Here’s the question — Are these straw polls meaningful? I mean do they help predict anything about the primaries?
I honestly don't know. I included that TeaCon straw poll link in my post above only because I just happened to see the big headline on BigGovernment.com
I've been going to CPAC in DC for the past 9-10 years, and I can tell you that the CPAC Straw Poll is a complete joke. It's pathetic the way the lame-stream media and even legit media sources like Fox News, Drudge, etc. take that poll seriously.
It's very unscientific, and for the past several years the (mostly bussed in) Ron Paul-bots have literally stuffed the ballot boxes with their votes for Ron Paul. CPAC uses unscientific paper ballots (with young kids collecting those ballots) and the Paul-bots get away with hijacking the poll year after year.