How to Create a Poll

Creating a poll on Polltab takes about a minute. Type a question, add your choices, pick how you want votes counted, and share the link. Here is the full walkthrough.

Building Your Poll

Add your question

Click the box labeled "Enter your poll" and start typing. As you do, you'll see a live preview of how your poll will look.

Add a picture or video

Below that box you'll find an "Add Picture" option for attaching an image that appears under your question. YouTube links work too. Paste one in and the video is embedded right below the question.

Add your choices

Once your question is in, click the "Enter your choice" line and type your options. Add more with "+ Add Choice", or just fill in all three starter lines and a new one appears on its own. You can add up to 150 choices.

Allow multiple selections

Polls let voters pick a single choice by default. To let them choose more than one, check the box labeled "Allow selecting more than one choice".

Voting Security

The voting security slider controls how votes are validated. You can pick from four levels:

Unlimited. Anyone can vote as many times as they like.
Cookie-based. One vote per browser, tracked with a cookie.
IP-specific (default). One vote per IP address.
Social authentication (Google, Facebook, Reddit). Voters sign in to an account before they can vote. For more on how votes are validated and stored, read our guide to voting security.

More Settings

A few optional settings let you fine-tune your poll:

Spam prevention (CAPTCHA). Adds a CAPTCHA that voters complete before voting, which helps stop spam and vote manipulation.
Hide results until the poll ends. Polls normally show results right after someone votes. Turn this on and voters see a countdown instead, until the results are revealed at the end date.
Poll end date. Setting an end date locks the poll once the deadline passes. Leave it off and the poll stays open indefinitely.

Note: An end date is optional by default, but required if you turn on "Hide results until the poll ends".

Sharing Your Poll

When your question and choices are ready, click "Create Poll!". Polltab builds the poll and takes you to its voting page, where you'll find a unique link above the poll to send to voters. Social share buttons sit beside the poll for posting to Facebook, Twitter, and more.

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