Treguard
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Minor issue I know, but the reported total votes in a poll is not always the sum of the votes for each option. For illustration:

http://www.drod.net/forum/viewtopic.php?TopicID=3237 currently reports 26 votes instead of 36

http://www.drod.net/forum/viewtopic.php?TopicID=3488 currently reports 6 votes instead of 5

Also, as a consequence of this, the percentages don't actually sum to 100% either.

eytanz
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People who choose to "view poll results without voting" are counted in the grand total, which causes the discrepency observed.

I find this weird, too.

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Treguard
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Ah, I wondered if this might have something to do with it – although since it can under-count as well as over-count (see examples above), this doesn't seem to be the sole explanation for the issue.

DiMono
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In multiple-selection polls, it counts the number of people, not the number of votes. If there are two options and I'm the first to vote, and I pick both, it will look like 200% because everyone (100% of voters) voted for both options.

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