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Well the nice thing about "tension" is that it would measure the magnitude of active indecisiveness without revealing the actual vote count; this way you could get feedback prior to voting or considering without revealing the raw votes.
Examples:
| ++ | -- | Total vote | tension |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | 5 | 95 | low |
| 10 | 5 | 5 | low |
| 5 | 100 | -95 | low |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | low |
| 100 | 100 | 0 | high |
| 20 | 20 | 0 | medium |
| 50 | 20 | 30 | medium-high |
Another phrase for "tension" would be "high interest, controversial".
Matt
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