# What have been your favorite SDMB Polls?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-been-your-favorite-sdmb-polls/621611
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [May 11, 2012, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-been-your-favorite-sdmb-polls/621611 "2012-05-11T14:33:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2012, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-been-your-favorite-sdmb-polls/621611/1 "2012-05-11T14:33:18Z")
The subject came up in a Cafe Society thread and I figured “what the hell?” let’s try to find out.
If you can provide a link to the poll(s), great. Otherwise try to get as close as you can to the thread title. I will try to find and link to the ones you name.
My own favorites have come from:
- How Old Are You? (2 threads I can locate)
- Who are your favorite characters on _The Wire_? (it took a dozen or so threads to find out!)
- probably another ten or so that I will try to find if the interest in this thread takes off
Once we get 20 or so favorites (at least) we can have a poll to try to find SDMB’s Most Popular Threads.
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### Author:  [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2012, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-been-your-favorite-sdmb-polls/621611/2 "2012-05-12T14:28:05Z")
[An old game-y thread of mine.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=327897)
I should’ve made a second thread for the voting via a real poll, dang it. Anyways, I’m always impressed with how creative Dopers can be when asked. Some of those replies were awesome.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2012, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-been-your-favorite-sdmb-polls/621611/3 "2012-05-12T14:41:52Z")
Thanks for keeping this thread from joining my 0-replies list, **NoClueBoy**!
Just for giggles I decided to try to get a decent list of polls to examine. It’s not as trivial as it might first appear and I would love to see a simpler way to do what I tried.
I did a Keyword Search using “poll\*” as the keyword,
selected “title only”
4 years ago and newer
number of replies - descending
search all open forums
and was amazed to see over 30 pages (750 threads) come back.
Even though I picked four years to try to minimize those threads that said “poll” in the title but didn’t have the actual votes summarized and a total voters count, there are beaucoup non-poll polls to have to wade through.
My biggest one (based on number of replies) was:
> **[Your Top Five Most Preferred TV Shows (Final Poll)](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=567279)**
>
> Vote for up to five.
Your Top Five Most Preferred TV Shows (Final Poll)
Zeldar 07-15-2010 02:17 PM
by NoClueBoy 51 6,189 Cafe Society
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 280
So exciting to see that you made the last post in that one!
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2015, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-been-your-favorite-sdmb-polls/621611/4 "2015-05-23T14:29:01Z")
\*\*\*\*\*\*\* ZOMBIE ALERT \*\*\*\*\*\*\*
Bumping this old thread as opposed to starting a new one.
Which poll (of the kind that tallies the votes) has had the most voters?
One that’s still active is now at 281 Voters:
> **[Which of these cocktails have you had?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=756930)**
>
> From this list of IBA (International Bartender’s Association) "Official Cocktails." An “Official Cocktail” is a drink selected for use in their bartending competitions, chosen for popularity and notability. Poll coming. There’s a lot!
Which of these cocktails have you had?
05-14-2015, 09:08 AM
DCnDC
The best response I can find is:
> **[How old are you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=610944)**
>
> In another thread, Really? Hmm. Let’s find out! I just did ranges, not exact ages, but you can post your age if you want. I think 13 is the minimum age to be a Doper. Poll to follow. ETA: I am 35.
How old are you?
06-02-2011, 03:33 PM
Anaamika
Voters: 826 (still open, it would appear)
If you know of polls with more voters, please post links or titles if you can.
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### Author:  [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2015, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-have-been-your-favorite-sdmb-polls/621611/5 "2015-05-24T01:12:25Z")
I enjoyed most of the endless “Best of the Rest XX Year” music polls even if I didn’t vote in a majority of them. How you rate their combined activity is up to the reader.