A method of and system for obtaining a user response to a query such as a political poll. A query is displayed to a user on a touch screen of a computing device. The computing device detects a finger touch of the user on the touch screen, the finger touch proving a location, a movement vector, an intensity, and a hold time. Then, the computing device determines a user response to the query as a function of the location, the movement vector, the intensity, and the hold time.