diff --git a/app/controllers/questions_controller.rb b/app/controllers/questions_controller.rb
index b6918fc..235edce 100644
--- a/app/controllers/questions_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/questions_controller.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,26 @@ class QuestionsController < InheritedResources::Base
   respond_to :csv, :only => :export #leave the option for xml export here
   belongs_to :site, :optional => true
 
+  def recent_votes_by_question_id
+    creator_id = params[:creator_id]
+    date = params[:date]
+    if creator_id
+	    questions = Question.find(:all, :select => :id, :conditions => { :local_identifier => creator_id})
+	    questions_list = questions.map {|record | record.quoted_id}
+	    question_votes_hash = Vote.with_question(questions_list).recent.count(:group => :question_id)
+
+    elsif date #only for admins
+	    question_votes_hash = Vote.recent(date).count(:group => :question_id)
+    else
+	    question_votes_hash = Vote.recent.count(:group => :question_id)
+    end
+
+    respond_to do |format|
+    	format.xml{ render :xml => question_votes_hash.to_xml and return}
+    end
+  end
+
+
   def show
     @question = Question.find(params[:id])
     unless params[:barebones]
@@ -22,7 +42,7 @@ class QuestionsController < InheritedResources::Base
       show! do |format|
         session['prompts_ids'] ||= []
         format.xml { 
-          render :xml => @question.to_xml(:methods => [:item_count])
+          render :xml => @question.to_xml(:methods => [:item_count, :votes_count])
         }
       end
     end
diff --git a/app/models/vote.rb b/app/models/vote.rb
index 3dc1383..31f3ffd 100644
--- a/app/models/vote.rb
+++ b/app/models/vote.rb
@@ -5,4 +5,7 @@ class Vote < ActiveRecord::Base
   belongs_to :prompt, :counter_cache => true
   belongs_to :choice, :counter_cache => true
   belongs_to :loser_choice, :class_name => "Choice", :foreign_key => "loser_choice_id"
+
+  named_scope :recent, lambda { |*args| {:conditions => ["created_at > ?", (args.first || Date.today.beginning_of_day)]} }
+  named_scope :with_question, lambda { |*args| {:conditions => {:question_id => args.first }} }
 end
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index abcdab6..3c82e6d 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map|
   map.resources :clicks
-  map.resources :questions, :member => { :object_info_totals_by_date => :get, :num_votes_by_visitor_id => :get, :export => :post, :set_autoactivate_ideas_from_abroad => :put,  :activate => :put, :suspend => :put} do |question|
+  map.resources :questions, :member => { :object_info_totals_by_date => :get, :num_votes_by_visitor_id => :get, :export => :post, :set_autoactivate_ideas_from_abroad => :put,  :activate => :put, :suspend => :put}, :collection => {:recent_votes_by_question_id => :get} do |question|
     question.resources :items
     question.resources :prompts, :member => {:vote_left => :post, :vote_right => :post, :skip => :post, :vote => :post}, 
                        :collection => {:single => :get, :index => :get}
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