diff --git a/plugins/poll/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/poll-buttons-dropdown.gjs b/plugins/poll/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/poll-buttons-dropdown.gjs
index 774bae7cfaf..6228df3f972 100644
--- a/plugins/poll/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/poll-buttons-dropdown.gjs
+++ b/plugins/poll/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/poll-buttons-dropdown.gjs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import Component from "@glimmer/component";
 import { fn } from "@ember/helper";
-import { action } from "@ember/object";
+import { action, get } from "@ember/object";
 import { inject as service } from "@ember/service";
 import DButton from "discourse/components/d-button";
 import DropdownMenu from "discourse/components/dropdown-menu";
@@ -107,26 +107,38 @@ export default class PollButtonsDropdownComponent extends Component {
 
   <template>
     <div class="poll-buttons-dropdown">
-      <DMenu class="widget-dropdown-header">
-        <:trigger>
-          {{icon "cog"}}
-        </:trigger>
-        <:content>
-          <DropdownMenu as |dropdown|>
-            {{#each this.getDropdownContent as |content|}}
-              <dropdown.item>
-                <DButton
-                  class="widget-button {{content.className}}"
-                  @icon={{content.icon}}
-                  @label={{content.label}}
-                  @action={{fn this.dropDownClick content.action}}
-                />
-              </dropdown.item>
-              <dropdown.divider />
-            {{/each}}
-          </DropdownMenu>
-        </:content>
-      </DMenu>
+      {{#if this.showDropdown}}
+        <DMenu class="widget-dropdown-header">
+          <:trigger>
+            {{icon "cog"}}
+          </:trigger>
+          <:content>
+            <DropdownMenu as |dropdown|>
+              {{#each this.getDropdownContent as |content|}}
+                <dropdown.item>
+                  <DButton
+                    class="widget-button {{content.className}}"
+                    @icon={{content.icon}}
+                    @label={{content.label}}
+                    @action={{fn this.dropDownClick content.action}}
+                  />
+                </dropdown.item>
+                <dropdown.divider />
+              {{/each}}
+            </DropdownMenu>
+          </:content>
+        </DMenu>
+      {{else if this.showDropdownAsButton}}
+        <DButton
+          class="widget-button {{get this.getDropdownContent '0.className'}}"
+          @icon={{get this.getDropdownContent "0.icon"}}
+          @label={{get this.getDropdownContent "0.label"}}
+          @action={{fn
+            this.dropDownClick
+            (get this.getDropdownContent "0.action")
+          }}
+        />
+      {{/if}}
     </div>
   </template>
 }
diff --git a/plugins/poll/test/javascripts/component/poll-buttons-dropdown-test.js b/plugins/poll/test/javascripts/component/poll-buttons-dropdown-test.js
index 132be51f5ac..3660c15b027 100644
--- a/plugins/poll/test/javascripts/component/poll-buttons-dropdown-test.js
+++ b/plugins/poll/test/javascripts/component/poll-buttons-dropdown-test.js
@@ -9,9 +9,13 @@ module("Poll | Component | poll-buttons-dropdown", function (hooks) {
   setupRenderingTest(hooks);
 
   test("Renders a clickable dropdown menu with a close option", async function (assert) {
+    this.siteSettings.data_explorer_enabled = true;
+    this.siteSettings.poll_export_data_explorer_query_id = 18;
+    this.currentUser.setProperties({ admin: true });
+
     this.setProperties({
-      closed: false,
-      voters: [],
+      closed: true,
+      voters: 3,
       isStaff: true,
       isMe: false,
       topicArchived: false,
@@ -33,12 +37,74 @@ module("Poll | Component | poll-buttons-dropdown", function (hooks) {
 
     await click(".widget-dropdown-header");
 
-    assert.strictEqual(count("li.dropdown-menu__item"), 1);
+    assert.strictEqual(count("li.dropdown-menu__item"), 2);
 
     assert.strictEqual(
       query("li.dropdown-menu__item span").textContent.trim(),
-      I18n.t("poll.close.label"),
+      I18n.t("poll.export-results.label"),
+      "displays the poll Export action"
+    );
+  });
+
+  test("Renders a single button when there is only one authorised action", async function (assert) {
+    this.setProperties({
+      closed: false,
+      voters: 2,
+      isStaff: false,
+      isMe: false,
+      topicArchived: false,
+      groupableUserFields: ["stuff"],
+      isAutomaticallyClosed: false,
+      dropDownClick: () => {},
+    });
+
+    await render(hbs`<PollButtonsDropdown
+      @closed={{this.closed}}
+      @voters={{this.voters}}
+      @isStaff={{this.isStaff}}
+      @isMe={{this.isMe}}
+      @topicArchived={{this.topicArchived}}
+      @groupableUserFields={{this.groupableUserFields}}
+      @isAutomaticallyClosed={{this.isAutomaticallyClosed}}
+      @dropDownClick={{this.dropDownClick}}
+    />`);
+
+    assert.strictEqual(count(".widget-dropdown-header"), 0);
+
+    assert.strictEqual(count("button.widget-button"), 1);
+
+    assert.strictEqual(
+      query("button.widget-button span.d-button-label").textContent.trim(),
+      I18n.t("poll.breakdown.breakdown"),
       "displays the poll Close action"
     );
   });
+
+  test("Doesn't render a button when user has no authorised actions", async function (assert) {
+    this.setProperties({
+      closed: false,
+      voters: 0,
+      isStaff: false,
+      isMe: false,
+      topicArchived: false,
+      groupableUserFields: [],
+      isAutomaticallyClosed: false,
+      dropDownClick: () => {},
+    });
+
+    await render(hbs`<PollButtonsDropdown
+      @closed={{this.closed}}
+      @voters={{this.voters}}
+      @isStaff={{this.isStaff}}
+      @isMe={{this.isMe}}
+      @topicArchived={{this.topicArchived}}
+      @groupableUserFields={{this.groupableUserFields}}
+      @isAutomaticallyClosed={{this.isAutomaticallyClosed}}
+      @dropDownClick={{this.dropDownClick}}
+    />`);
+
+    assert.strictEqual(count(".widget-dropdown-header"), 0);
+
+    assert.strictEqual(count("button.widget-button"), 0);
+  });
 });