Is Mima more of an American thing?

[Aya Reiko]

Those polls are so weird to me because Reimu is always at the top.
In what other series is the main character ever at the top?

Every official Fate and Tsukihime poll conducted had Saber and Arcueid coming out on top everytime.
What's usually more interesting is who comes in at #2 (or #3).

[Moerin]

Well, I will agree that Marisa is more interesting than Reimu~

Ahem.  But really, these kind of popularity polls are just silly.  It's very easy for the vote to be swayed.  Using it as a gauge of how popular a character is is just as silly as gauging popularity by how much someone goes on about them, or how much art they have uploaded to Danbooru, or some other equally silly and arbitrary method.

[Esoterica]

and the single gender polulation greatly reduces the yaoi ships from sailing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD_XK7cbRvA&fmt=18

[warpshadow]

Well, I will agree that Marisa is more interesting than Reimu~

Ahem.  But really, these kind of popularity polls are just silly.  It's very easy for the vote to be swayed.  Using it as a gauge of how popular a character is is just as silly as gauging popularity by how much someone goes on about them, or how much art they have uploaded to Danbooru, or some other equally silly and arbitrary method.

I used the poll because I can't think of any better gauge. The question I ask of you is there an accurate way of gauging popularity?