Because Labour voters like him. It's not rocket science.
Look, I'm deeply conflicted on the guy myself, but the establishment dismisses his political talent at its own peril.
He really is the left's Trump in every way, including his coarse populist appeal. But that always comes at the cost of independent voters.
I was genuinely scared he could take power for a while, but his embrace of Brexit and his unwillingness to help the cause of a second referendum is really going to hurt him in an election. He's not the clear alternative he needs to be anymore.