No, it never occurred to me.
May I give some gentle constructive criticism? If you are going to support him, it would be helpful to spell his name correctly. You got it wrong three our of four tries. I guess that speaks to how irrelevant he has become.
re: “Akins will win.” Someone named Akins, who is not even on the ballot, has an equal chance of winning as does Akin.
If it never occurred to you , why not. It's the only thing that explains what's going on imo.