---
title: "Polls"
description: "A one-click question inside a message: a Likert scale or a yes/no that records the moment it is clicked, for a weekly pulse or a quick reaction to an event."
sidebar:
  label: Overview
  order: 0
area: flows
feature: polls
appPath: /flows/home
lastVerified: 2026-10-22
version: "2026-10-16"
audience: admin
screenshots:
  - id: flows-polls-editor
    caption: The Weekly pulse poll in the editor, with a Likert question and a text field.
related:
  - flows/forms
  - flows/polls/run-a-quick-poll
  - flows/forms/review-and-export-submissions
intercom:
  - id: "12159628"
    title: Gather Quick Feedback with a Poll (Pyn 2)
    url: https://intercom.help/pyn/en/articles/12159628-gather-quick-feedback-with-a-poll-pyn-2
---

A poll is the lightest thing you can ask. Where a form has fields, required answers and a **Submit** button, a poll records an answer the instant someone clicks a button: **Satisfied**, **Yes**. Use it for a pulse after the first week, a reaction to an all-hands, or a read on how a change landed.

![Open a poll to edit its questions and answer scale.](https://support.pynhq.com/media/flows/polls/flows-polls-editor.png)

## Concepts

- **Fields**: a poll uses the same **Select Field** picker as a form, but nothing can be required and each field is answered on its own. Keep a poll to a **Likert Scale** or a **Checkbox** (shown as **Yes** and **No**); a **Text** field is not shown on the poll's respond page. See [Form field types](https://support.pynhq.com/flows/forms/reference-form-field-types/).
- **Publishing**: a poll is sent only once published; later edits re-enable **Publish**.
- **Submissions**: each click is recorded against the person and listed, newest first, in the poll's **Activity** drawer, with **Export to CSV**. A poll never triggers an automation.
- **Where it renders**: in Slack the buttons are in the message; in email the message carries a button to a respond page with the same buttons.

## What you can do here

- [Run a quick poll](https://support.pynhq.com/flows/polls/run-a-quick-poll/): create, publish, embed and read it.
- [Review and export submissions](https://support.pynhq.com/flows/forms/review-and-export-submissions/), which works the same for polls.

- [Form field types](https://support.pynhq.com/flows/forms/reference-form-field-types/): What a Likert scale and a checkbox collect and how they render in a poll.

## Where it is in the app

Open `/flows/home` in Pyn and select **Polls** under the **Forms** group, or open **Flows** in the primary navigation on the left of every page. Power Users and above create and publish polls and read the results.

![The Polls table lists every poll with whether it is published.](https://support.pynhq.com/media/flows/polls/flows-polls-table.png)

## Related

- [Forms](https://support.pynhq.com/flows/forms/) when you need more than one click.
- [Run a quick poll](https://support.pynhq.com/flows/polls/run-a-quick-poll/) for the steps.
- [Review and export submissions](https://support.pynhq.com/flows/forms/review-and-export-submissions/) to read the answers.

## Related Intercom articles

- [Gather Quick Feedback with a Poll (Pyn 2)](https://intercom.help/pyn/en/articles/12159628-gather-quick-feedback-with-a-poll-pyn-2)