Sorting by a variable from a nested module

Hi everyone,

I’m using a module called Polls ( http://eeharbor.com/polls ) and while I understand that this might not be the most appropriate place to post this question, I tried asking them about it (without luck) and realized that this question might be generalizable to other modules.

I setup Polls so that it’s a channel field along with another channel field I call {polls_id} for the id of the poll. I display the entries with the polls with a loop like this:

{exp:channel:entries channel="abc_polls"}
 {exp:polls:poll poll_id="{polls_id}"}
  ..
 {/exp:polls:poll}
{/exp:channel:entries}

Within the Polls module, it has a variable {poll_total_votes} and I was hoping to try and sort entries based on that (ascending/descending). I tried messing with {reverse_related_entries} and parse=”inward”, but just wasn’t able to figure it out. I know it’s because in order to figure out {poll_total_votes}, it needs to get it from the poll, but by the time that gets processed, the entries are already sorted.

Any insights on what I can do?

Thanks.

Bryan