Jesse was a lark. A lot of people who never vote came out for him. I think they were saying this government is a joke so why not have a clown in charge.
I know, and agreed with the sentiment then, even more now (that the government is a joke and he is a clown). Problem is: the inmates have been running the asylum for a long time, they are just boastful about it now and the general public is low information politically.
If it wasn’t evident in my original response, I was being kind of tongue-in-cheek...