straw poll
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straw poll
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It may allude to a straw (thin plant stalk) held up to see in what direction the wind blows: in this case, the metaphorical wind of group opinion.
noun straw polls
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A survey of opinion or a vote that is nonbinding, unofficial, casual, or ad hoc.
2002: I don't think it was innocence that made me want to carry out a straw poll of women friends on the plausibility of this passage — James Meek in London Review of Books, Vol. 24 No. 22, 14 November 2002
Similar: straw ballot, straw vote
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noun unofficial survey of opinion
| Español | encuesta, sondeo |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | unverbindliche Abstimmung, Probeabstimmung, inoffizielle Umfrage, Meinungsbild, Probeumfrage, Blitzumfrage |
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