# Should the Election forum have the poll option? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 30, 2010, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-election-forum-have-the-poll-option/545030 "2010-06-30T03:40:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-election-forum-have-the-poll-option/545030/1 "2010-06-30T03:40:26Z")
Ironic that it will be discussing a system where people go and log their official opinions as to who gets elected and who doesn’t, but the forum in question doesn’t allow the same. It would be distracting to plop any political polls into IMHO (IMHO). ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-election-forum-have-the-poll-option/545030/2 "2010-06-30T07:47:42Z")
We should have a poll to find out what people think about having a poll option. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-election-forum-have-the-poll-option/545030/3 "2010-06-30T13:12:50Z")
Yes. These could be intersting once we get closer to november. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2010, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-election-forum-have-the-poll-option/545030/4 "2010-06-30T13:42:10Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > We should have a poll to find out what people think about having a poll option. But first, we should have a poll to determine where to put such a poll. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-election-forum-have-the-poll-option/545030/5 "2010-06-30T14:45:43Z")
Moderator, polleaze! ---
**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:** [June 30, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-election-forum-have-the-poll-option/545030/6 "2010-06-30T16:11:39Z")
Point well taken. Lemme make sure it’s okay with the guys upstairs first. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-election-forum-have-the-poll-option/545030/7 "2010-06-30T16:21:18Z")
Will you be polling them? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-election-forum-have-the-poll-option/545030/8 "2010-07-01T15:01:56Z")
I think we should have a poll on whether or not we should poll the guys upstairs. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-election-forum-have-the-poll-option/545030/9 "2010-07-01T16:06:05Z")
> [@Tahssa](#): > > I think we should have a poll on whether or not we should poll the guys upstairs. What does God need with a [del]starship[/del] poll? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-election-forum-have-the-poll-option/545030/10 "2010-07-01T16:19:07Z")
Honestly though, you don’t think the viewership here is representative of the voting populace as a whole do you? A poll in the political forum would be interesting in and of itself but I hope no one genuinely expects it to be a precursive indicator of any outcome except for the most obvious.