There was a good segment on Last Week Tonight several weeks back. The choice was between a guy who was part of the original problem and promised no changes or this guy. People knew more of the same wasn't going to work so they took a gamble and hoped that the crazy guy would stumble onto something.
Upholding the status quo increases the desirability of "not like the other guys". Politicians who campaign on hope and change only to deliver more of the same are equally culpable.
Yep, they're part of the reason we can't have nice things. The people who keep them unnecessarily busy, stressed, and ignorant are the biggest part. But they help still. Not understanding candidates or platforms.
But Viktor has been the "other guys" for over a decade now, but thanks to eliminating two-round, minimum-turnout elections and gerrymandering, he's been virtually uncontested and can spin everything whichever way he wants. The Fidesz of 2010 is very different than what the Fidesz of 1998 was.
In the now Fidesz controlled media, he still is. If something goes wrong, it's either foreign or opposition party interference, if they don't cover it up with other controversies (like the Gábor Kaleta incident with the cHIld ProTeCtiOn act).