Jimmy:
That is not to say that polls/votes can't play any role in the process, nor is it to say that we don't need to advance the state of the art in dealing with such cases. But introducing binding votes destroys some of what is most essential about the interaction between the wiki process and the generation of high quality neutral content.
What we have here is a belief. I would like to see some arguments in support of that belief. "Binding vote" doesn't mean "cannot ever be questioned for all eternity." But there should be good reasons for doing so. And when you define these conditions and processes, the distinction between votes and polls becomes less clear, and what you think is "something you will never support" might actually turn out to be something you already support, albeit in a less formally defined manner.
Erik