The Iowa Republican Party’s central committee voted Saturday to approve a 2015 straw poll, but it’s unlikely to be a spectacle on the scale of 2011.
Fox News will not be hosting a pre-straw poll debate, Politico reported Saturday, and it’s questionable whether top-tier candidates will make appearances.
Michele Bachmann, who won the 2011 Ames Straw Poll, went on to finish sixth in the Iowa caucuses.
The straw poll, which will likely be held in August, was publicly opposed by the state’s Republican governor, Terry Branstad, but is popular with activists.
But with the committee going ahead with the straw poll, the governor expressed support.
“The governor looks forward to working with the Republican Party of Iowa and the State Central Committee to make the straw poll a successful event,” his spokesman said Saturday.
