# Viewing Majority Results Majority voting requires a choice to meet a **winning threshold** (for example, 50% or more of the votes) to be declared the winner. If no choice reaches the threshold, the vote has no winner. A **quorum requirement** can also be set, requiring a minimum percentage of invited voters to participate for the results to be valid. This page explains how to access and interpret the results of a Majority vote. {% hint style="info" %} Results are only available for polls that have **ended**. While a poll is still active, you can open the results panel but will see a message indicating that final results will be available once voting has ended. {% endhint %} *** ## Accessing Results To view the results of a Majority vote: 1. Navigate to **Collaboration > Voting** in the PCC. 2. Locate the poll in the polls table. 3. Click the **poll name**, or click the overflow menu and select **View Results**. The results panel opens on the right side of the screen. *** ## Results Panel Overview The results panel is divided into several sections, from top to bottom: 1. **Poll Details** — identifying information about the poll 2. **Participation Metrics** — response and participation statistics 3. **Votes Cast and Abstained** — vote count summary cards 4. **Quorum Status** — whether the quorum requirement has been met (only shown when a quorum is configured) 5. **Question Results** — the vote outcome and distribution for each question An **Export** menu in the top-right corner of the panel lets you download the results as **CSV** or **PNG**. *** ## Poll Details At the top of the results panel, you will see: * **Voting Type** — displays "Majority" * **Committee** — the committee whose members were invited to vote * **Poll Name** — the title of the poll * **Description** — the poll description, truncated to 300 characters with a "show more" option *** ## Participation Metrics Four metric cards are displayed below the poll details: | Metric | Description | | ------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Total Responses** | The number of members who submitted a response (vote or abstention) | | **Invited** | The total number of voting invitations sent | | **Participation** | The percentage of invited members who responded (Total Responses / Invited) | | **Status** | Whether the poll is **Active** or **Ended**, along with the end date and time in Pacific Time | *** ## Votes Cast and Abstained Below the participation metrics, two summary cards display the vote breakdown: * **Votes Cast** — the number of members who submitted an actual vote (excluding abstentions). When pseudo-anonymity is disabled, a **View voters** link appears below the count, allowing you to see the full list of voters. * **Abstained** — the number of members who chose to abstain. This card only appears if the **Allow Abstain Option** was enabled when the poll was created. A **View voters** link is also available when pseudo-anonymity is disabled. {% hint style="info" %} When **pseudo-anonymity** is enabled for the poll, vote counts are still displayed but the **View voters** links are hidden. Individual voter identities cannot be viewed in the PCC interface. {% endhint %} *** ## Quorum Status If a **quorum requirement** was configured when the poll was created, a quorum status section appears below the summary cards. This section is unique to Majority voting and does not appear for Plurality votes. ### Quorum Met When enough invited voters have participated to meet the quorum, a green status box displays: > **Quorum Met** > > X of Y invited voters participated (Z%). Required: Q% ### Quorum Not Met When participation falls below the required quorum, a red status box displays: > **Quorum Not Met** > > X of Y invited voters participated (Z%). Required: Q% If the poll has ended and the quorum was not met, an additional message appears: > The vote did not meet the required quorum and is therefore not valid. {% hint style="warning" %} When the quorum is not met, the vote is considered invalid. Even if a choice received enough votes to meet the winning threshold, the result is declared **No winner** because participation was insufficient. {% endhint %} *** ## Question Results Each question in the poll displays two sections: the **Majority - Final Vote Outcome** and the **Vote Distribution**. ### Multiple Questions If the poll contains more than one question, results are organized into tabs labeled **Question 1**, **Question 2**, and so on. Click a tab to view the results for that question. If the poll contains a single question, the results are displayed directly without tabs. ### Majority - Final Vote Outcome This section announces the result of the vote. The outcome depends on the state of the poll and whether the quorum and winning threshold requirements were satisfied. | State | What You See | | ------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Active (voting in progress)** | A blue information box: "The vote is currently in progress. Final results will be available once voting has ended." | | **Single winner** | A green box with a trophy icon showing the winning choice, its vote count, percentage, and confirmation that the winning threshold was met | | **Tie** | An orange box with a handshake icon listing the tied choices, their shared vote count, and percentage. A tie is only shown when the tied choices meet the winning threshold. | | **No winner** | An amber box explaining why no winner could be declared (quorum not met, threshold not met, or both) | | **No votes cast** | A gray box indicating that no votes were cast for the question | **Example — Single Winner:** > **Option A** has won with **15 votes** (**60.0%**), meeting the 50% threshold. **Example — Tie:** > There is a tie between **Option A** and **Option B**, each with **10 votes** (**50.0%**), both meeting the 50% threshold. **Example — No Winner (threshold not met):** > **No winner** — No option has achieved the required 50% threshold. **Example — No Winner (quorum not met):** > **No winner** — The required quorum was not met. **Example — No Winner (both quorum and threshold not met):** > **No winner** — The required quorum was not met and no option has achieved the required 50% threshold. ### How a Winner Is Determined For a choice to be declared the winner of a Majority vote: 1. **Quorum must be met** — If a quorum percentage was configured, the participation rate must meet or exceed it. For example, if the quorum is set to 50% and 20 voters were invited, at least 10 must participate. 2. **Winning threshold must be met** — The leading choice must receive a percentage of the votes equal to or greater than the winning threshold. For example, if the threshold is 50% and 20 votes were cast, the winning choice needs at least 10 votes. 3. **No tie** — If two or more choices meet the threshold and share the highest vote count, a tie is declared instead of a single winner. If the tied choices do not meet the threshold, the result is **No winner**. If either the quorum or the threshold is not met, the result is **No winner** with a message explaining which requirement was not satisfied. ### Vote Distribution Below the outcome, every choice is listed with the following details: * **Choice text** — the answer option * **Percentage badge** — the percentage of total votes this choice received, displayed as a rounded badge. The winning choice has a green badge; all other choices have a gray badge. * **Vote count** — the raw number of votes. When pseudo-anonymity is disabled, the vote count is a clickable link that opens the voter list for that specific choice. * **Progress bar** — a horizontal bar representing the percentage visually. The winning choice has a green bar; all other choices have a gray bar. Each bar shows the percentage and number of votes received by each voting option. When pseudo-anonymity is disabled, you can click on the vote count to view the list of voters who selected that option. *** ## Viewing Voter Details When pseudo-anonymity is **disabled**, you can view who voted for a specific choice: 1. In the **Vote Distribution** section, click the **vote count** next to a choice. 2. A voter list opens showing each voter's details. You can also click **View voters** on the **Votes Cast** or **Abstained** cards to see the full list of voters or abstained members. {% hint style="warning" %} When pseudo-anonymity is **enabled**, voter identity information is not available in the PCC interface. Vote counts and percentages are still displayed, but you cannot view individual voter details. {% endhint %} *** ## Exporting Results To export the poll results: 1. Click the **Export** menu in the top-right corner of the results panel. 2. Select **Export as CSV** to download a spreadsheet of the results, or **Export as PNG** to download an image of the results panel. *** ## How Majority Differs from Plurality | Aspect | Majority | Plurality | | ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- | | **Winner determination** | Must meet a winning threshold (e.g., 50%) | Most votes wins, no threshold required | | **Quorum requirement** | Supported — results can be invalid if quorum is not met | Not applicable | | **No winner scenario** | Possible if threshold or quorum is not met | Only possible if no votes are cast | | **Threshold display** | Winner message includes "meeting the X% threshold" | No threshold mentioned | --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. 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