diff --git a/react/features/polls/subscriber.js b/react/features/polls/subscriber.js
index 10da8c5c50..a8d28a45e5 100644
--- a/react/features/polls/subscriber.js
+++ b/react/features/polls/subscriber.js
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ StateListenerRegistry.register(
                         appearance: NOTIFICATION_TYPE.NORMAL,
                         titleKey: 'polls.notification.title',
                         descriptionKey: 'polls.notification.description'
-                    }, NOTIFICATION_TIMEOUT_TYPE.SHORT));
+                    }, NOTIFICATION_TIMEOUT_TYPE.MEDIUM));
                     break;
 
                 }