Better to ask how many FTers are even aware there is a Talk Board forum. With only 1,000 voting in the last election there's clearly a large block that doesn't care what the Talk Board does. A lot of FTers that post in the Talk Board forum are regulars here and have been for years.

The Talk Board could readily activate the polling feature if they wanted a sense how the membership felt. Probably wouldn't get more than 1,000 votes, though, just like in the last election.