Iowa Straw Poll Tradition to Continue—Assuming Candidates Show
Republicans plan to stress the event's unscientific nature to the candidates and the media.
Republican voters make their way through the recreational area set up by Republican presidential candidate Steve Forbes on the grounds of Iowa State University 14 August 1999 in Ames, Iowa.
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The barbeque, balloting, and carnival-like atmosphere of the Iowa Straw Poll will go on for at least one more presidential election cycle.
Iowa's Republican State Central Committee on Saturday voted to host a straw poll, likely on Aug. 8, after receiving assurances from the Republican National Committee that such a gathering wouldn't put the state's first-in-the-nation caucus status at risk. The motion to host the 2015 straw poll passed unanimously, 16-0, during a meeting at the party's headquarters in Des Moines.