People are in fucking pain, and when the dems were in, it just didn't let up, Obama's fault or not. So now they're reaching for anything else and don't even care if the new choice makes no sense. Many will try anything different to get rid of the pain.
The statistics? Nobody gives two fucks about the statistics or the data. Depression, recession, recovery, big fucking deal. All they can feel is their pain and just need it to go away.
And it's still there or worse.