Once you are in of rice, character plays no role. It helps to be physically attractive and charismatic, but is not essential. Your ratings will increase as long as voters perceive you are a friend to popular issues. However, fame is tenuous. Charges of sexual harassment nearly destroyed Judge Thomas, a conservative, but enhanced President Clinton, a liberal.
Character is nothing in politics, but timing is everything.
If you are new to the voters, present yourself as a fresh voice, unsullied by a corrupt system. Let the voter see you as a candidate of integrity, a visionary, a revolutionary, a patriot. Do not be concerned about your past. All obstacles can be overcome. Arrogance, not hypocrisy, is an enemy.