Poll results

There was an election held today where I live... so that put me in the mood for counting votes. Here are the results of three recent Wizards Wireless polls.

Question: Which businesses mentioned in the Harry Potter books would you like to visit?

Answers:

1^st place (33 votes)

• Flourish and Blotts bookstore

2^nd place (30 votes)

• Honeydukes sweetshop

3^rd place (29 votes)

• Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes

4^th place (22 votes)

• Florean Fortescue's ice cream parlor

5^th place (21 votes)

• Ollivander’s wand store

6^th place (16 votes)

• The Three Broomsticks

7^th place (15 votes)

• The Leaky Cauldron

8^th place (14 votes each)

• Magical Menagerie pet store
• Dervish and Banges magical equipment

9^th place (11 votes)

• Zonko's Joke Shop

10^th place (9 votes each)

• Eeylops Owl Emporium
• Gringotts Wizarding Bank
• Scrivenshaft's Quill Shop
• Madam Malkin's Robes for all Occasions

11^th place (7 votes each)

• Gladrags wizardwear
• Madam Puddifoot's tea shop

12^th place (6 votes each)

• Quality Quidditch Supplies
• Hogsmeade post office

13^th place (5 votes each)

• The Hog's Head
• Borgin and Burkes dark arts shop

14^th place (4 votes)

• Apothecary

I love that Flourish and Blotts bookstore won this poll. Come to think of it, that's the business I'd want to visit the most, too.

As for the next poll, all I can say is that if Madam Pince retires, there will be fierce competition to fill the job of Hogwarts librarian.

Question: If you were looking for a job in the Harry Potter world, which ones would you choose?

Answers:

1^st place (17 votes)

• Hogwarts librarian

2^nd place (10 votes)

• Hogwarts professor

3^rd place (6 votes)

• reporter for the Daily Prophet

4^th place (5 votes each)

• assistant at Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes
• manager of Flourish and Blotts bookstore

5^th place (4 votes each)

• auror
• clerk at Honeydukes sweetshop
• Quidditch player

6^th place (3 votes)

• wand maker

7^th place (2 votes each)

• Minister of Magic
• reporter for the Quibbler

8^th place (1 vote each)

• broom maker
• curse-breaker for Gringotts
• dragon keeper in Romania
• employee of the Ministry of Magic
• Hogwarts headmaster

9^th place (0 votes each)

• conductor of the Knight Bus
• dish washer at the Leaky Cauldron
• dragon feeder at Gringotts
• healer at Saint Mungo’s
• Hogwarts caretaker
• Quidditch referee
• saleswizard at Quality Quidditch Supplies
• security troll trainer

I find it interesting that the Minister of Magic ranks as low as reporter for the Quibbler. I can't really blame you. I wouldn't want to be Minister of Magic either.

The last poll has nothing to do with Harry Potter. (Yes, I do run non-Harry Potter polls from time to time. =) This one is about a comic strip. (See this post for more details about what's going on with For Better or For Worse these days).

Question: If I could decide the fate of For Better or For Worse, I would:

Answers:

1^st place (13 votes)

• End it completely in September

2^nd place (6 votes each)

• Continue running it past September with a mixture of reruns and new material
• I don't read the comic strip

3^rd place (2 votes)

• I wouldn't be able to decide

Want to vote for something? See the current poll on the sidebar to vote for your favorite books by Lucy Maud Montgomery. (For more about my favorite books by this wonderful author, see this post.) And, there's a brand new poll about Quidditch.