# Absolute Numbers in Polls

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/absolute-numbers-in-polls/32771
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** polls, completed
**Created:** [September 1, 2015, 9:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/absolute-numbers-in-polls/32771 "2015-09-01T09:38:05Z")
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### Author: ![thoka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/thoka/32/115652_2.png) [@thoka](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thoka)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2023, 8:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/absolute-numbers-in-polls/32771/11 "2023-07-05T08:16:11Z")

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> [@lightyear](#):
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> I remember there was a great topic once explaining the usage of the poll-plugin, but even after searching the forum for 15min I can find it (found a reference to it, that leads to a 404 though).

Current documentation is

> [@Creating and managing polls](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-a-poll-that-others-can-vote-on/77548):
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> bookmark This guide explains how to create polls in Discourse to gather votes from users on any topic. person_raising_hand Required user level: All users information_source By default, polls are enabled in Discourse and users of trust level 1 or above are allowed to create them. Site admins can adjust who can create polls via the poll create allowed groups site setting and disable polls using the poll enabled site setting. Creating a poll from the toolbar The easiest way to create…

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