# Are you more apt to vote in a poll with anonymous results or does it not matter? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 30, 2015, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-more-apt-to-vote-in-a-poll-with-anonymous-results-or-does-it-not-matter/738993 "2015-11-30T00:00:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-more-apt-to-vote-in-a-poll-with-anonymous-results-or-does-it-not-matter/738993/21 "2015-12-02T00:19:32Z")
Clicking on View Poll Results, I see “I’m more likely to vote in an anonymous result poll” garners a tiny 10 votes. But I would argue that there are so many of us who won’t even vote in a public poll that this choice is really the clear winner in real terms. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-more-apt-to-vote-in-a-poll-with-anonymous-results-or-does-it-not-matter/738993/22 "2015-12-02T00:42:19Z")
Also, since when do we have polls in MPSIMS? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-more-apt-to-vote-in-a-poll-with-anonymous-results-or-does-it-not-matter/738993/23 "2015-12-02T00:54:49Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > Also, since when do we have polls in MPSIMS? Mods can transgress physics. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-more-apt-to-vote-in-a-poll-with-anonymous-results-or-does-it-not-matter/738993.md?page=1)