Sentences with phrase «straw poll»

As someone who is in constant contact with leading salespeople, I conduct straw polls in my classrooms.

During my presentations I frequently conduct straw polls, where I ask my audiences what motivates them.

But it won't translate into the ol' straw poll votes.

In a recent straw poll he beat a potential challenger by over 9 - 1.

By conducting this survey as an informal, web - based straw poll, we are able to develop a large sample.

Scheiderman and his AG rivals are vying for upstate support heading into the DRC straw poll at the beginning of next month.

Democrats are now looking for Cuomo to announce his candidacy before the DRC straw poll at the beginning of May.

One of Schneiderman's primary opponents, Eric Dinallo, has the support of 18 county chairs — all of them from upstate, plus Putnam, which is in the lower Hudson Valley — heading into the DRC straw poll on May 1.

Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, who has also said she felt God was «calling» her to run, won the Iowa Straw Poll last month in large part because of support from conservative evangelicals.

Ned Lamont was the clear first place finisher in the Connecticut AFL - CIO Straw Poll for our state's next governor.

With less than a week to go before the Democratic Rural Conference straw poll in Niagara Falls, which will be the first contest of the 2010 election season, would - be AG Nassau County DA Kathleen Rice has released a six - point agenda for rural New York.

(CNN)- Former governors Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman announced they wouldn't compete at the Ames straw poll in Iowa, but the state GOP added them to the ballot anyway, along with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ned Lamont won the Connecticut AFL - CIO's straw poll Friday, providing the multimillionaire businessman from Greenwich with an important early boost in a crowded field.

8/14/11 Bachmann wins Iowa Straw Poll.

Schumann - McGhee went on to note that Dinallo won the Democratic Rural Conference straw poll by «a convincing margin of two - to - one over the second - place candidate,» (that would be Rice, who was reportedly assisted by Cuomo allies urging committee members to vote for anyone BUT Dinallo in hopes of reducing his margin of victory).

He has no staff in the early primary state, but performed well in a series of closely - watched GOP straw polls there last month.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney pulled ahead of his rivals in Washington State's presidential straw poll on Saturday, with more than one - third of the votes.

A quick straw poll of the group of angel investors with the Willamette Angel Conference (for which I am investment chair) revealed that most of us do indeed read the plans.

Bachmann did this to great effect in August, when she won the Republican straw poll in Iowa in part by zeroing in on the Facebook pages of potential supporters who lived nearby.

It's early and it was only for bragging rights, but businessman Ian Golden of Tompkins County emerged as winner of a weekend straw poll among Democrats lining up to challenge Republican Rep. Tom Reed of the 23rd Congressional District next year.

Nixon handily won the club's Thursday evening straw poll with 32 votes at the Central Brooklyn Independent Democrats.

Molinaro bested DeFrancisco last week in an informal straw poll of Republican officials.

Ned Lamont, who won a Connecticut AFL - CIO straw poll earlier this month and has been endorsed by state Attorney General George Jepsen, said the maneuvering over the rules is inside baseball.

His second - place showing in a Charleston (South Carolina) County Democratic straw poll late last month seems to back up that perception.

They discuss Dinallo's performance in early straw polling, his background as a former Wall Street lawyer, and his hopes for reforming Albany.

A quick straw poll found most attendees in agreement that the place felt weirdly as though it had been airlifted straight from West Twenty - Fourth Street.

With the Democratic Rural Conference straw poll just three days away, AG hopeful Eric Dinallo announced he has secured yet another endorsement from an upstate county chairman, bringing his tally to 21.

(CNN)- Two Republican statewide candidates in California are touting the results of a state GOP convention straw poll that showed conservative activists overwhelmingly rejecting the gubernatorial bid of former eBay CEO Meg Whitman and the likely Senate bid of former Hewlett - Packard CEO Carly Fiorina.

Rybak and Seifert won the statewide, non-binding straw poll held during the state's caucuses earlier this month — an early test of organizational strength.

It's early and it was only for bragging rights, but businessman Ian Golden of Tompkins County emerged as the winner of a weekend straw poll among Democrats lining up to challenge Republican Rep. Tom Reed in NY - 23 next year.

The results of an unofficial straw poll conducted at Friday's meeting may have contributed to Dadey's feelings about how DeFrancisco has been treated.

A week before Cuomo's non-entrance, Clinton won a resounding victory in Florida's nonbinding straw poll.

RANDOLPH - Democratic Congressional Candidate Ian Golden of Ithaca is the winner of this past weekend's western southern tier Democratic straw poll for New York's 23rd Congressional District.

In his letter, Langworthy also suggested all of the candidates get 15 minutes each at the convention to make their final pitches before a planned straw poll of all the county chairs.

Ron Paul just won the Illinois straw poll, has won more than any other candidate.

With the Ames Straw Poll only days away, Republican presidential candidates are seizing the high ground in Iowa, according to Slate's John Dickerson.

Despite the media supernova surrounding Ratigan, as well as straw polls touted by Nelson and Cobb as evidence of their frontrunner status, Wilson indicated the field is wide open.

Like Tim Pawlenty, whose campaign folded after a meaningless straw poll.

Unscientific straw polls at the three meetings revealed that 80 percent of those attending the Tulare meeting favored the FMMO while a similar number opposed it in Modesto and Petaluma meetings.

Last week, Rhodes's campaign received a boost with an online straw poll that ranked him first among the preferred candidates in the race.

State GOP Chair Ed Cox said Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro is running for governor after winning a party straw poll, but a Molinaro spokesman responded that his boss had not publicly committed to running and would not be making an announcement any time soon.

At the end, he dodges questions of who he is supporting for Attorney General in tomorrow's much anticipated straw poll.

Dover, New Hampshire (CNN)- Jon Huntsman spent Saturday making campaign stops in this important early primary state as many of his rivals sought to convince Iowa voters to support them in a Republican Party - sponsored straw poll.

If Senate President Malcolm Smith's comments at the DRC straw poll over the weekend are any indication, redistricting reform isn't exactly popular in the Senate, either, where Democrats are eager to finally get back at the GOP by redrawing them out of existence — assuming they manage to hold onto the majority in November.

With a little strategic planning, I think you may even rise to the level of your standing in the recent NH straw poll: