Question types explained – StrawPoll Help

StrawPoll has more than 20 question types. Here’s how to pick the right one.

Choose one option or several

Multiple choice: the classic poll. Turn on Allow more than one answer to let people pick several.
Dropdown: one answer from a long list, like countries, shown as a compact select. It’s multiple choice with Options layout set to Dropdown, so you can switch between the two in the question settings.
Yes / No: the fastest way to get a decision.
Picture choice: options with images, for designs, logos or food.

Ranked choice voting: voters mark their 1st, 2nd, 3rd… choice on a ballot grid, and an instant runoff finds the option a majority can accept. Best for elections with several candidates.
Ranking: voters put options in order, and each place earns points (a Borda count). Best when you need a clear overall order, like priorities.
Point allocation: voters spread a budget of points across options, showing how strongly they feel.
Score voting: every option gets its own score.
This or that: options face off in pairs until a winner emerges.

Rating: stars or similar, for quick feedback.
Opinion scale: a numbered scale, such as 1–5 from disagree to agree. Set it to 0–10 for a Net Promoter Score question, or start from the Net Promoter Score template.
Matrix: rate several statements on the same scale.

Short text and Long text for open answers, Number for amounts.
Word cloud: short answers grow bigger the more people give them. Great on a big screen.
Audience Q&A: people submit questions and upvote the ones they want answered.
Sign-up sheet: a table with a name column and columns of your own. Each person adds a row and sees who already signed up.

Meeting poll: people mark when they’re free. See Schedule a meeting.
Name and Email ask for one detail each; email addresses are checked before the form is sent. Both fill in the name and email shown with each response, and only you see the answers.
Date, Address, Contact info, File upload, Signature and Consent for forms that collect details.
Image hotspot: people click a spot on an image.

See all of them with examples on the question types page.