# Rounding of percentages on polls is inaccurate **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature\ **Tags:** polls\ **Created:** [September 20, 2016, 6:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rounding-of-percentages-on-polls-is-inaccurate/50376 "2016-09-20T06:20:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![barryvan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/barryvan/32/82635_2.png) [@barryvan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barryvan)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 6:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rounding-of-percentages-on-polls-is-inaccurate/50376/1 "2016-09-20T06:20:13Z")
It looks as though the percentages for polls are based on `floor`ing the results. I understand from [this topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/polls-percentage-accounting-is-not-accurate/35772) that this may be to ensure that they add up to 100%. Problem is, when you have multi-option polls, it starts looking a bit strange. Here’s an example: ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/1/0/1041d21a2e8554b8331b112d127ae2439aa4c74b.png) 8 of the 9 respondents voted for the second option, which is 88.88% – so this should show 89% percent, not 88%. This isn’t a major issue; it’s more of a minor niggle which it would nevertheless be nice to resolve. 🙂 --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rounding-of-percentages-on-polls-is-inaccurate/50376)._