In solidarity with Iraqi voters, straw poll attendees will stain their fingers with purple ink post-vote to prevent them from voting more than once. If the estimated 40,000 Iowans show up ...

The Iowa straw poll—long an object of fascination for political reporters and presidential campaign strategists alike—has been canceled, according to The Des Moines Register's Jennifer Jacobs.

Indeed, past straw polls taken at the Wisconsin Democratic Convention and Wisconsin Republican Convention have zero correlation with who the eventual nominees are. (See below for the past six ...

and history shows it wasn't a good predictor of anything, including the Iowa caucus results and the eventual nominee." Pawlenty said he hopes the elimination of the straw poll leads to more ...