Problems with Advanced Poll always Appearing on Page

I am having problems with the Advanced Poll always returning results on my web page. I am using mySQL. The installation worked fine. I am trying to integrate the poll into a site and often the poll results don't return, thus stopping the creation of other HTML.

I tried just working with the test.php file that comes with the installation. Although the problem doesn't happen as frequently, it does happen occasionally. So, I believe I have defined the cookie and booth includes, and the $php_poll statements correctly...(it wasn't tough ... kudos to the developers.)

Is there anyway to adjust a timeout parameter? Perhaps this is the problem?

Your help is much appreciated. This is a great product. Thanks so much for sharing.