# Do you like voting in polls?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-voting-in-polls/595370
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [September 6, 2011, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-voting-in-polls/595370 "2011-09-06T10:57:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@Biffer\_Spice\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffer_Spice_1)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2011, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-voting-in-polls/595370/1 "2011-09-06T10:57:26Z")
i’m not including a “don’t know” or “sometimes” option. as for me, it would have to be “sometimes”.
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### Author:  [@JohnnyMac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnnyMac)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2011, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-voting-in-polls/595370/2 "2011-09-06T11:42:14Z")
I have a sneaking suspicion that this poll will fall prey to self-selection bias.
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### Author:  [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2011, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-voting-in-polls/595370/3 "2011-09-06T13:19:10Z")
I think everybody who hates voting in polls should make an exception for this one, just to mess with the OP’s head.
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### Author:  [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2011, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-voting-in-polls/595370/4 "2011-09-06T15:28:23Z")
I’m bookmarking this thread in case I ever need to teach a statistics class and need an example of selection bias.
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### Author:  [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-voting-in-polls/595370/5 "2011-09-06T15:31:57Z")
I voted “no”. I decline to vote in most polls.
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### Author:  [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2011, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-voting-in-polls/595370/6 "2011-09-06T19:32:45Z")
Only if they are non-public (cannot see who voted for what). I boycott public polls as a matter of principle. There are several people who always make their polls public, even when it has no possible bearing on the subject. I just back out as soon as I see that.
Any body else dislike public polls?
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### Author:  [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-voting-in-polls/595370/7 "2011-09-06T19:40:41Z")
Didn’t vote. I’m a third party sorta dude.
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### Author:  [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)
#### Post date: [September 6, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-voting-in-polls/595370/8 "2011-09-06T19:50:29Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#):
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> Any body else dislike public polls?
Maybe you should create a private poll for this question. 😃
But seriously, I am more likely to vote if respondents’ identities are kept private. I vote in public polls only if my answer is something that I don’t care was broadcast on the evening news.
I haven’t voted in this poll because I don’t know yet whether it’s public or private. If it’s private, I’ll vote. But given this post, you can probably figure out how I’d answer, so maybe I won’t vote after all. 😉
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### Author:  [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2011, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-voting-in-polls/595370/9 "2011-09-07T00:07:13Z")
I voted no as well. I refrain from voting in public polls and usually avoid polls that don’t include enough options. It seems like those two options tend to dominate IMHO.
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2011, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-voting-in-polls/595370/10 "2011-09-07T00:09:23Z")
I prefer voting in booths.
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### Author:  [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2011, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-voting-in-polls/595370/11 "2011-09-07T13:08:24Z")
Sorry, I spoilt my paper. :o