No, that's not a typo. It's just a reminder not to buy the spin (from either side) after the Iowa "straw poll." And, oh, there will be spin.
[Excerpt]
When a Poll Is Not Really a Poll
By Jon Cohen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, August 8, 2007; Page A03
High on the list of superpowers a campaign might wish for would be the ability to manipulate opinion surveys, and on Saturday in Ames, Iowa, Republican presidential contenders will get to live that dream through the Iowa straw poll.
The event, a tradition in election cycles in which there is no GOP incumbent, is billed as an indicator of how party members will vote in the Republican caucus in January. But while no one can stage-manage a random telephone poll, it is open season when any voting-age Iowan or Iowa college student with a $35 ticket has a say.
Few of the 40,000 people who are expected to descend on Iowa State University on Saturday have to reach into their own pockets to pay to participate in the so-called poll. . .
Read more at: WashingtonPost.com
[Excerpt]
When a Poll Is Not Really a Poll
By Jon Cohen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, August 8, 2007; Page A03
High on the list of superpowers a campaign might wish for would be the ability to manipulate opinion surveys, and on Saturday in Ames, Iowa, Republican presidential contenders will get to live that dream through the Iowa straw poll.
The event, a tradition in election cycles in which there is no GOP incumbent, is billed as an indicator of how party members will vote in the Republican caucus in January. But while no one can stage-manage a random telephone poll, it is open season when any voting-age Iowan or Iowa college student with a $35 ticket has a say.
Few of the 40,000 people who are expected to descend on Iowa State University on Saturday have to reach into their own pockets to pay to participate in the so-called poll. . .
Read more at: WashingtonPost.com
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