Straw polls should have no credibility

The straw poll in Iowa which gave the majority of votes to Michelle Bachman and Ron Paul  should not have any relevance, but it does because of the perception that it has meaning.   Voters had only to be 16 1/2  years old. They did not have to be registered voters nor Republicans.  Obama supporters could vote and did, with estimates that 20 per cent of the voters were Obama people.  Few people consider Ron Paul a legitimate candidate but he has been the darling of several straw polls.  I takes relatively few rabid supporters or/and paid voters to rate high in a straw poll.

It is early and the winning candidate may not have entered the race yet.