Enriched polling user experience

A non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions executable by one or more electronic processors to perform a set of functions, the set of functions comprising:

• detecting an initiation of a multi-user poll including a plurality of choices, each of the plurality of choices having a vote total;
• upon detecting a polling threshold being reached, transmitting, via a communication network and to a search engine, a first search query executing a search on a current top choice in the poll, wherein the current top choice is the choice having the highest vote total of the plurality of choices when the polling threshold is reached, wherein the polling threshold is one of a predefined time period, a predefined number of votes received in the poll, a ratio of votes received in the poll to a total population in the poll, and a number of changes of a top choice in the poll;
• receiving, from the search engine and via the communication network, results of the first search query;
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• generating a user interface that displays the poll with data derived from the received results of the first search query;
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• enabling the display of the user interface on a computing device.

A computing device to provide a polling user interface, the computing device comprising:

• a communication interface;
• a memory configured to store instructions;
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• one or more processors coupled to the memory and the communication interface, wherein the one or more processors, in conjunction with the instructions stored in the memory, are configured to:
• detect an initiation of a multi-user poll including a plurality of choices, each of the plurality of choices having a vote total;
• upon detecting a polling threshold being reached, transmit, via the communication interface and to a search engine, a first search query executing a search on a current top choice in the poll, wherein the current top choice is the choice having the highest vote total of the plurality of choices when the polling threshold is reached, wherein the polling threshold is one of a predefined time period, a predefined number of votes received in the poll, a ratio of votes received in the poll to a total population in the poll, and a number of changes of a top choice in the poll;
• receive, from the search engine and via the communication interface, results of the first search query;
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• generate a user interface that displays the poll with data derived from the received results of the first search query;
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• enable the display of the user interface.