Poll
"Poll" lets the host set a question with 2–10 options; viewers vote by commenting the option's number, letter, or text, and the overlay shows live vote counts. When it's done, the host manually taps a button to announce the correct answer. Great for quizzes and this-or-that questions.
What viewers see
The question sits large up top, with a line underneath reading "Comment a code to vote (N votes)" — if a time limit is set, a countdown shows too. Below that is a bar chart (each option in its own color, growing live), each option showing its vote count and percentage; the layout density adjusts automatically to the number of options, so with more options the text and bars shrink to fit rather than getting cut off. Once the correct answer is announced, the winning option gets a gold outline and a 👑 crown mark.
Set it up on the Audience Interaction page
This game isn't configured on the "Scoring Games" page — it's set up on the "Audience Interaction" page instead.
Pick the Poll tool
Go to "Audience Interaction" in the left nav, then pick the "Poll" tab up top.
Fill in the question and options
Type the question (leave blank and the overlay shows the default label "Poll"); add 2–10 options with "+ Add Option" / "Remove".
Set the duration
Leave "Duration (sec)" blank for unlimited; the host decides when to stop it. If you do set a duration, voting closes automatically when time runs out — but the correct answer is not announced automatically; you still press "Set as Correct Answer" yourself.
(Optional) Allow revoting / sort by result
Turn on "Allow Revoting (Multiple Votes)" so a viewer changing their comment to a different code moves their vote to the new option (without it, only their first vote counts). Turn on "Sort by Vote Count After Close" and the overlay will re-order options by vote count once the answer is announced.
Start the poll
Click "Start Poll" to send the question live to the overlay. The question, options, and settings stay in this panel as a draft — Home just reuses the same draft when you tap "Start," no need to retype anything.
How comments count as votes
Comments matching the option's number (1–10), letter (A–J, full-width included), or the option's own text all count as a vote for that option. Without "Allow Revoting," only each viewer's first vote counts.
Running it live
Back on Home, tap the pinned "Poll" card and click "Start Poll" to kick it off — the overlay shows live vote counts for each option.
Once you paste the widget link into LIVE Studio, it is not blank before you start it — the overlay shows the question you set plus a line reading "Poll starting soon". If you haven't typed a question yet, it shows the default title "Poll", so you can position and size the browser source ahead of time. The same holds before you add any options: the overlay lays out four blank option rows labelled A/B/C/D so you can see the layout, and swaps in your real options as soon as you add them.
Two buttons appear while it runs: "Pause Poll" freezes the timer where it is and stops counting comments; "Resume Poll" picks up from the frozen time and the votes already cast are not reset. "Close Poll" stops the count for good — the votes stay on screen but no new ones come in, so you can talk it through before announcing. If you set a duration, running out of time closes it the same way. Once the poll is running, "Start Poll" is hidden — pressing it restarts the whole round and wipes the votes on the spot, which is far too easy to hit by mistake next to "Resume Poll". It comes back after you close or announce, so you can run another round on the same question.
While it's running, paused, or closed, you can tap "Set as Correct Answer" on any option to announce the winner — this is always a manual pick by the host, not an automatic call based on whichever option leads. To run the whole thing again, tap "Reset" to clear this round.
Common questions
Q: How do viewers vote? A: No extra setup needed — commenting the option's number (1–10), letter (A–J), or the option's own text counts as a vote.
Q: Can the same viewer vote twice? A: Not by default — only their first vote counts. Turn on "Allow Revoting (Multiple Votes)" and changing their comment to a different code moves their vote to the new option.
Q: Is the "correct answer" figured out automatically, or does the host pick it? A: The host taps "Set as Correct Answer" manually — it's never an automatic call based on the leading vote count, even if one option is clearly ahead.
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