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I think the thing is that regardless of whether or not you dislike Jim as a person; Linda has been the one aggressively bitching about him. He's not innocent in all of this but it's clear that Linda is the one with the problem with Jim, and whether that's justifiable or not, it's meant that Jim has picked up support for being on the receiving end of Linda's bitching whereas Linda only really has people on her side because they think Jim is horrible, but not many of these people actually rate Linda as a housemate and would vote for her if she were up for eviction; whereas Jim has gained support because Linda's been going for him and people like the way he's been responding to it.