# Character limit in poll answers?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-limit-in-poll-answers/820127>\
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**Created:** [August 23, 2018, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-limit-in-poll-answers/820127 "2018-08-23T20:08:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-limit-in-poll-answers/820127/1 "2018-08-23T20:08:21Z")

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In posting previous polls, I have often come up against a character limit for the poll answers. What is that character limit, and does a spaceband count as a character for this purpose?

I have perused the sticky in IMHO about polls and this information does not seem to be in there. So please consider this also a request to add this information to the sticky.

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-limit-in-poll-answers/820127/2 "2018-08-23T21:56:16Z")

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The original limit was 100 characters.

I have changed it to 200.

Jenny  
your humble TubaDiva  
Administrator

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**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-limit-in-poll-answers/820127/3 "2018-08-23T23:52:15Z")

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Thank you.