I agree that the two developers are really good community people and therefore are able to win over votes that might not be as objective as they should have bee

I agree that the two developers are really good community people and therefore are able to win over votes that might not be as objective as they should have been. But I think it's also a skill to tackle a community together and focus them on one goal. This also improves FOSS as a whole, even if the software might not be the best.