I always remember the scene in Narcos where they were fixing an election. By gaming the results and announcing them from one early reporting area, they hoped to discourage voters from participating in later reporting districts. This is the same game. 

 Fact 

 If you think about it, it is true. If you were popular to 1 person and you now are popular with 2, you had an increase of 100% in popularity… 🙃