Iowa Straw Poll (1979-2011)
Iowa Straw Poll may refer to: * Iowa State Fair Straw Poll, also sometimes referred to as ''Iowa Straw Poll''; first conducted in 2015 * Iowa Straw Poll (1979–2011), sponsored by the Iowa Republican Party and conducted from 1979 to 2011 {{set index ...
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Iowa State Fair Straw Poll
The Iowa State Fair Straw Poll is an informal poll for presidential and Iowa congressional candidates. The poll has been conducted by the Iowa Secretary of State with results posted to their website. It was begun in 2015 after the Republican Party of Iowa announced it would no longer hold its official Iowa Straw Poll given that a majority of presidential candidates declined to participate. 2015 Results In 2015, the State Fair poll found Donald Trump to be the most favored GOP candidate among 677 votes cast, defeating Ben Carson and Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas). Cruz went on to win the Iowa GOP caucuses, defeating Trump by 4 percent. On the Democratic side, out of a little more than 1,000 votes total, Hillary Clinton was the most popular Democrat defeating Bernie Sanders 49 percent to 45 percent. Clinton went on to defeat Sanders in the Democratic state primary by less than 1 percent. Democratic Source of results: Iowa Secretary of State Republican Source of results: Iowa Sec ...
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