Michel Bachmann's philosophical pedigree

FluffyMcDeath said:
Oh yeah, and it seems that her campaign directly paid for about 4000 of her 4823 votes in the Iowa straw poll.
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Straw poll?

campaigns can buy the $30 tickets for their supporters to attend and presumably vote in their favor.
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Bachmann's campaign bought and "handed out at least 4,000 free tickets to supporters."

Therefore, Bachmann appears to have rigged the vote at a minimum direct cost of $120,000 to her campaign. It's unclear whether any of the other candidates engaged in this same behavior.
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Why would anyone take such a so-called poll as an indication of anything other than who has most money?

Having said that, I suppose that's almost a microcosm of the big game. It usually comes down to dosh anyway.
 
Straw poll - superficial test of opinion
Straw polls were the forerunners of the public opinion polls that are an ingredient of today's general elections. They originated in America. In 1824 reporters from the Harrisburg Pennsylvanian decided to question the people of Wilmington to try to establish their preferred presidential candidate. The idea caught on. The name straw poll alludes to the custom of throwing a straw up in the air in order to determine the direction and strength of the wind. Figurative reference to this rural practice is much older than the straw poll, however. John Selden uses it in Table-Talk: Libels as early as the mid 17th century.
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