let's do the math, there were 7 people in elections, while AFAIK one didnt provide too much info about himself. So even if only 1 person would be good enuf(not a fact, just an example) you still needed to get 4 more right? so it's obv that you had to choose the less of bad to collect other 4. Or let's put it as math question for children.

You have 7 fruits, 6 apples and 1 pear. Pear is tasty and sweet, while apples are not ready and bitter. You need to pick up 5 to make the most sweet salad you can. How many % of sweetness you can get?

Or like it was said, in Russia even after politics fixed the votes, they still had a lot of votes, as there were not that much options anyway. if you A is better than B it doesn't mean it suits right, it's just suit better than A =)