Spent 7 months re-designing online polls. Here's what I came up with.
quipol.com
quipol.com
Also, blue/green and particularly the shades you chose don't work well in your implementation, I don't think. The green doesn't shout Yes, you have to think about it, and blue has never been no. Also I believe blue/green color blindness is the most common, therefore many people wouldn't be able to tell which was which on your chart.
Really a great run, just a bit of refinement I think!
Cues are a good idea! It does take a bit of guesswork to figure out which piece has content.
HN may be more responsive to a post like "I spent 7 months solving a "small" problem." then link to a blog post with more details about what was broken, how you fixed.