# How often do you vote in polls?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-vote-in-polls/552000>\
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**Created:** [August 30, 2010, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-vote-in-polls/552000 "2010-08-30T13:52:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-vote-in-polls/552000/21 "2010-08-31T19:27:34Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> [All of us]No, never![/All of us]

[Captain of HMS Pinafore]Hardly ever![/Captain]

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-vote-in-polls/552000/22 "2010-08-31T19:50:01Z")

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> [@Giles](#):
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> > [@Czarcasm](#):
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> > [All of us]No, never![/All of us]
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> [Captain of HMS Pinafore]Hardly ever![/Captain]

I could have gone with the alternate [Major General’s daughters]No, not one![/Major General’s daughters].

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**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-vote-in-polls/552000/23 "2010-08-31T19:52:00Z")

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Bum.

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**Author:** ![Emily\_Litella](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emily_litella/32/3370_2.png) [@Emily\_Litella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emily_Litella)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-vote-in-polls/552000/24 "2010-09-02T17:28:42Z")

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Only when applicable.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-vote-in-polls/552000/25 "2010-09-03T07:53:05Z")

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I’d have went with the first one, except there are times when a poll says it only wants certain people to vote.

There are also those that don’t have a good answer, but I consider making a post explaining a better answer as a vote for “Other”.

I also find it odd that so many people never vote in polls. It just seems so rude. It takes almost no time, and helps answer a question from the OP (even if not definitively).

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