Open a poll from the Polls list to see its results. No setup is needed.
Live results
The Live results panel shows each choice with its percentage and vote count, and the total number of votes. While the poll is live, the page refreshes itself every 15 seconds.
Depending on the question type you will also see:
- An Average for rating and score questions.
- An average rank per choice for ranking questions.
Under the results you will find Most votes from (the site that sent the most visitors) and Last vote, when that information is available.
If nobody has voted yet, you will see "No votes yet. Results appear here as soon as someone votes."
See individual votes
Choose View all votes to open a table with each vote, its comment (if comments are on), and when it was cast. Choose Hide votes to close it. The table is paged.
Export to CSV
Choose Export N votes as CSV. The file includes one row per vote with these columns:
choice, choices, ranking, scale_value, comment, and created_at.
What voters see
You control this in Settings under Results visibility:
| Setting | Voters see results |
|---|---|
| After voting | Only once they have cast a vote |
| Always visible | Before and after voting |
| Hidden | Never - only you see them in the dashboard |
Show total vote count on results controls whether the number of votes is displayed.
Editing a poll that has votes
If people have already voted, rewording a choice keeps its votes, but removing a choice deletes the votes for it. Formspring warns you on the poll page.