Polls in the Election forum

I’m trying to start a poll ancillary to a thread there, but can’t figure out how. Are they enabled or am I missing something obvious?

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11650050#post11650050

Ah okay. Can it be enabled there? I’m sure polling in an Election forum is appropriate. :slight_smile:

We’ll take it up for discussion and get back to you soonest.

Thank you.

I think it would be a good idea.

I’d also like to lobby to be able to fight in the war room.

I’d like to panic in the Crisis Room, if nobody minds…
ETA: I don’t hang out in Elections, but it does seem like polling would make sense.
Actually, I’m not sure why it’s disabled in any forums…

Well, polls aren’t exactly the point of GQ or CoCC/SR and polls in IMHO about contentious issues that want to turn into GDs or Pittings aren’t just moved, poll and all, to the appropriate forum because . . . why aren’t polls allowed GD and The Pit again*?

CMC fnord!
*Just MHO but, wouldn’t it be a lot easier to move polls intact to GD/TBBQP when they head that way instead of constantly having to remind posters that IMHO (or anywhere else) ain’t the place for GDs/Pittings and/or tell posters to open sister threads in the appropriate forum if they want to debate/argue?

They may not be the point of the forums…but does that mean it shouldn’t be enabled? It isn’t mandatory to use it. It seems t me that it could be useful occasionally. I don’t see the downside. But maybe there is one.
-D/a