# Which SDMB Poll Has Had The Most Voters? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 3, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-poll-has-had-the-most-voters/584203 "2011-06-03T15:27:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-poll-has-had-the-most-voters/584203/1 "2011-06-03T15:27:31Z")
If you know please post a link to it. If you don’t know for sure, please post a link to the biggest one you do know of. As an alternative, please post a link to the biggest one you voted in. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-poll-has-had-the-most-voters/584203/2 "2011-06-03T18:21:27Z")
Here’s one to beat: > **[How old are you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=554352)** > > In an attempt to answer the question in this thread: How old are you, rounded down to the nearest whole year? How old are you? 03-02-2010, 04:55 PM Giles Voters: 600 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-poll-has-had-the-most-voters/584203/3 "2011-06-03T20:52:46Z")
The most votes in a poll that I started have been in > **[The Best All-Time TV Show \[vote for up to 10\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=562451)** > > After seven weeks Your Favorite All-Time TV Shows has provided the “favorite” Top 51 TV Shows of All Time. This poll is to try to determine the BEST of those shows. Since there’s no way to control the number of votes in a multiple choice poll, you... Poll: The Best All-Time TV Show [vote for up to 10] ( 1 2) 05-08-2010, 07:40 AM Zeldar 05-23-2011 02:21 PM by Elendil’s Heir 69 9,520 Cafe Society Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 298 The most votes in a poll I voted (and posted) in have been in > **[Do you do a "Thank you wave" when someone lets you merge in traffic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=578581)** > > I was taught that when someone lets you go in front of them while driving in slow-moving heavy traffic, you should wave to say thank you. On my recent trip to the eastern US, I did not see any waving. Do you wave as a sign of gratitude? Do you do a “Thank you wave” when someone lets you merge in traffic? 09-17-2010, 08:17 AM Voters: 348 It will take further research to locate polls I voted in but didn’t reply in, which is a flaw (in my way of thinking) in how records are kept on SDMB polls. Polls that don’t have any replies beyond the OP’s comments vanish as soon as they’re off the “front page” of whatever forum they’re in. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-poll-has-had-the-most-voters/584203/4 "2011-06-03T23:01:58Z")
Here are some in-between sized polls: > **[A poll: ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=583139)** > > I’m a huge fan of musicals but I’ve never watched this. Part of it is I’ve often been told you have to see it with a group and do it with rituals, then there’s the fact that I don’t generally like rock musicals. Just curious what others think. Poll: A poll: ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW ( 1 2 3) 10-25-2010, 09:34 PM Sampiro 10-31-2010 11:50 AM by MeDrewNotYou 120 4,399 Cafe Society Voters: 411 [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/poll.php?do=showresults&pollid=2538](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/poll.php?do=showresults&pollid=2538) Poll: Poll for people who wash their hands after using the bathroom. (Please read before voting.) ( 1 2 3) 04-01-2011, 08:15 AM Agent Foxtrot 04-12-2011 12:54 PM by AHunter3 105 3,829 In My Humble Opinion Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 445 > **[Religious Poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=533099)** > > With which system of belief (or non-belief) do you identify most closely? Poll: Religious Poll ( 1 2) 09-22-2009, 03:54 PM TWDuke 05-10-2010 05:42 AM by ivan astikov 92 2,905 In My Humble Opinion Voters: 493 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-poll-has-had-the-most-voters/584203/5 "2011-06-04T14:54:53Z")
This one is interesting as it shows (incidentally) how well dopers follow instructors. [Poll: Test, ignore.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=609400) It had 86 votes, 80 replies, and 2,554 views. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2011, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-poll-has-had-the-most-voters/584203/6 "2011-06-04T15:03:31Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > This one is interesting as it shows (incidentally) how well dopers follow instructors. > > [Poll: Test, ignore.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=609400) > > It had 86 votes, 80 replies, and 2,554 views. One of the best threads this year! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2011, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-poll-has-had-the-most-voters/584203/7 "2011-06-05T13:06:19Z")
Okay, here’s another tack to take. Before [The Polling feature is enabled. Here’s how to use it.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=533069) started 09-22-2009, 01:00 PM by **Gary “Wombat” Robson** ( Voters: 347. This poll is closed ) were there any polls at SDMB with the features we have these days? If not, you only have to go back less than two years to see all of them! Who holds the record for the poll with the most voters? **Giles** with 600? Why don’t we have a directory or reference place for polls we might want to participate in? ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2011, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-poll-has-had-the-most-voters/584203/8 "2011-06-05T14:18:44Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Why don’t we have a directory or reference place for polls we might want to participate in? Why not just ask for a pony, while you’re at it. 🙂 ---
**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 5, 2011, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-poll-has-had-the-most-voters/584203/9 "2011-06-05T14:26:35Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Why not just ask for a pony, while you’re at it. 🙂 Can I have a pony? edited to add: Please? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-poll-has-had-the-most-voters/584203/10 "2011-06-05T14:27:05Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Why not just ask for a pony, while you’re at it. 🙂 Okay. Can I have a pony? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2011, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-poll-has-had-the-most-voters/584203/11 "2011-06-05T14:36:06Z")
HEY EVERYBODY!!! **samclem** IS GIVING AWAY PONIES! _lines up_ ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-poll-has-had-the-most-voters/584203/12 "2011-06-08T15:53:33Z")
(never mind) ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-poll-has-had-the-most-voters/584203/13 "2011-06-08T16:24:36Z")
It might be that [Spit or swallow](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=173531) thing from long ago. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-poll-has-had-the-most-voters/584203/14 "2011-06-08T17:11:24Z")
> [@Darth\_Sensitive](#): > > It might be that [Spit or swallow](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=173531) thing from long ago. Quite so. It could be any of those threads where the “poll” wasn’t one that counted the votes. I should have made that aspect clearer. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-poll-has-had-the-most-voters/584203/15 "2011-06-09T17:40:44Z")
[How old are you?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=610944) started 06-02-2011, 03:33 PM by **Anaamika** has just passed the 500 Voters mark and is still going strong. At this rate it has a good chance of overtaking [How old are you? - In My Humble Opinion - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=554352) and its 600 Voters. Jump on board if you haven’t already! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-poll-has-had-the-most-voters/584203/16 "2011-10-28T15:23:13Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Here’s one to beat: > > [How old are you? - In My Humble Opinion - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=554352) > How old are you? > 03-02-2010, 04:55 PM > Giles > Voters: 600 As of just now: > **[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 What age range do you fall into? Voters: 608 Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-sdmb-poll-has-had-the-most-voters/584203/17 "2013-10-03T17:19:49Z")
It’s been a good while since the latest post here. Any contenders to add to the list?