No, Gmail has no built-in poll — there's no poll button in the compose window, and Google Forms lives in a separate tab, not inside the email. But you can add a poll to any Gmail email in about a minute with a free add-on: build it right in the compose window, insert it into your message, and your recipients vote in one click — no account, no app, no leaving their inbox.
The short answer
Gmail is an email client, not a survey tool, so it never shipped a native poll. Google's own answer is Google Forms — but a Form opens in its own page, asks recipients to click out of the email, and often makes them sign in. That friction is exactly why so few people vote. A poll that lives inside the email, answered in one tap, gets far more responses. That's the gap a Gmail poll add-on fills.
Step by step
Get Polls for Gmail from the Google Workspace Marketplace and sign in with your Google account. It installs in seconds and asks only for the access it needs.
Start a new email in Gmail and tap the Polls for Gmail icon in the compose sidebar — no separate tab, no leaving your draft.
Type your question, pick a poll type, and add your options. Single choice, multiple choice, date & time, star rating, ranked choice, yes/no, or open-ended.
Click insert and the poll drops into your email as a clean card. Send as normal — recipients vote in one click, and results stream into your dashboard live.
What you get
More than a plain "reply with your pick." A poll embedded in Gmail is a real, votable card that works everywhere your email lands.
FAQ
No — Gmail has no built-in poll, and there's no poll button in the compose window. You add one with a free add-on like Polls for Gmail: build the poll in compose, insert it, and recipients vote in one click without leaving their inbox.
Install the free add-on, open a compose window, click the Polls for Gmail icon, type your question and options, then insert the poll and send. It takes about a minute — see the full step-by-step.
Yes. Even though Gmail has no native poll, the add-on embeds a votable poll card directly in the email body. It renders in any inbox — Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail — and recipients vote with one click.
With the add-on open in a compose window, build your poll and click Insert. The poll drops into your draft as a table-based card (no images, no iframe), so it looks right everywhere. Then send the email as normal.
No. Recipients vote in one click straight from the email — no sign-up, no app, no Gmail account required. Every vote lands on your live results dashboard instantly.
Yes. The free plan lets you create polls right in the compose window, with every poll type included. Paid plans add dashboard creation, templates, and automatic vote reminders.
Related
Gmail doesn't have polls built in — so we did. Free to start, one click to vote, no account for recipients.