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][1]][1] 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**. [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/tFHQe.png