And might I add, that the 20 years of being start pupils of transition liberalism ended with economic collapse and crisis from 2005-2011 ended by... whom? And this has radically improved the living standards of Hungarians, and particularly outside of the city.
I remember sitting in 2010 on the Czech Slovak border and friends had returned from Hungary with 100 year old Tokaji that once would have gone for 200 Euro that they got a case of for that much because the crisis had basically hollowed out the value of the country. We talked about it. the Czech and Slovaks took it rather solemly after the second bottle. "I wouldn't want this to happen to our cultural treasures' they said. IT was a humiliation. Orban came in and turned it around and distributed generous family oriented benefits.
That's why 'Hate the O-man' strategy didn't work in Hungary but it could work in the US.
And he is winning. Fidesz vote share does nothing but increase, with election observers finding virtually no problems.