Could you please add an option to show active Polls at the top of the List(s) of topics? They could (should) show after sticky items, but before other items. That would allow visitors who have not yet seen (nor voted) in the polls to see them as if they were hot topics. I feel this is needed because the mechanism that currently puts topics at the top of the lists is new activity (i.e. added comments). But with polls, many people simply vote without adding comments.

Ideally, an option to specify (in admin settings, not when creating a poll) how long to keep a poll (sticky) AFTER the poll is finished so visitors can see the final results.

And, this just came to mind... the page showing the actuall poll item should indicate if the poll is active or inactive.