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Originally Posted by Hamlet53
My point exactly about the advantage of open polling results.
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Originally Posted by sun surfer
Not necessarily. Because if the vote were public, you may not have been the only one to cast a different vote. A book not in the top two from the hidden vote may have won, or the one that won by tie-breaker with the hidden vote may have won outright by a larger margin.
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But I don't want people to only vote for what is going to win. I want them to vote for what they really want to read. I was referring to being torn about the discussion/campaigning in the threads.
It just so happened that my first choice had already been read by many of the people here, so it was not chosen. At least 3 people mentioned having read my first choice, but I chose to ignore them and vote for it anyway, not knowing that so many other people also liked my 2nd choice. A public poll would not have helped me, because, I had still voted relatively early.
I personally like having the polls hidden. I find it more interesting, exciting, and fun that way.