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diff --git a/mysite/urls.py b/mysite/urls.py
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--- a/mysite/urls.py
+++ b/mysite/urls.py
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ Including another URLconf
     2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('blog/', include('blog.urls'))
 """
 from django.contrib import admin
-from django.urls import path
+from django.urls import path, include
 
 urlpatterns = [
-    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
+    path("polls/", include("polls.urls"), name="polls_index"),
+    path('admin/', admin.site.urls)
 ]
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diff --git a/polls/urls.py b/polls/urls.py
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index 0000000..0399e3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/polls/urls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from django.urls import path 
+
+from . import views
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    path("", views.index, name = "index")
+]
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diff --git a/polls/views.py b/polls/views.py
index 91ea44a..06f3242 100644
--- a/polls/views.py
+++ b/polls/views.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
-from django.shortcuts import render
+from django.http import HttpResponse
 
-# Create your views here.
+def index(request):
+    return HttpResponse("hello from within the poll index!")
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