As with the usual trend, the Alpha team wins. In this case, Alpha is Fork (for reference, Bravo is Spoon). I've wondered if the developers noticed the trend of popularity being a huge deterrent, since there are very, very few cases where popularity + 1 win category winning, and many cases are won by Alpha. Bravo can't seem to catch a break.
I have seen this coming because it seems all too common, and if you are wondering why I chose the other team, it's because I wanted to contribute to the other team to hopefully net some wins to swing the favour to us. I suppose it's not meant to be...
Since the Switch Online is going to become paid and the next Splatfest is likely to take place during that time, it's unlikely I will attend future Splatfests, unless those who didn't pay can still contribute by voting (I hope that's the case). That's because I won't be getting the subscription until next year since I am more interested in finishing games than to get the online subscription that I am unlikely to take advantage of often during the timespan.
Thank you for reading.