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So, the vote score you see is the combination of upvotes and downvotes.

You have two upvotes and three downvotes on your question, for a total of -1 score. I've even screenshot the current vote counts (visible at 1000 reputation points):

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If somewhere it says -2 on the screen for you, it's incorrect, and you may have a cached page view or something in your browser cache you have to clear out.


Unless you're talking about your reputation page in which case every downvote you receive is a -2 hit to your reputation. THAT is different from the vote count.

So, the vote score you see is the combination of upvotes and downvotes.

You have two upvotes and three downvotes on your question, for a total of -1 score. I've even screenshot the current vote counts:

enter image description here

If somewhere it says -2 on the screen for you, it's incorrect, and you may have a cached page view or something in your browser cache you have to clear out.

So, the vote score you see is the combination of upvotes and downvotes.

You have two upvotes and three downvotes on your question, for a total of -1 score. I've even screenshot the current vote counts (visible at 1000 reputation points):

enter image description here

If somewhere it says -2 on the screen for you, it's incorrect, and you may have a cached page view or something in your browser cache you have to clear out.


Unless you're talking about your reputation page in which case every downvote you receive is a -2 hit to your reputation. THAT is different from the vote count.

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Thomas Ward Mod
  • 77.1k
  • 2
  • 58
  • 114

So, the vote score you see is the combination of upvotes and downvotes.

You have two upvotes and three downvotes on your question, for a total of -1 score. I've even screenshot the current vote counts:

enter image description here

If somewhere it says -2 on the screen for you, it's incorrect, and you may have a cached page view or something in your browser cache you have to clear out.