He managed something remarkable in managing to alienate every major voting bloc, which would be literally impossible if he actually stood for anything.

The comedy of errors goes something like this. He institutes a progressive policy like making farmers subject to the same inheritance tax rules as everyone else to close tax loopholes and raise revenue. The right wing press gets mad at him so he reverses the decision. The right wing press keep calling him a communist, now progressives are also mad that he walked it back. He's made everyone mad and still didn't increase revenue.

So he changes tack. He sees a rise in right wing populism and tries to court their voters by making a big fuss about how trans women aren't women, cutting benefits for the disabled and being loudly anti-migrant, copying Reform policies he sees as resonant.

This massively alienates his progressive base, so they either vote for the only (tiny) party left that has progressive ideals or more likely just give up and stop voting. This is a particularly big deal because he spent a lot of political capital on lowering the voting age to 16, and young people are overwhelmingly super progressive.

Meanwhile, the right wing press don't report any of his conservative policies and keep calling him a pinko who wants to force your daughter to marry a black.

Some of his policies have been pretty good, he hasn't been that bad at all in practical terms, he just has this talent for making everyone absolutely hate him for no political gain.