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Honestly that poll was a joke. There were very likely not 42 legitimate stakeholders at the time. More like 10-20 plus BCN-controlled sock puppets.
Does a voter in the poll have to agree with you to be considered a "legitimate stakeholder?"
No, I'm giving my opinion that there was ballot stuffing of vastly larger magnitude than honest participation. I can't prove it, but that is my opinion.
Furthermore, I never supported (nor support) the idea of a bitcointalk "poll" as a meaningful method of actual voting.
The poll was created by TFT who almost certainly was a BCN shill or associated in some manner with the BCN/CN scam operation.
Regardless of the poll numbers, a rough consensus (that the possible benefits of slower emission are outweighed by the 100% certain loss of trust resulting from breaking the social contract) did emerge from the discussion on that and other threads, which is why the emission wasn't changed.
Somewhat. The extent of BCN/CN involvement with the non-BCN clone coins including Monero was not known at the time, so it wasn't possible to evaluate the effect of that involvement and/or interference.
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And the debate did die down for a few months, until a little bit of mean reversion caused a whale with delusions of grandeur to freak out and demand Something Be DoneTM.
I'm not any of the whales but my opinion has never changed despite price. The previous discussion on the topic happened at a much higher price if I recall. Maybe some people were under water even then (who bought on the Mintpal pump for example) but I was not one of them (I sold to the Mintpal pumpers).