Hi nanobyte,
Note that the given $query here is just an example, you can put any query you like.
You should only need to change the $query, eg.
$query = "SELECT * FROM wp_posts WHERE post_type = 'post' ORDER BY post_date DESC";
And the loop content, here is an example:
<?php
$post = get_post(get_the_ID());
DisplayVotes($post->ID);
echo
'
'<b>'.$post->post_title.'</b>'.
$post->post_content;
// etc
?>