It won't have as much as an effect--I think so, at least--as the recently concluded Iowa Straw Poll, but the Illinois Republican Party will be holding its straw poll on Thursday at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield.
Unlike the Iowa version, any voting age Illinois resident can vote--without having to pay anything.
However, the Illinois Straw Poll was conceived just a few months ago, so don't look for busloads of supporters being transported to Illinois' capital city for the event, such as what occurred at Iowa State University on Saturday.
The bulk of Illinois' population is in the Chicago area, the edges of which taper off 150 miles northeast of Springfield.
So even among the low standards of straw polls, the Illinoisans who vote won't be a representative sample of the Prairie State.
But it's a start. And it's good to see the Illinois Republican Party waking up from its slumber.
Related posts:
Illinois GOP Primary mini-analysis and scorecard
Thirty hours in Lincoln's Springfield, Illinois
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