Enriched polling user experience

A computing device to provide enriched polling user experience, the computing device comprising:

• a communication interface configured to facilitate communication between the computing device and one or more servers;
• a memory configured to store instructions;
• and
• one or more processors coupled to the memory, wherein the one or more processors, in conjunction with the instructions stored in the memory, are configured to execute components of a service, the components of the service comprising:
• an application configured to provide specific functionality;
• and
• a polling agent configured to:
• detect an initiation of a poll;
• upon detecting a polling threshold being reached, submit a search query based on a current top choice in the poll;
• receive results of the search query;
• enrich a user experience that displays the poll with data derived from the received results of the search query;
• upon detecting a change of the current top choice of the poll, resubmit the search query based on a new top choice of the poll;
• receive results of the resubmitted search query;
• and
• enrich the user experience that displays the poll with data derived from the received results of the resubmitted search query.

A system to provide enriched polling user experience, the system comprising:

• a first server configured to execute a productivity service;
• a second server configured to execute a search service;
• and
• a third server configured to execute a polling service, wherein the polling service is configured to:
• detect an initiation of a poll by one of a plurality of applications within the productivity service;
• upon detecting a first polling threshold being reached, submit a search query based on a current top choice in the poll to the search service;
• receive results of the search query from the search service;
• provide data derived from the received results of the search query to the application performing the poll to enrich a user experience that displays the poll;
• upon detecting a change of the current top choice of the poll, resubmit the search query based on a new top choice of the poll to the search service;
• receive results of the resubmitted search query from the search service;
• and
• provide data derived from the received results of the resubmitted search query to the application performing the poll to enrich the user experience that displays the poll based on the new top choice of the poll.