diff --git a/app/models/question.rb b/app/models/question.rb
index 00fce0d..26df051 100644
--- a/app/models/question.rb
+++ b/app/models/question.rb
@@ -204,6 +204,20 @@ class Question < ActiveRecord::Base
       result.merge!(:visitor_votes => visitor.votes.count(:conditions => {:question_id => self.id}))
       result.merge!(:visitor_ideas => visitor.choices.count)
    end
+   
+   # this might get cpu intensive if used too often. If so, store the calculated value in redis
+   #   and expire after X minutes
+   if params[:with_average_votes]
+      votes_by_visitors = self.votes.count(:group => 'voter_id')
+      
+      if votes_by_visitors.size > 0
+         average = votes_by_visitors.inject(0){|total, (k,v)| total = total + v}.to_f / votes_by_visitors.size.to_f
+      else
+	 average = 0.0
+      end
+
+      result.merge!(:average_votes => (average*100).round / 100.0) # round to 2 decimals
+   end
 
    return result
 
diff --git a/spec/models/question_spec.rb b/spec/models/question_spec.rb
index 1525ad3..626b828 100644
--- a/spec/models/question_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/question_spec.rb
@@ -170,6 +170,22 @@ describe Question do
     @question_optional_information[:future_appearance_id_1].should_not == future_appearance_id_1
   end
   
+  it "should provide average voter information" do
+    params = {:id => 124, :visitor_identifier => "jim", :with_prompt => true, :with_appearance => true, :with_average_votes => true }
+    @question_optional_information = @question.get_optional_information(params)
+    @question_optional_information[:average_votes].should be_an_instance_of(Float)
+    @question_optional_information[:average_votes].should be_close(0.0, 0.1)
+    
+    vote_options = {:visitor_identifier => "jim",
+		    :appearance_lookup => @question_optional_information[:appearance_id],
+		    :prompt => Prompt.find(@question_optional_information[:picked_prompt_id]),
+		    :direction => "left"}
+
+    @aoi_clone.record_vote(vote_options)
+    @question_optional_information = @question.get_optional_information(params)
+    @question_optional_information[:average_votes].should be_close(1.0, 0.1)
+  end
+  
   it "should properly handle tracking the prompt cache hit rate when returning the same appearance when a visitor requests two prompts without voting" do
     params = {:id => 124, :with_visitor_stats=> true, :visitor_identifier => "jim", :with_prompt => true, :with_appearance => true}
     @question.clear_prompt_queue
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