Not unpopular with me! LOL
Patreon voting is a nice perk but it can quickly lead to mission and story creep that can take the game in a bad direction.
The Dev should set a cycle for all the characters focused on each release and let the voting choose then secondary focus for that release.
In this game, Family should come before others and each month (Thats two releases) some other Family member should get something meaty to do and rotate focus through the entire family.
First friday of the month completes whatever family member was set up on the second friday of the previous month and sets up the scene of whoever won the poll.
Second Friday sets up the major scene of the next months family member and completes the scene of whoever won the poll. Or he could just give each poll winner a complete scene in each release if
@Faerin is so inclined.
This way the Polls aren't driving the story they are just providing scenes to enjoy that may or may not have any real story impact.
By doing that
@Faerin is in complete control of the story, The story moves in his desired direction each release and the fans still get what they want without taking his plans off on a tangent.