diff --git a/app/models/question.rb b/app/models/question.rb
index 39f2c42..11d2f55 100644
--- a/app/models/question.rb
+++ b/app/models/question.rb
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ class Question < ActiveRecord::Base
 
     if params[:with_visitor_stats]
       visitor = current_user.visitors.find_or_create_by_identifier(visitor_identifier)
-      result.merge!(:visitor_votes => visitor.votes.count(:conditions => {:question_id => self.id}))
+      result.merge!(:visitor_votes => Vote.find_without_default_scope(:all, :conditions => {:voter_id => visitor, :question_id => self.id}).length)
       result.merge!(:visitor_ideas => visitor.choices.count)
     end
    
diff --git a/app/models/vote.rb b/app/models/vote.rb
index 1cf7f87..34d610a 100644
--- a/app/models/vote.rb
+++ b/app/models/vote.rb
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ class Vote < ActiveRecord::Base
   after_create :update_winner_choice, :update_loser_choice
   after_save :update_cached_values_based_on_flags
 
+  def self.find_without_default_scope(*args)
+    with_exclusive_scope() do
+      find(*args)
+    end
+  end
+
   def update_winner_choice
     choice.reload              # make sure we're using updated counter values
     choice.compute_score!
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