Only miners get a vote, because they validate all blocks. 
The design of Bitcoin is such that what a majority of the miners want, happens.  The two top miners have just over 50% of the mining power, and the top four pretty much do most of the mining. The top four or five miners are all companies in China. They&#x27;ve issued joint statements in the past, and what they say, goes.<p>The &quot;core developers&quot; and the Bitcoin Foundation don&#x27;t matter, although they sometimes act like they do.