diff --git a/app/roles/votes.rb b/app/roles/votes.rb
index 2940929..fb132a3 100644
--- a/app/roles/votes.rb
+++ b/app/roles/votes.rb
@@ -3,4 +3,9 @@ module Votes
   def upvotes
     notes.select(&:upvote?).size
   end
+
+  # Return the number of -1 comments (downvotes)
+  def downvotes
+    notes.select(&:downvote?).size
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/roles/votes_spec.rb b/spec/roles/votes_spec.rb
index 24288ad..4381799 100644
--- a/spec/roles/votes_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/roles/votes_spec.rb
@@ -1,27 +1,53 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 
-describe Issue, "Upvote" do
+describe Issue do
   let(:issue) { create(:issue) }
 
-  it "with no notes has a 0/0 score" do
-    issue.upvotes.should == 0
-  end
+  describe "#upvotes" do
+    it "with no notes has a 0/0 score" do
+      issue.upvotes.should == 0
+    end
 
-  it "should recognize non-+1 notes" do
-    issue.notes << create(:note, note: "No +1 here")
-    issue.should have(1).note
-    issue.notes.first.upvote?.should be_false
-    issue.upvotes.should == 0
-  end
+    it "should recognize non-+1 notes" do
+      issue.notes << create(:note, note: "No +1 here")
+      issue.should have(1).note
+      issue.notes.first.upvote?.should be_false
+      issue.upvotes.should == 0
+    end
+
+    it "should recognize a single +1 note" do
+      issue.notes << create(:note, note: "+1 This is awesome")
+      issue.upvotes.should == 1
+    end
 
-  it "should recognize a single +1 note" do
-    issue.notes << create(:note, note: "+1 This is awesome")
-    issue.upvotes.should == 1
+    it "should recognize multiple +1 notes" do
+      issue.notes << create(:note, note: "+1 This is awesome")
+      issue.notes << create(:note, note: "+1 I want this")
+      issue.upvotes.should == 2
+    end
   end
 
-  it "should recognize multiple +1 notes" do
-    issue.notes << create(:note, note: "+1 This is awesome")
-    issue.notes << create(:note, note: "+1 I want this")
-    issue.upvotes.should == 2
+  describe "#downvotes" do
+    it "with no notes has a 0/0 score" do
+      issue.downvotes.should == 0
+    end
+
+    it "should recognize non--1 notes" do
+      issue.notes << create(:note, note: "Almost got a -1")
+      issue.should have(1).note
+      issue.notes.first.downvote?.should be_false
+      issue.downvotes.should == 0
+    end
+
+    it "should recognize a single -1 note" do
+      issue.notes << create(:note, note: "-1 This is bad")
+      issue.downvotes.should == 1
+    end
+
+    it "should recognize multiple -1 notes" do
+      issue.notes << create(:note, note: "-1 This is bad")
+      issue.notes << create(:note, note: "-1 Away with this")
+      issue.downvotes.should == 2
+    end
   end
 end
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