>>2857918She's the most popular original EVA character, and was the most popular Evangelion character for some time.
This is DESPITE Anno's efforts to the opposite. But then again, you're just a troll who's found a poll where Rei isn't #1 and thought it'd annoy us, but no anon, it only show show pathetic you are. Rei is a popular character but will obviously never be #1 in all polls. What you should note that she is the #1 Eva character.
>>2857998>>2857999You can only vote for the EVA characters if there's some media related to them coming out. Otherwise, they are unable to be selected. The release of the EVA blu-rays is what made the EVA characters appear.
Moreover, notice that every character except Rei fell in the ranking. That's staying power that can't be bought, like with Asuka.