[Lady-Loki]

*makes puppy dog face*

/feels left out.

I feel the "Don't care" option doesn't really help the poll. It doesn't really tell you if we should have it or not, it just says that, well, you don't care. If you don't care, then why even vote?

I have seen polls that were only yes/no polls and people would post "Well, I would vote don't care, but it wasn't an option."

And then there are those who would say "Well, I would vote don't care, but it wasn't an option so I voted yes/no." To which someone else would scream "Why vote at all then? You just skewed the results! The poll needs to be thrown out."

The don't care votes don't get added to the yes or no column so they are basically discards. But, that option provides those people who absolutely want to be a part of the polling process an option other than skewing the results.

And, IMO, a Don't Care can be voiced as a vote or by silence. So anyone who was on these forums when the polls were posted who opted not to vote at all are basically the same as Don't Care votes - if they did care they would vote how they feel. And if enough of those who cared but opted to not vote had all voted then the results quite possibly could have been different because the differences between the votes were not landslide victories.