So, who’s is going to be? The charming, confident and shy (at the same time!) Kris Allen from Conway Arkansas, or city boy with unbelievable pitch (and emo kid) Adam Lambert? We love what user iheartselena wrote about the exciting American Idol finale on her “Who’ll win American Idol” poll:

“So I would say: if American Idol was a singing competition, and was judged strictly based on vocal and performance abilities, Adam Lambert would take it without a doubt. but since it isn’t, since teenage girls are really the deciding factor, Kris Allen might win.” - read the rest of her analysis on her poll intro.

In preparation for the big finale, go vote on iheartselena’s American Idol poll, and check out all of the American Idol polls. Here are some of our favorites:

Do you really believe Adam Lambert was in the bottom three?

Why do you watch American Idol?

Will you be voting for American Idol this season?

Could American Idol exist without Simon Cowell?

The time for the US presidential election nears, and numerous polls are posted daily on Polls Boutique regarding the latest development in the presidential political race. This past week, the political polls centered on the latest development in the McCain campaign: the nomination of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as Vice President. Here’s a selection of Sarah Palin polls:

Officeshrew asks on August 29, right after the anouncement: “Sarah Palin - Good choice or bad?”

Grumpz expands on the point and asks: “Whose VP would you be most comfortable with as President?”

Gigi posts a video interview with Sarah Palin and polls to see what people thought of her answers.

Modelchaser mockingly asks whether Sarah Palin is a VPilf (and most people believe she is.)

Fiona chose to include Diddy’s video blog on her poll, and ask whether people agreed with Diddy (who’s an Obama supporter.)

Modelchaser found some old black and white photo and claims it was Sarah Palin naked. He asks whether we believe him.

Philgtaylor catches the news (on Sept. 2) that Sarah Palin’s 17 year old daughter, Bristol, is pregnant, and wonders if that says anything about Satah Palin’s vocal support of abstinence education programs (poll here).

With Bristol Palin in the spotlight, Officeshrew quotes Obama who says candidates’ families are off-limits, especially their children. She asks whether Polls Boutique users can find it in themselves to leave Palin’s family out of the discussion.

Bmccue7 polls on Sarah Palin’s opinions: Pro-life, Stem-cell research ban, and Creationism.

Johnson asks whether Troopergate, a recent controversy in Alaska involving Gov. Palin, will hurt the Republican effort.

Politicass brings a political theory to the table predicting Sarah Palin will withdraw her VP nomination in order to clear the way for McCain’s real candidate.

The most recent Sarah Palin poll, posted today, includes a video of her RNC speech, and asks the voters to evaluate her public speaking ability.

Would you let your children drop out of public school to competitively play Video Games? If you have no children, would you expect your parents to support such a decision?

For those unfamiliar with the story of Blake Peebles, here is the short summary: 16 year old plays Guitar Hero, gets really good, wins prizes in various competitions, contemplates dropping out of High School for competitive gaming, his parents support his decision of his new found gaming career choice.

For those that play video games, this sounds like a beautiful Cinderella story, but is it all that it’s cracked out to be?

Competitive gaming is a growing trend by itself, and players can earn as much as $80,000 a year, but those are a few and are in need of rare granted sponsorships. For others, they can make an average of $25,000 a year with a lot of traveling, accomodations and daily needs eating into that salary.

We are not ignoring the actual problem of education…what about the children’s studies? Well, Blake’s parents did not give up on that, he is simply receiving home studies and actually improved his grades along with practice time alotted for gaming.

This particular poll received thousands of votes, along with many comments that varied from complete and utter support of Blake and his dream to disbelief and anger at such a “stupid” decision. It seems that people equal video games with stupidity. Is that so? That would have to be determined by another intriguing poll…next time.

Our geeky design guru has been a die-hard Diablo fan ever since the first edition came out. Now, as Blizzard sets the stage for launching Diablo III, and fans around the world (our guru included) sit and wait in anticipation, a design scandal is brewing, and the guru is alllll over it.

It all started when Blizzard uploaded some screenshots from Diablo 3 into its official website. The fans drooled over the screenshots, examined them carefully, and had some input: the screenshots weren’t dark enough. Too many rainbow effects, and not enough grittiness. Some creative fans edited the screenshots, and made them darker. A petition was started online, to call for a change of direction by the Blizzard design team. It became a massive petition, and whether because of it, or for other reasons, Diablo III art director, Brian Morrisroe, quit.

We decided to test the Diablo 3 design issue: a Diablo photo poll was posted, along with samples of the original Blizzard Diablo 3 screenshots, and some fan-made darker shots. We then called on Diablo fans in discussion forums and message boards to voice their opinions. As of now, over 1,200 gamers voted on our Diablo III poll, and the results are surprising: most people definitely prefer the original Blizzard design (does someone have Brian Morrisroe’s email? He’d be pleased).

Here’s a link to the full results of our Diablo 3 poll.