In all my years reading HN, I've never seen a native HN poll trending to the front page. And I consider myself obsessed with it. It's my primary website to visit on the internet.
I'm not saying that they may not have made the front page, just that I haven't seen one.
pg used to use them quite a bit. There have been a few on the front page since he left but not so many, because they were starting to get overused and I penalized them. Then they started to die off, which was not the intention, so I removed the penalty—but the population has not yet recovered and the species remains endangered.
I'm not saying that they may not have made the front page, just that I haven't seen one.