The only politician “worship” that I have ever seen is with Obama, and something just short of it with Ron Paul, but the Paul cult does not see him as a deity, they just are obsessed with a guy running for president, that could never stand a chance of being a Governor, or even a Senator.
You need to peruse the Ron Paul Forums occasionally, then.
Comments like “only” Ron Paul can “save us now” are worshipful.
While not all purists are worshipful, there tends to be a lot of it among their ranks as well. They decide what is perfect in their eyes and only ONE candidate will do. And if that candidate doesn’t get the nomination, they either won’t vote or they’ll write the candidate’s name in.
It’s rampant.
There are a couple in the current field I flat-out will not vote for. Mitt Romney is the main one. The other two are non-starters and have no chance of getting the nomination.
But the rest of them are all still under review as far as I’m concerned and will remain so throughout the primary campaign season.
However, none of them are perfect and none match my idealogy exactly. People who expect that are not living in reality and tend to hold their selected candidate in a worshipful gaze.