// setTimeout holder for the loading dots (...) var demLoading;
  function dem_Vote(that) {
 	inpts = that.getElementsByTagName('input');
 	user_added = false;
 	ans = -1;
 	theSubmit = false;
 	for (i = 0;
 i < inpts.length;
 i++) {

 		cur = inpts[i];
 		if (cur.type == 'radio' && cur.checked) 	{

 			ans = cur.value;
 			if (ans == 'newAnswer') 		{

 			    user_added = true;
                 ans = inpts[i+1].value;
             }
         }
 		if (cur.name == 'dem_poll_id') 			poll_id = cur.value;
 		if (cur.name == 'adcopy_challenge') 			adcopy_challenge = cur.value;
 		if (cur.name == 'dem_cookie_days')             cdays = cur.value;
  		if (cur.type == 'submit') 			theSubmit = cur;
  	}
	 	 	// they haven't checked a box or they added a blank answer 	if (ans == -1 || ans == '') 		return false;
  	demLoading = setTimeout(dem_loadingDots.bind(theSubmit), 50);
  	path = that.action;
 	 	if (user_added) {

 	   path += "?dem_action=add_answer";
 	   path += "&dem_new_answer="+encodeURIComponent(ans);
 	    	}
 else {

 	   path += "?dem_action=vote";

 	   path += "&adcopy_challenge=" + adcopy_challenge;
 	   path += "&dem_poll_"+poll_id+"="+ans;
     }
       	path += "&dem_poll_id="+poll_id;
 	path += "&dem_ajax=true";
 	dem_ajax.open("GET", path, true);
 	dem_ajax.onreadystatechange = dem_displayVotes.bind(that);
 	dem_ajax.send(null);
 	  	return false;
 }
  function dem_addUncheck() {
 	oUL = this.parentNode.parentNode;
 	lis = oUL.getElementsByTagName('li');
 	 	els = lis[lis.length-1].childNodes;
 	 	for (i = els.length-1;
 i >= 0;
 i--) 		if (els[i].nodeName.toLowerCase() == 'a') 			els[i].style.display = '';
 		else 			els[i].parentNode.removeChild(els[i]);
 		 			  	Inp = oUL.getElementsByTagName('input');
     for (i = 0;
 i < Inp.length;
 i++)     {
         Inp[i].onclick = function () {
 return true }
;
     }
      return true;
 }
  function dem_addAnswer(that) {
     allBoxes = that.parentNode.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('input');
          for (i = 0;
 i < allBoxes.length;
 i++)     {
         allBoxes[i].onclick = dem_addUncheck;
 		allBoxes[i].checked = false;
     }
  	that.style.display = 'none';
 	i1 = document.createElement('input');
 	i1.type = 'radio';
 	i1.value = 'newAnswer';
 	i1.checked = true;
 	 	i2 = document.createElement('input');
 	i2.className = 'addAnswerText';
 	 	that.parentNode.appendChild(i1);
 	that.parentNode.appendChild(i2);
	  	i2.focus();
          return false;
 }
  // very simple ajaxy loading visual // adds 3 dots to link, then erase and start over function dem_loadingDots() {
 	 	isInput = this.nodeName.toLowerCase() == 'input';
 	 	str = (isInput) ? this.value : this.innerHTML;
  	if (str.substring(str.length-3) == '...') 		if (isInput) 			this.value     = str.substring(0, str.length-3);
 		else 			this.innerHTML = str.substring(0, str.length-3);
 	else 		if (isInput) 			this.value     += '.';
 		else 			this.innerHTML += '.';
 	 	demLoading = setTimeout(dem_loadingDots.bind(this), 200);
 }
  function dem_clearDots() {
 	clearTimeout(demLoading);
 }
   function dem_getVotes(path, that) {
 	 	that.blur();
 	demLoading = setTimeout(dem_loadingDots.bind(that), 50);
  	dem_ajax.open("GET", path, true);
 	dem_ajax.onreadystatechange = dem_displayVotes.bind(that.parentNode);
 	dem_ajax.send(null);
      return false;
 }
  function dem_displayVotes () {
 	 	if (dem_ajax.readyState != 4) 		return false;
  	if (dem_ajax.status != 200) {

 		alert('Error '+dem_ajax.status);
 		return false;
 	}
 	 	clearTimeout(demLoading);
 	this.innerHTML = dem_ajax.responseText;
 }
  function dem_getHTTPObject() {
   var xmlhttp;
   /*@cc_on   @if (@_jscript_version >= 5)     try {
       xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
     }
 catch (e) {
       try {
         xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
       }
 catch (E) {
         xmlhttp = false;
       }
     }
   @else   xmlhttp = false;
   @end @*/   if (!xmlhttp && typeof XMLHttpRequest != 'undefined') {
     try {
       xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
     }
 catch (e) {
       xmlhttp = false;
     }
   }
   return xmlhttp;
 }
   dem_ajax = new dem_getHTTPObject();
   /*  from prototype.js */ Function.prototype.bind = function() {
   var __method = this, args = $A(arguments), object = args.shift();
   return function() {
     return __method.apply(object, args.concat($A(arguments)));
   }
 }
  var $A = Array.from = function(iterable) {
   if (!iterable) return [];
   if (iterable.toArray) {
     return iterable.toArray();
   }
 else {
     var results = [];
     for (var i = 0;
 i < iterable.length;
 i++)       results.push(iterable[i]);
     return results;
   }
 }