There is now a total sum table of both polls added in the official Discord.

Taka, Eileen and Shun are not popular!
Strange; so many very competitive players utilize them. I thought Lei, Jean, Brad and Jeffrey were more popular too. You see so many of them online !

These polls worry me, I fear for Lau. They already murdered Gen in Street Fighter (though some claim the report of his death is greatly exaggerated, the fact is he hasn't been seen since 4), Wang Jinrei in Tekken, retired Gen Fu from DoA and Tung Fu Rue (not playable in KoF XV, won't be in FF:CotW either) in exchange for either nothing or a younger, bishonen replacement I couldn't care less about.

These are hard times for wise old kung fu masters, and the illness they decided Lau would be suffering in VF5 doesn't promise a bright future for him... I really hope they fight against this trend, and not only keep him in and laughing at a defeated opponent but bring in even more senior fighters, grandmas too, with soft, subtle techniques.

Also, I share IttoLago's surprise, going by the matches I see I would have said Eileen and Jean would be among the most popular. I wonder whether there's bias in my anecdotical experience or perhaps Discord isn't that representative.