How can I acquire exact vote numbers in some votings? We are currently voting for trust level 4 people. People have 5 votes. There are 40 candidates, which I had to split into 2 polls because it only accepts 20 per poll. That is, 5 votes split between the two polls. This means that the total of votes differs per poll so the percentages do not correspond. For exact resolving, I would need to acquire the exact numbers of votes in the polls. How is this done?

You can find the number of votes with the API. By visiting https://discourse.example.com/t/#{topic_id}/posts.json you’ll get the JSON data of all the posts within the topic. The #{topic_id} is the number you see in your browser’s URL bar when you visit a topic. The API will return a large JSON object where you’ll find the number of votes for each option under the polls key. [image] Or you could use the Discourse Data Explorer if you want to find out even more about the polls. The query in Is it possible to see who voted in polls? - #12 by gerhard should be a good starting point…

[image] Silvanus: it only accepts 20 per poll There is a site settings for this. 20 is the default value. Search for poll maximum options To solve your problem I think that you can write a proper query and use the Data Explorer plugin or delete the 2 topics, change the site setting and create only 1 poll with 40 options.

Oh thank you. This will fix the next vote. But people already started voting…

@Silvanus for your next poll for promotions: [image] Elections Plugin Plugin Repo: GitHub - angusmcleod/discourse-elections · GitHub This uses the Polls plugin as a base and adds controls and features specific to running elections. Enabling and Settings Elections are administered by “Election Admins”. By default, election admins are site admins. All moderators can be made election admins by toggling the elections_admin_moderator site setting. To do: allow any user to be designated an ‘Election Admin’. Elections can be enabled on a category basis in Category Setting…

It also seems the number of votes is shown when “Show Results” is clicked… shame Of course this means I have to calculate single option votes manually, but with percentage and total number it’s doable.

Poll problem - exact vote numbers needed

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dax (Daniela) August 22, 2017, 1:40pm 5

@Silvanus for your next poll for promotions:

Topic		Replies	Views
How could I get voters from a poll? Product Support polls	7	1309	February 26, 2025
Is it possible to see who voted in polls? Product Support	14	27020	April 9, 2020
Expanding topic shows wrong poll result value Product Support polls	2	454	March 23, 2020
Creating and managing polls Using Discourse polls , how-to	26	44075	September 22, 2026
Poll maximum options Product Support polls	8	885	October 12, 2023

Poll problem - exact vote numbers needed

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