25 years ago, if someone had polled all voters and asked the question "Would you vote for a convicted felon who hasn't yet served their sentence, to the office of president of the United States?", the percentage of people voting "no" would be well above 90%, and even the "it depends" contingent would be extremely small. And for most people, the actual response would likely be "i'm not clinically insane, so, no."
And yet, we have nearly half of the country who seem ready, willing and able to jump off that cliff.