diff --git a/app/models/choice.rb b/app/models/choice.rb
index 5c73aea..022ff77 100644
--- a/app/models/choice.rb
+++ b/app/models/choice.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ class Choice < ActiveRecord::Base
     item.data
   end
   
+  def lose!
+    self.loss_count += 1
+    save!
+  end
+  
   def wins_plus_losses
     #(prompts_on_the_left.collect(&:votes_count).sum + prompts_on_the_right.collect(&:votes_count).sum)
     Prompt.sum('votes_count', :conditions => "left_choice_id = #{id} OR right_choice_id = #{id}")
diff --git a/app/models/visitor.rb b/app/models/visitor.rb
index 87ec363..fabc6fa 100644
--- a/app/models/visitor.rb
+++ b/app/models/visitor.rb
@@ -13,12 +13,16 @@ class Visitor < ActiveRecord::Base
   end
   
   def vote_for!(prompt, ordinality)
-    choice = prompt.choices[ordinality] #we need to guarantee that the choices are in the right order (by position)
+    choices = prompt.choices
+    choice = choices[ordinality] #we need to guarantee that the choices are in the right order (by position)
     prompt_vote = votes.create!(:voteable => prompt)
     choice_vote = votes.create!(:voteable => choice)
     choice.save!
     choice.score = choice.compute_score
     choice.save!
+    
+    other_choices = choices - [choice]
+    other_choices.each {|c| c.lose! }
   end
   
   def skip!(prompt)
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