41. At the caucus, Democrats rejected the idea of taking a straw vote , insisting they knew too little even for that. 42. "The good news is they did a straw vote and it includes the rapidly growing region of the Antelope Valley. 43. In 1991, the 60-year-old Carey was elected after receiving only 15 percent of the straw votes cast at the convention. 44. He criticized the straw votes that Gramm and Dole, among others, have tried to make significant or at least respectable. 45. In 1996, the straw vote predicted Bill Clinton would pull 46 percent of the popular vote; he pulled 3 percent more. 46. In a straw vote at the NABC convention, Division I coaches were nearly unanimous in their support to rescind the rule. 47. "The best fans in the NBA " made that pretty clear in a straw vote taken during the loss to the Jazz. 48. Dole is running second or third in most polls, but the straw vote is a bigger test of money and organization than popularity. 49. Gramm wouldn't say how much money he spent on the straw vote , but it was probably more than any other campaign so far. 50. More than half the coaches favored the regular-season tie breaker in a straw vote of the 87 coaches who attended the AFCA annual meeting.
