Conduct a poll during a video meeting

Want to get more out of Google apps at work or school?  Sign up for a free Google Workspace trial

In Google Meet, a moderator can create polls for participants to vote on. During the meeting, participants get a notification about the poll and can submit a response. After the meeting, the moderator gets an email report with the poll results, which includes the names and answers of the participants.

Important: To launch or respond to polls, use the web version of Meet.

Create a poll as a moderator

1. From a video meeting, at the top, click Activities Polls.
2. Click Start a poll. 
3. Enter a question and add options for the poll.
4. Choose an option:
   • To post your poll, click Launch.
   • To save your poll so you can launch it later, click Save.

   Tip: Find saved polls under Polls.

Moderate a poll

1. From a video meeting, at the top, click Activities Polls.
2. To let participants see a poll’s results, turn on Show everyone the results.
3. To close a poll and not allow responses, click End the poll.

   Tip: Participants can still view the poll.

4. (Optional) To permanently delete a poll from your list of polls, click Delete .

Submit a response as a participant

1. From a video meeting, at the top, click Activities Polls.
2. Select your response and click Vote.

   You can’t change your response.