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Poll mode

Poll mode turns your survey into a live poll. Once a respondent submits, they see the aggregate results, how everyone answered so far, drawn as a chart per question. It is the fastest way to run an opinion poll, an audience vote, or a quick pulse check where the payoff is seeing the crowd's answer.

Enable poll mode​

Open your survey, go to the Create tab, and open the Settings panel. Under Other settings, flip Poll mode to ON.

  • Poll mode and Quiz mode are mutually exclusive. Turning poll mode on disables quiz mode and vice versa.
  • A sub-toggle Show results after submission appears under poll mode. With it on, respondents see the aggregate result charts right after they submit. With it off, poll mode still records everything but respondents do not see the results.

Supported question types​

Poll charts are shown for these question types:

  • Single choice
  • Multiple choice
  • Dropdown
  • Yes/No
  • Legal
  • Picture choice

Other question types still appear in the poll and collect answers, but they do not get an aggregate chart in the respondent's results view.

Choose a chart per question​

With poll mode on, open the right panel for any supported question. The Poll Chart Type selector lets you choose how that question's aggregate is drawn:

  • Bar
  • Donut
  • Pie
  • Dots

If you do not pick one, the question uses Bar by default. The selector only appears on the six supported question types above.

What respondents see​

When Show results after submission is on, a respondent votes, submits, and immediately sees the running aggregate for each supported question, rendered with the chart type you chose. The count updates as more people respond, so each new voter sees the latest picture.

When the sub-toggle is off, respondents complete the poll normally and the aggregates stay private to you. You can always read them yourself on the Survey summary.

Tips​

  • Keep polls short. The reward in a poll is seeing the result, so one to five sharp questions works best.
  • Use single choice, yes/no, or picture choice for the cleanest, most readable charts.
  • Match the chart to the question: pie or donut for a share-of-vote feel, bar or dots when there are many options to compare.
  • Free-text, rating, and matrix questions can sit in a poll, but they will not show an aggregate chart to respondents. Keep those for regular surveys or quizzes.

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