Is he really that popular?
Keeps winning elections
shareI know someone who thinks he's a total doll
*cough*trump*cough*
That is the big question. He wins elections, but are they fair? Not even the United States has free, fair, and transparent elections now, so no reason to think Russia does. He has very high approval ratings (see below), but are they legitimate, or are they rigged push polls? We don't know.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/896181/putin-approval-rating-russia/