straw poll

An unofficial vote, poll, or survey to gauge the voting public's opinion of an issue or a political candidate. The latest straw poll puts the incumbent president well ahead of his opponent, but it's eight weeks to the election, and a lot can happen in that time.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Perlita	per-LEE-tah	Italian, Spanish
Stuart	STOO-ərt, STYOO-ərt	English, Scottish
Muhsina	-	Arabic
Cara	KAHR-ə, KER-ə	English
Adrian	AY-dree-ən (English), AHD-ryahn (Polish), AH-dree-ahn (German), ah-dree-AHN (Russian)	English, Romanian, Polish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Russian
Reed	REED	English