]
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. Straw polls provide dialogue among movements within large groups.
The former president fared better than he had in 2021.
The Trump campaign criticized that poll earlier this month, arguing it did not include enough people who voted for Trump in 2020 and skewed the results in Harris’ favor as a result.
The 2024 United States presidential straw poll in Guam took place on November 5, 2024. Guam is a territory and not a state , making it ineligible to elect members of the Electoral College . Instead, Guam conducts a non-binding presidential straw poll during the general election.
Most Americans approve of President-elect Donald Trump’s handling of his administration’s transition back into the White House — and are bullish about the next four years, a new poll shows.
Trump wins the Turning Point Action Conference straw poll with 86% support. In the vice presidential poll, Kari Lake won 30%, with Byron Donalds at 24% and Ramaswamy at 22%. [119] July 25: DeSantis and members of his staff are involved in a car accident outside of Chattanooga, Tennessee; the governor is unhurt and one staffer receives minor ...