Hi Terry, you're talking about two completely different things. this survey asks users their opinion of their primary grid; the monthly stats count the number of users. the results have no direct relation. if the Grid Survey was won by the same grid that led in the monthly stats, it would be a matter of coincidence...and a great stroke of luck for the grid that won both!
Further down you say the survey didn't get many votes. 654 sounds like a lot of votes to me. in fact, since you like those monthly grid stats - if Maria's Annual Survey was a grid that had 654 active users, it would have been the 7th most active grid in November. Top Ten! Pretty good, Maria!