This was the ground truth in the 90’s with Guiliani in NY City. People sowre up and down how much they hated him, would never vote for him, crawl over broken glass to wiz on his grave.
However, they could walk in their neighborhoods without fear for the first time in a generation, visit Central park with a “Warriors” scene in the subway, and actually feel like they were safe.
They voted for him twice, and the State government had to pass a law against multiple terms as Mayor to keep him from winning again.
Safety from the animals has a great effect on the voters when they are standing in the privacy of the booth.
Yes, I made a few trips to NYC while Rudy was still in charge. It was quite amazing at 1 am to see people walking their dogs and chatting with their neighbors.
He nailed it with “One broken window.”