diff --git a/frontend_tests/node_tests/poll_widget.js b/frontend_tests/node_tests/poll_widget.js
index 6e253ca699..aeff2d37b3 100644
--- a/frontend_tests/node_tests/poll_widget.js
+++ b/frontend_tests/node_tests/poll_widget.js
@@ -14,13 +14,24 @@ const poll_widget = zrequire("poll_widget");
 
 const people = zrequire("people");
 
+const me = {
+    email: "me@zulip.com",
+    full_name: "Me Myself",
+    user_id: 99,
+};
+const alice = {
+    email: "alice@zulip.com",
+    full_name: "Alice Lee",
+    user_id: 100,
+};
+people.add_active_user(me);
+people.add_active_user(alice);
+people.initialize_current_user(me.user_id);
+
 run_test("PollData my question", () => {
     const is_my_poll = true;
     const question = "Favorite color?";
 
-    const sender_id = 99;
-    people.my_current_user_id = () => sender_id;
-
     const data_holder = new poll_widget.PollData(is_my_poll, question, []);
 
     let data = data_holder.get_widget_data();
@@ -35,7 +46,7 @@ run_test("PollData my question", () => {
         question: "best plan?",
     };
 
-    data_holder.handle_event(sender_id, question_event);
+    data_holder.handle_event(me.user_id, question_event);
     data = data_holder.get_widget_data();
 
     assert.deepEqual(data, {
@@ -49,9 +60,7 @@ run_test("PollData my question", () => {
         option: "release now",
     };
 
-    people.safe_full_names = () => "";
-
-    data_holder.handle_event(sender_id, option_event);
+    data_holder.handle_event(me.user_id, option_event);
     data = data_holder.get_widget_data();
 
     assert.deepEqual(data, {
@@ -73,14 +82,14 @@ run_test("PollData my question", () => {
         vote: 1,
     };
 
-    data_holder.handle_event(sender_id, vote_event);
+    data_holder.handle_event(me.user_id, vote_event);
     data = data_holder.get_widget_data();
 
     assert.deepEqual(data, {
         options: [
             {
                 option: "release now",
-                names: "",
+                names: "Me Myself",
                 count: 1,
                 key: "99,1",
                 current_user_vote: true,
@@ -89,6 +98,28 @@ run_test("PollData my question", () => {
         question: "best plan?",
     });
 
+    vote_event = {
+        type: "vote",
+        key: "99,1",
+        vote: 1,
+    };
+
+    data_holder.handle_event(alice.user_id, vote_event);
+    data = data_holder.get_widget_data();
+
+    assert.deepEqual(data, {
+        options: [
+            {
+                option: "release now",
+                names: "Me Myself, Alice Lee",
+                count: 2,
+                key: "99,1",
+                current_user_vote: true,
+            },
+        ],
+        question: "best plan?",
+    });
+
     const invalid_vote_event = {
         type: "vote",
         key: "98,1",
@@ -96,7 +127,7 @@ run_test("PollData my question", () => {
     };
 
     blueslip.expect("warn", `unknown key for poll: ${invalid_vote_event.key}`);
-    data_holder.handle_event(sender_id, invalid_vote_event);
+    data_holder.handle_event(me.user_id, invalid_vote_event);
     data = data_holder.get_widget_data();
 
     const option_outbound_event = data_holder.handle.new_option.outbound("new option");
@@ -122,15 +153,15 @@ run_test("PollData my question", () => {
         vote: -1,
     };
 
-    data_holder.handle_event(sender_id, vote_event);
+    data_holder.handle_event(me.user_id, vote_event);
     data = data_holder.get_widget_data();
 
     assert.deepEqual(data, {
         options: [
             {
                 option: "release now",
-                names: "",
-                count: 0,
+                names: "Alice Lee",
+                count: 1,
                 key: "99,1",
                 current_user_vote: false,
             },
@@ -140,7 +171,6 @@ run_test("PollData my question", () => {
 });
 
 run_test("activate another person poll", () => {
-    people.is_my_user_id = () => false;
     stub_templates((template_name) => {
         if (template_name === "widgets/poll_widget") {
             return "widgets/poll_widget";
@@ -162,7 +192,7 @@ run_test("activate another person poll", () => {
         elem: widget_elem,
         callback,
         message: {
-            sender_id: 100,
+            sender_id: alice.user_id,
         },
         extra_data: {
             question: "What do you want?",
@@ -222,7 +252,7 @@ run_test("activate another person poll", () => {
 
     const vote_events = [
         {
-            sender_id: 100,
+            sender_id: alice.user_id,
             data: {
                 type: "new_option",
                 idx: 1,
@@ -230,7 +260,7 @@ run_test("activate another person poll", () => {
             },
         },
         {
-            sender_id: 100,
+            sender_id: alice.user_id,
             data: {
                 type: "vote",
                 key: "100,1",
@@ -263,7 +293,6 @@ run_test("activate another person poll", () => {
 });
 
 run_test("activate own poll", () => {
-    people.is_my_user_id = () => true;
     stub_templates((template_name) => {
         if (template_name === "widgets/poll_widget") {
             return "widgets/poll_widget";
@@ -283,7 +312,7 @@ run_test("activate own poll", () => {
         elem: widget_elem,
         callback,
         message: {
-            sender_id: 100,
+            sender_id: me.user_id,
         },
         extra_data: {
             question: "Where to go?",