---
title: "Run a quick poll"
description: "Create a one-question poll, publish it, drop it into a Slack or email step, and read the results as they arrive."
sidebar:
  order: 2
area: flows
feature: polls
appPath: /flows/home
lastVerified: 2026-10-22
version: "2026-10-16"
audience: admin
screenshots:
  - id: flows-polls-preview
    caption: Preview on a poll shows the question as a row of buttons.
related:
  - flows/polls
  - flows/forms/embed-a-form-in-a-message
  - 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
    note: replaces
---

You want to know how the first week went, or how an announcement landed, without asking anyone to fill in a form. A poll is one question with a row of buttons; the click is the answer.

## Before you start

- You are a Power User, Admin or Owner.
- The step that will carry the poll exists in an automation or campaign.

## Steps

1. In Pyn, open **Flows** in the left navigation, then select **Polls**.

2. Select **Add Poll** in the top-right corner. A poll titled **New Poll** opens; select the title (**Enter a Poll Title**) and name it, for example `First week pulse`.

3. Select **Add Field**, then **Likert Scale**. Set **Label** to the question, `How was your first week?`, and **Description** to a nudge such as `One click; nobody but the People team sees your answer.` Select **Save**.

4. Select **Preview** to see the five buttons, then **Publish**.

![Preview shows a poll question as the row of buttons respondents click.](https://support.pynhq.com/media/flows/polls/flows-polls-preview.png)

5. Open the automation from **Automations**, select the step that goes out at the end of week one, place the cursor under your message, and select **Insert widget**, **Embed Form**. Under **Form**, choose the poll from the list, keep **Track Action** ticked, and **Save**.

6. Select **Preview**, then **Send a test to yourself**, and click an answer in the test. Select **Publish** on the automation.

> **Tip:** Put the question and the reason in the message itself, in two short lines, and let the poll be the whole reply. A poll with two fields asks for two clicks; one is better.

## What you should see

In Slack the buttons sit under the message and the clicked one highlights; in email the message carries a button to a page with the same row of buttons. Each click appears in the poll's **Activity** drawer (select **Activity** on the rail in the poll editor) against the person's name, and **Export to CSV** gives one row per answer with the score as a number. Under [Actions](https://support.pynhq.com/activity/actions/), the step reads **Actioned** for everyone who clicked and **Unactioned** for everyone who did not. Your own test click is excluded from the list and the export.

## Related

- [Polls](https://support.pynhq.com/flows/polls/) for how polls differ from forms.
- [Embed a form in a message](https://support.pynhq.com/flows/forms/embed-a-form-in-a-message/) for the widget in detail.
- [Review and export submissions](https://support.pynhq.com/flows/forms/review-and-export-submissions/) for the Activity drawer and export.

## 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) — replaces