Jussi-Ville Heiskanen wrote
Sysophood is already too often withheld
from unpopular users (/users holding unpopular views).
Hang on - I haven't observed enough of the process to contradict this statement; but why have votes if you don't want to expose people as 'unpopular'? A recent VfA candidate had written some remarkably silly things about British spelling on a talk page - I didn't vote either way, and in the end it didn't matter, but this wasn't 'holding unpopular views' so much as not giving a damn about opinions of a 'minority'. People who wear their opinions as a badge of honour obviously do risk not being taken seriously for an admin job.
Charles