Vlad had posted some thoughts last month on the FIDE Election in the CFC News forum (which not everyone can reply to). It is public knowledge that the present CFC Board of Directors will instruct it's Delegate to vote for Makropolous.

Most of you are also aware of the sometimes vicious thread that has recently quieted down on Chess Talk. I was doing a Google search today for recent articles using "FIDE corruption" as the search terms. I came across the much more civilized thread of the English Chess Forum (ECF - but not to be confused with the English Chess Federation). An interesting 15 or so minute read to go through all 13 pages of comments - varied thought on who would win.
https://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=9730

Hey Kevin: How about making two polls to spruce things up here
1) Who would you vote for as FIDE President ?
2) Who do you think will win ?