{poll_sum}

Outputs the total number of votes cast in a poll - the sum of votes across every answer of the current poll. It takes no parameters and reads the poll from the item being rendered, so it only works inside the Polls module, in a poll design template where the current item is a poll answer (the answer carries the poll_id). The Polls module exposes the same value through the answer alias _#ANS_SUM_, whose definition is simply the poll_sum expression. Typical use is the result line under a finished poll, for example "Total votes: 1240". The value is the live SUM of the votes column in the polls_answer table for that poll, so it is runtime-dependent (it changes as people vote) and is never cached. Outside a poll design - on an ordinary page or in this reference - there is no current poll answer and the Polls expansion classes are not loaded, so the token is left unexpanded; all examples below are therefore marked illustrative.