There is always some contention with any fork, because it is a voting scenario where the largest pool of hashpower gets their way. (Even soft forks, as the voting is continuous and will express content or discontent with the soft fork features) But it avoids violence and it is not a traditional democratic or statist event.

The clear majority of the community does seem to support the fork, as judged by activity at meetups and in social media. However social media is fairly easily manipulated and meetups don't represent everyone.

In the end, the complete hashing nodes are the deciders and only cater to users ie consumers when it clearly is in their interest. (So called "full nodes" that don't mine we don't count, as they can be easily sock puppeted as well)