Crack Smoking Toronto Mayor's Approval Ratings Go Up (VIDEO)

Toronto's Mayor Rob Ford has had a rough week dealing with the fallout from his admission to using crack plus another new video surfacing of him going on a rant wanting to murder someone.

But his new poll numbers are out, and it turns out voters have given him higher marks in his approval rating.

So what's behind the popularity of flawed politicians.

RT's Sam Sacks takes a closer look.