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a straw poll
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a quick, unofficial check of what a group of people think
Typical verbs: 'take', 'conduct'. American English also says 'straw vote'.
In context
A straw poll of the office showed most people wanted a later start time.
Let's take a straw poll before we choose the restaurant.
More idioms about politics
- a double standarda rule applied more strictly to one group than to another
- a grey areaa situation where the rules are unclear, so nobody is sure what is allowed
- a hidden agendaa secret reason or plan behind what someone says or does
- a hot potatoa difficult issue that people disagree about and nobody wants to deal with
- a lame ducka politician or government with little real power, often near the end of a term in office