diff --git a/src/components/poll/poll.js b/src/components/poll/poll.js
index 9988070e..98db5582 100644
--- a/src/components/poll/poll.js
+++ b/src/components/poll/poll.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { forEach, map } from 'lodash'
 
 export default {
   name: 'Poll',
-  props: ['pollId'],
+  props: ['basePoll'],
   components: { Timeago },
   data () {
     return {
@@ -11,13 +11,19 @@ export default {
       choices: []
     }
   },
-  mounted () {
+  created () {
+    if (!this.$store.state.polls.pollsObject[this.pollId]) {
+      this.$store.dispatch('mergeOrAddPoll', this.basePoll)
+    }
     this.$store.dispatch('trackPoll', this.pollId)
   },
   destroyed () {
     this.$store.dispatch('untrackPoll', this.pollId)
   },
   computed: {
+    pollId () {
+      return this.basePoll.id
+    },
     poll () {
       const storePoll = this.$store.state.polls.pollsObject[this.pollId]
       return storePoll || {}
@@ -29,7 +35,7 @@ export default {
       return (this.poll && this.poll.expires_at) || 0
     },
     expired () {
-      return Date.now() > Date.parse(this.expiresAt)
+      return (this.poll && this.poll.expired) || false
     },
     loggedIn () {
       return this.$store.state.users.currentUser
diff --git a/src/components/status/status.vue b/src/components/status/status.vue
index 821a7a83..440e1957 100644
--- a/src/components/status/status.vue
+++ b/src/components/status/status.vue
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
           </div>
 
           <div v-if="status.poll && status.poll.options">
-            <poll :poll-id="status.poll.id" />
+            <poll :base-poll="status.poll" />
           </div>
 
           <div v-if="status.attachments && (!hideSubjectStatus || showingLongSubject)" class="attachments media-body">
diff --git a/src/modules/polls.js b/src/modules/polls.js
index 0f0964aa..e6158b63 100644
--- a/src/modules/polls.js
+++ b/src/modules/polls.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { each, merge } from 'lodash'
+import { merge } from 'lodash'
 import { set } from 'vue'
 
 const polls = {
@@ -8,15 +8,15 @@ const polls = {
     pollsObject: {}
   },
   mutations: {
-    addNewStatuses (state, { statuses }) {
-      each(statuses, status => {
-        if (status.poll) {
-          set(state.pollsObject, status.poll.id, status.poll)
-        }
-      })
-    },
-    mergePoll (state, poll) {
-      state.pollsObject[poll.id] = merge(state.pollsObject[poll.id], poll)
+    mergeOrAddPoll (state, poll) {
+      const existingPoll = state.pollsObject[poll.id]
+      // Make expired-state change trigger re-renders properly
+      poll.expired = Date.now() > Date.parse(poll.expires_at)
+      if (existingPoll) {
+        set(state.pollsObject, poll.id, merge(existingPoll, poll))
+      } else {
+        set(state.pollsObject, poll.id, poll)
+      }
     },
     trackPoll (state, pollId) {
       const currentValue = state.trackedPolls[pollId]
@@ -36,11 +36,8 @@ const polls = {
     }
   },
   actions: {
-    updatePoll ({ rootState, commit }, pollId) {
-      return rootState.api.backendInteractor.fetchPoll(pollId).then(poll => {
-        commit('mergePoll', poll)
-        return poll
-      })
+    mergeOrAddPoll ({ commit }, poll) {
+      commit('mergeOrAddPoll', poll)
     },
     updateTrackedPoll ({ rootState, dispatch, commit }, pollId) {
       rootState.api.backendInteractor.fetchPoll(pollId).then(poll => {
@@ -49,7 +46,7 @@ const polls = {
             dispatch('updateTrackedPoll', pollId)
           }
         }, 30 * 1000)
-        commit('mergePoll', poll)
+        commit('mergeOrAddPoll', poll)
       })
     },
     trackPoll ({ rootState, commit, dispatch }, pollId) {
@@ -63,7 +60,7 @@ const polls = {
     },
     votePoll ({ rootState, commit }, { id, pollId, choices }) {
       return rootState.api.backendInteractor.vote(pollId, choices).then(poll => {
-        commit('mergePoll', poll)
+        commit('mergeOrAddPoll', poll)
         return poll
       })
     }