Polls never mattered to Stalin. To Hitler. To Pol Pot.
It doesn't matter to a dictator.
In fact, he probably will find it even more enjoyable to be a ruthless dictator ruling over masses of people who he knows HATES HIM.
Can you imagine the “fun” of having complete control over the lives of your enemies, being able to send them to labor camps of death if they so much as look at you wrong?
Fun if you are evil. I believe Obama is evil.