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In things related to observable facts or repeatable experiments I'd agree. In more abstract things, I'm less interested in what the polls say.
Moral realism is a school of thought which has come in and out of style and favor among philosophers. Plato was arguably an moral realist; this isn't a new idea or area of debate amongst philosophers. Telling me where we are on the constantly shifting scale of acceptance is really pretty meaningless. Its like telling me 58% of fashion designers like the color black this year.
While at times Toby Ord refers to 56% as "most" philosophers, a claim that is disputable on grounds of fashion, at other times he draws the line at 20%; the point is that realist philosophers are not a tiny minority, rejecting widely accepted arguments.