diff --git a/app/soapbox/components/poll.js b/app/soapbox/components/poll.js
index d0498af2a..866182ca4 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/components/poll.js
+++ b/app/soapbox/components/poll.js
@@ -84,11 +84,10 @@ class Poll extends ImmutablePureComponent {
   renderOption(option, optionIndex, showResults) {
     const { poll, disabled, intl } = this.props;
 
-    const pollVotesCount  = poll.get('voters_count') || poll.get('votes_count');
-    const percent         = pollVotesCount === 0 ? 0 : (option.get('votes_count') / pollVotesCount) * 100;
-    const leading         = poll.get('options').filterNot(other => other.get('title') === option.get('title')).every(other => option.get('votes_count') >= other.get('votes_count'));
-    const active          = !!this.state.selected[`${optionIndex}`];
-    const voted           = option.get('voted') || (poll.get('own_votes') && poll.get('own_votes').includes(optionIndex));
+    const percent = poll.get('votes_count') === 0 ? 0 : (option.get('votes_count') / poll.get('votes_count')) * 100;
+    const leading = poll.get('options').filterNot(other => other.get('title') === option.get('title')).every(other => option.get('votes_count') >= other.get('votes_count'));
+    const active  = !!this.state.selected[`${optionIndex}`];
+    const voted   = option.get('voted') || (poll.get('own_votes') && poll.get('own_votes').includes(optionIndex));
 
     let titleEmojified = option.get('title_emojified');
     if (!titleEmojified) {
@@ -150,14 +149,6 @@ class Poll extends ImmutablePureComponent {
     const disabled      = this.props.disabled || Object.entries(this.state.selected).every(item => !item);
     const voted         = poll.get('own_votes').size > 0;
 
-    let votesCount = null;
-
-    if (poll.get('voters_count') !== null && poll.get('voters_count') !== undefined) {
-      votesCount = <FormattedMessage id='poll.total_people' defaultMessage='{count, plural, one {# person} other {# people}}' values={{ count: poll.get('voters_count') }} />;
-    } else {
-      votesCount = <FormattedMessage id='poll.total_votes' defaultMessage='{count, plural, one {# vote} other {# votes}}' values={{ count: poll.get('votes_count') }} />;
-    }
-
     return (
       <div className={classNames('poll', { voted })}>
         <ul>
@@ -167,7 +158,7 @@ class Poll extends ImmutablePureComponent {
         <div className='poll__footer'>
           {!showResults && <button className='button button-secondary' disabled={disabled} onClick={this.handleVote}><FormattedMessage id='poll.vote' defaultMessage='Vote' /></button>}
           {showResults && !this.props.disabled && <span><button className='poll__link' onClick={this.handleRefresh}><FormattedMessage id='poll.refresh' defaultMessage='Refresh' /></button> · </span>}
-          {votesCount}
+          <FormattedMessage id='poll.total_votes' defaultMessage='{count, plural, one {# vote} other {# votes}}' values={{ count: poll.get('votes_count') }} />
           {poll.get('expires_at') && <span> · {timeRemaining}</span>}
         </div>
       </div>