One side hates him because he tried to kill their god.
Another side hates him because he missed.
And another side hates him for attempting it in the first place because all it does is make an already very unstable political situation even worse no matter the outcome.
I mean, define "popular politician" / " unpopular politician." Does the fact that the media constantly shoves all these yahoos in our faces make these political figures popular? Unpopular? It's all corrupt and I hate every mention of ANY politician's names, while some people choose politicians to cheer for like it's a fekkin sports team.