Naoki Yoshida stated that he wanted the forums to be a place where players debated issues and features of the game. And I can see the wisdom of that. I am sure that if he wants a poll on a particular subject he'll make one available to us. That's what he's done in the past.

The problem with polls is that if you don't ask the question the right way, or the respondents don't understand the question, you get results that actually are misleading. Take the last question from the first Player Poll for example. 85.2% of players said they would "welcome changes that would drastically alter the game". From reading posts on this and other forums though, the player-base is not nearly as welcoming of change as that poll number indicates. When you actually ask the players to explain what they want drastically changed, exceptions and nuances appear.

That's why it's a good idea to read all 20+ pages. I'm sure that the development team is.