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They are multiple choice polls. If you and I were the only respondents, and we both selected item one and I selected item two as well, item one would show 100% and item two would show 50% for a grand total of 150%. Single choice polls will add up to 100%I admit that sometimes I don't know math from a hole in the ground, but isn't it standard for poll percentages to add up to 100? I think this was addressed a couple of years ago but I searched to no avail.
-Bryan
They are multiple choice polls. If you and I were the only respondents, and we both selected item one and I selected item two as well, item one would show 100% and item two would show 50% for a grand total of 150%.
Exactly.
Multiple Choice polls... the percent of respondents is not necessarily equal to 100% as users can pick more than one response.
In polls where there are only 1 choice per user, totals will equal 100% (within rounding off limits of +- 1%)