On the other hand, if the whole point of the poll is to compare answers between the questions, it might well end up being less misleading done the new way. For instance, a common poll format I've seen goes
Which of these is your favourite? [list of radio buttons]
And which of them do you like at all? [exactly the same list of options, but they're checkboxes this time so you can select more than one]
It seems clear in that case that you'd like to be able to directly compare the lengths of the bars for people who liked X and people who liked it more than anything else.
I think this argues in favour of it being at the discretion of the poll creator, who can set it depending on what the poll is for.
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- Which of these is your favourite? [list of radio buttons]
- And which of them do you like at all? [exactly the same list of options, but they're checkboxes this time so you can select more than one]
It seems clear in that case that you'd like to be able to directly compare the lengths of the bars for people who liked X and people who liked it more than anything else.I think this argues in favour of it being at the discretion of the poll creator, who can set it depending on what the poll is for.