Let me be more clear. I don't know what kind of polls you're talking about - but when I talk about "consensus", it's not the same thing as majority support. Consensus is more about lack of stringent opposition. The important thing isn't the percentage of votes. You might have 70% of the vote, but if the remaining 30% are adamantly and persistently opposed - that's not really consensus. On the other hand you might only have 55% of the vote, but the most of the remaining 45% are ok with giving your guy a shot.
That's consensus, and in my view it's what our nation badly needs. One side or the other, preferably both, needs to set aside their culture war jihad and commit to governing the nation, rather than trying to change it.