If they are sufficiently unpopular, the costs may greatly exceed the benefits (of re-election).
Farmers could become very unpopular if they appeared too eager to litigate and could become the focus of discontent.
To preach a keen interest in how architecture is actually made can be downright unpopular, especially within a school of architecture.
When citizens do not notice unpopular changes, politicians are freer to act.
Having the courage to take unpopular decisions was clearly not the way to reap electoral rewards.
Without a doubt, military rule is the most unpopular form of governance in these three countries.
Rather than face the repercussions of enforcing unpopular laws on them, they usually preferred to risk severe penalties for inaction and non-reporting.
History shows many examples of power remaining in the hands of unpopular ruling elites.
