This happened a few rounds ago, and I posed the question back then - I know not everyone was going to see it.
Honestly, in a round like this, if we let it run its course in such a tight race, the next round is going to be a runaway trouncing and have the "mercy rule" put into action anyway, so we're just saving a round.
I know it's not perfect and scientific, but considering it's just a poll on the internet, so if anyone's going to get their grundies in a bundle, I'm okay with it.
Most of the participants don't seem to mind - I've asked multiple times at different points to pipe up if they didn't like it.
Which you did, so thank you.
But it's still closed. Just wanted to explain that it's kind of a lax poll. Because hey - it's just a stupid bunch of polls on the internet, and we're not deciding world policy here.