Are you sure you know what the word “popular” means? Because it doesn’t mean “overwhelmingly popular” or “most popular”. Red Hot Chili Peppers is a popular band, but they aren’t beloved by over 50% of the population, for example. The iPhone is a popular phone, but it doesn’t have 51%+ of the market for cel phones.
Popular doesn’t mean “most people support it”, it just means a lot of people support it.