We don’t want to scare you, but we're about to go all math on you ... 117,103. We think most of us can agree that’s a pretty big number. If you won that much money in the lottery, just think of how many cups of coffee you could buy. Think of how many hours of laser tag that could buy. Think of how many pairs of shoes you could get, then double that and that’s how many actual shoes you could get. However you look at it, that’s a huge number.

Well, that’s how many votes were cast in our 2012 Best Of poll. That’s the number of opinions the 4,160 people who voted had. Those votes were spread out over 157 categories in eight sections. That means that each person had an average of 28 votes across the poll. Which means that your 28 votes – whether you were endorsing your favorite burger joint, your long-time hair stylist or your friend’s metal band, – your 28 votes contributed to the biggest poll we’ve ever done. So go check out the results:

2012 Best of the Chippewa Valley