# What do you think of voting in polls on the SDMB?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-voting-in-polls-on-the-sdmb/668863>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 14, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-voting-in-polls-on-the-sdmb/668863 "2013-09-14T20:37:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-voting-in-polls-on-the-sdmb/668863/1 "2013-09-14T20:37:24Z")

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Title and poll pretty much says it all, respond to as many options as apply.

Oops ☹ Forgot to make this multiple option allowed. I’ve reported it and hopefully a Mod can change this?

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**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2013, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-voting-in-polls-on-the-sdmb/668863/2 "2013-09-14T20:46:16Z")

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I’d choose the “I vote in polls that are relevant to me” option, but it’s not available.

Yes, I do like to vote in polls where there’s an option that matches my feelings, and that are relevant to me. (For example, the recent poll on what men did in college for “privacy” when sharing a room doesn’t apply to me, as I’m female and didn’t share a room in college. I think I voted “cookies” or something in that poll anyway.)

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**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2013, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-voting-in-polls-on-the-sdmb/668863/3 "2013-09-14T21:00:38Z")

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You should have made this multiple choice.

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**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:** [September 14, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-voting-in-polls-on-the-sdmb/668863/4 "2013-09-14T21:45:02Z")

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> [@TheChileanBlob](#):
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> You should have made this multiple choice.

As in “I hate it when people post a poll and don’t make it multiple choice”? 😃

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**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-voting-in-polls-on-the-sdmb/668863/5 "2013-09-15T02:16:42Z")

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I swear I was thinking of making a poll - today - dealing with how people respond to polls.  
I had a few other options in mind.

Q: Do you like it when your poll answers have automatic qualifiers?  
a) Yes - it helps make it clear what I’m voting for.  
b) No.  
For the record, I voted in the official poll for anonymous polls. Some of the other answers apply to me as well, but the anonymous part  
tends to override the others.

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**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-of-voting-in-polls-on-the-sdmb/668863/6 "2013-09-15T11:23:41Z")

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Closed at request of OP; he’s going to make it multiple choice.