Is philosophy in the doldrums? The poll results and a discussion

MOVING TO FRONT FROM MARCH 24--see esp. comment #25 by Paul Weithman (Notre Dame).  More discussion welcome.

So with not quite 1400 votes cast in our poll prompted by Frankfurt's comments, here are the results:

Is philosophy in the doldrums?

Yes    48%661 No    36%495 Undecided    16%228

Discuss.  In particular, those who voted in the poll might explain why they voted as they did, how they understood "doldrums" etc.