I'm reminded of a situation years ago in little old New Zealand. Local council elections were approaching and in one of the counties on the outskirts of Auckland city, the sitting mayor was not the flavour of the month and his main opposition was not much better liked. A young tearaway who was a bit of a rebel and public nuisance threw his hat into the ring. Come election day and some of the voters thought they would give the mayor a fright by voting for the least likely candidate. When the counting was over, bless my soul if this young tearaway hadn't stolen the mayor's majority. It was a landslide victory. This fellow knew as much about council matters as I do about flying a UFO
BUT in the following election, he got the mayor's job again so he must have learnt pretty quickly.
He missed out on the next election but I heard that he then moved down to the South Island and picked up one of the mayor's jobs down there. So it just goes to show what power the disgruntled voter has.
