How many votes for or against does it take to promote submissions to "Popular", the Gnommie homepage?

There is no guarantee or any hard numbers of votes for or against
to promote a submission. In a nutshell, diversity is the key to getting a submission promoted to “Popular”, the Gnommie homepage. Gnommie uses a sophisticated algorithm that takes into account the number of votes, views, shares, comments and several other factors to determine its relative ranking.