--- title: Jeb Bush Will Skip the Iowa Straw Poll description: The presidential hopeful is skipping the Iowa Straw Poll and going to Atlanta instead. canonical: https://time.com/3856259/jeb-bush-will-skip-the-iowa-straw-poll/ author: Sam Frizell article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-12T20:13:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T07:08:40.308Z article:section: Politics og:title: Jeb Bush Will Skip Iowa Straw Poll og:description: Iowa Republicans are already upset. og:url: https://time.com/3856259/jeb-bush-will-skip-the-iowa-straw-poll/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt223dbca073f6c116/6987ef2d06f2c1421333826a/471698702.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: &lt;&gt; on April 30, 2015 in Washington, DC. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jeb Bush Will Skip Iowa Straw Poll twitter:description: Iowa Republicans are already upset. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt223dbca073f6c116/6987ef2d06f2c1421333826a/471698702.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jeb Bush Will Skip the Iowa Straw Poll by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell May 12, 2015 8:13 PM UTC  Jeb Bush on April 30, 2015 in Washington, DC. Jeb Bush on April 30, 2015 in Washington, DC.Alex Wong—Getty Images by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell May 12, 2015 8:13 PM UTC Jeb Bush plans to skip the Iowa Straw Poll this summer and instead attend a competing event in Atlanta. The all-but-announced presidential candidate is the first in the Republican 2016 field to opt out of the straw poll, a contest that has been criticized for being unrepresentative and costly. The former Florida governor would likely have a poor showing in the poll: Bush polled seventh out of 14 GOP contenders in a poll earlier this month, and 25% percent of likely Iowa GOP caucusgoers said they would definitely not support him. Bush, who confirmed with the [Des Moines _Register_](http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2015/05/12/jeb-bush-skip-iowa-straw-poll/27187589/) on Tuesday that he is skipping the poll, will instead by at the RedState Gathering in Atlanta, where he will address Republican activists. The chairman of the Iowa Republican Party has already criticized Bush for the decision. > [](https://twitter.com/kaufmannGOP/status/598213150639456256) > [](https://twitter.com/kaufmannGOP/status/598213275344506881) > [](https://twitter.com/kaufmannGOP/status/598213361398992896) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3856259/jeb-bush-will-skip-the-iowa-straw-poll/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3856259/jeb-bush-will-skip-the-iowa-straw-poll/"},"headline":"Jeb Bush Will Skip the Iowa Straw Poll","datePublished":"2015-05-12T20:13:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T07:08:40.308Z","description":"Bush is going to Atlanta instead.","url":"https://time.com/3856259/jeb-bush-will-skip-the-iowa-straw-poll/","keywords":["jeb bush","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt223dbca073f6c116/6987ef2d06f2c1421333826a/471698702.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt223dbca073f6c116/6987ef2d06f2c1421333826a/471698702.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"<> on April 30, 2015 in Washington, DC.","caption":"<> on April 30, 2015 in Washington, DC.","creditText":"Alex Wong—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/jeb-bush/","name":"jeb bush"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3856259/jeb-bush-will-skip-the-iowa-straw-poll/","name":"Jeb Bush Will Skip the Iowa Straw Poll"}}]}] ```