Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26040294-20180501192518/@comment-27345308-20180501193814

Polls are a very unreliable way of voting for important topics such as demotion, and if you wanted Staff to demote them you would have to prove the community voted for their demotion in a more reliable way. As an example, I just voted "No" 10 times.

Support/oppose votes like this one are a much more reliable way of getting the community's voice. They also allow proper discussion about the demotion and let the community reach a consensus.

It's also worth mentioning that votes like this always end up better if brought up on the actual community that the user proposed for demotion is administrating. I suppose threads on could work if you're blocked on the community in question, though.