@Noqanky:
Dude, depends on the character.
Dragon is taken seriously by every huge figure in the series. People wanted to kill Luffy just because he's the son of dragon. So it's not unreasonable to figure he's an awesome character, even without having direct contact with his awesomeness.
Awesome Octopus Fishman Standing Next to Jinbe on page 17 of chapter 624 had a hilarious campaign and an epic name.
I do agree, it's sad that some characters who actually did stuff are falling behind in votes, but that's life. When you think about it, when you have the problem of too many awesome characters losing when it comes to popularity votes, that just means that OP is that good.
Tiger is enough proof for me that a character's hype does not equal to its quality. Until I actually see Dragon do more besides save people (literally the only thing he has done), he won't get my vote (expect against those I dislike) because he is currently hype that may at the end of the day be a huge letdown. I don't care for the Octopus fishman and will probably never vote even if we found out his name and he does something, he is to me currently, like the goat and the hiking bear, a forum meme whose popularity baffles me (less so with the bear though). takes a bow
I agree that that there are plenty of good characters that didn't make it like Bellemere, Saul, and Teach but besides Chopper, I can't say I'm disappointed. At the end of the day, it's all fun.