LONDON -- Grindr wouldn't be the first social network you might think of using to run a political poll, but a blogger in Scotland has been contacting people on the gay dating app ahead of the UK general election to see what way they're going to vote.
Tom Court asked more than 1,000 people on Grindr in Scotland how they intend to vote in the upcoming election on May 7.
"I think horny disgruntled gay men are underrepresented in politics," Court told Mashable about why he decided to carry out the poll, which laboriously involved him copying and pasting messages to 1,024 people to gauge opinion.
In each message he asked the question: "Which party do you intend to vote for in the forthcoming general election?"
"I messaged most people fortunate enough to appear on my grid, and when that wasn't showing anyone new, I'd start messing about with filters to expand my reach," Court said.
Of the 1024 people he message, he got 436 responses. From those responses 196 people said they had made a decision about a party to vote for; 62% said SNP, 12% Labour, 9% Conservatives, 7% Green Party, 4% Lib Dems, 4% UKIP, 1% Monster Raving Loony Party and 1% British National Party.
Not everyone wanted to partake.
It's not the first time Court has tried to poll Grindr, he did the same thing during the Scottish Independence Referendum last year.
"My only surprise is that I received just two dick picture replies," said Court, who has yet to make a decision himself about who to vote for, adding that he was also surprised that support for the SNP had increased since his last poll.
In 2012, Grindr instigated a call to action for the U.S. presidential election on its website, prompting some 1.5 million Americans of voting age to go to the polls, however the app told Mashable it has no similar plans at present for the UK general election.