Se alcuni dati potrebbero non esistere in una delle tabelle, invece di usare INNER JOIN
dovresti usare LEFT JOIN
:
SELECT content.loc,content.id,content.title,
-- USE function COALSESCE will show 0 if there are no
-- related records in table voting_count
COALESCE(voting_count.up, 0) as votes_up,
COALSESCE(voting_count.down, 0) as voted_down
FROM content LEFT JOIN voting_count
ON content.id = voting_count.unique_content_id
ORDER BY content.id DESC