# Is voting in a poll a post? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 20, 2015, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-voting-in-a-poll-a-post/715499 "2015-03-20T16:12:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-voting-in-a-poll-a-post/715499/1 "2015-03-20T16:12:34Z")
I asked in the related thread in reporting but it got lost in that discussion. Easy short version - I vote in a poll but don’t comment or add an actual post to the thread. Does that vote get recorded as a post? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-voting-in-a-poll-a-post/715499/2 "2015-03-20T16:34:21Z")
I just checked my total post count, voted in a poll, and checked again. No change in my post count. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-voting-in-a-poll-a-post/715499/3 "2015-03-20T18:20:24Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I just checked my total post count, voted in a poll, and checked again. No change in my post count. That was far too scientific of an answer. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-voting-in-a-poll-a-post/715499/4 "2015-03-20T18:31:23Z")
> [@FXMastermind](#): > > That was far too scientific of an answer. _carefully sets down Erlenmeyer flask_ Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-voting-in-a-poll-a-post/715499/5 "2015-03-21T00:38:46Z")
Until someone smarter checks in (assuming such exists?) its an answer I can live with. That doesn’t mean I’m not going to try and replicate the results but --------------- that’s science. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-voting-in-a-poll-a-post/715499/6 "2015-03-21T00:53:30Z")
I suggest doing the experiment yourself. (No, it will not count as a post) ---
**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:** [March 21, 2015, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-voting-in-a-poll-a-post/715499/7 "2015-03-21T01:10:21Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Until someone smarter checks in (assuming such exists?) its an answer I can live with. That doesn’t mean I’m not going to try and replicate the results but --------------- that’s science. :smack: Someone smarter checking in here. And it’s my decided opinion that we can never really know the answer to this question. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-voting-in-a-poll-a-post/715499/8 "2015-03-21T02:15:30Z")
**kopek’s** theorem. Nice ring to it. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-voting-in-a-poll-a-post/715499/9 "2015-03-21T16:11:11Z")
I like it. I went and tried several music polls and you are correct, sir ------- they do not count. I wish I could say I missed the obvious test because I was drunk but I wasn’t. Just tired and forgot you can see post counts in statistics ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-voting-in-a-poll-a-post/715499/10 "2015-03-21T16:19:42Z")
It’s nice when a question can be actually answered. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2015, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-voting-in-a-poll-a-post/715499/11 "2015-03-21T18:59:25Z")
^^^This^^^ Also, reported for a move to General Questions… 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-voting-in-a-poll-a-post/715499/12 "2015-03-27T17:24:42Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Someone smarter checking in here. And it’s my decided opinion that we can never really know the answer to this question. So … pray?