diff --git a/app/controllers/polls_controller.rb b/app/controllers/polls_controller.rb
index c04fab13b..154961a6b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/polls_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/polls_controller.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class PollsController < ApplicationController
 
   def index
     @polls = Kaminari.paginate_array(
-      @polls.created_by_admin.not_budget.send(@current_filter).includes(:geozones).sort_for_list
+      @polls.created_by_admin.not_budget.send(@current_filter).includes(:geozones).sort_for_list(current_user)
     ).page(params[:page])
   end
 
diff --git a/app/models/poll.rb b/app/models/poll.rb
index 7ef78b2a8..48cffaace 100644
--- a/app/models/poll.rb
+++ b/app/models/poll.rb
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ class Poll < ApplicationRecord
   scope :not_budget, -> { where(budget_id: nil) }
   scope :created_by_admin, -> { where(related_type: nil) }
 
-  def self.sort_for_list
+  def self.sort_for_list(user = nil)
     all.sort do |poll, another_poll|
-      [poll.weight, poll.starts_at, poll.name] <=> [another_poll.weight, another_poll.starts_at, another_poll.name]
+      [poll.weight(user), poll.starts_at, poll.name] <=> [another_poll.weight(user), another_poll.starts_at, another_poll.name]
     end
   end
 
@@ -183,9 +183,13 @@ class Poll < ApplicationRecord
     pg_search(terms)
   end
 
-  def weight
+  def weight(user)
     if geozone_restricted?
-      100
+      if answerable_by?(user)
+        50
+      else
+        100
+      end
     else
       0
     end
diff --git a/spec/models/poll/poll_spec.rb b/spec/models/poll/poll_spec.rb
index 329cbd64e..18cf75c4a 100644
--- a/spec/models/poll/poll_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/poll/poll_spec.rb
@@ -370,6 +370,19 @@ describe Poll do
       expect(Poll.sort_for_list).to eq [poll1, poll2]
     end
 
+    it "returns polls for the user's geozone first" do
+      geozone = create(:geozone)
+      poll1 = create(:poll, geozone_restricted: true)
+      poll2 = create(:poll, geozone_restricted: true)
+      poll3 = create(:poll)
+      poll_geozone_1 = create(:poll, geozone_restricted: true, geozones: [geozone])
+      poll_geozone_2 = create(:poll, geozone_restricted: true, geozones: [geozone])
+      geozone_user = create(:user, :level_two, geozone: geozone)
+
+      expect(Poll.sort_for_list).to eq [poll3, poll1, poll2, poll_geozone_1, poll_geozone_2]
+      expect(Poll.sort_for_list(geozone_user)).to eq [poll3, poll_geozone_1, poll_geozone_2, poll1, poll2]
+    end
+
     it "returns polls earlier to start first" do
       starts_at = Time.current + 1.day
       poll1 = create(:poll, geozone_restricted: false, starts_at: starts_at - 1.hour, name: "Zzz...")
diff --git a/spec/system/polls/polls_spec.rb b/spec/system/polls/polls_spec.rb
index e0d175db1..74b5f641c 100644
--- a/spec/system/polls/polls_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/system/polls/polls_spec.rb
@@ -420,6 +420,18 @@ describe "Polls" do
       expect(page).to have_selector "img[alt='1. No Poverty']"
       expect(page).to have_content "target 1.1"
     end
+
+    scenario "Polls with users same-geozone listed first" do
+      create(:poll, geozone_restricted: true, name: "A Poll")
+      create(:poll, name: "Not restricted")
+      create(:poll, geozone_restricted: true, geozones: [geozone], name: "Geozone Poll")
+
+      login_as(create(:user, :level_two, geozone: geozone))
+      visit polls_path(poll)
+
+      expect("Not restricted").to appear_before("Geozone Poll")
+      expect("Geozone Poll").to appear_before("A Poll")
+    end
   end
 
   context "Booth & Website", :with_frozen_time do