I don't think Elena has few fans at all. Quite the opposite. I've come across more Elena's fans than haters in this fandom. By far.
In this forum we (haters) seem to be more, but that's not true even to this site. It's a Spoilers Thread reality - most posters here either hate her or don't care about her, but I'd say she has more fans than haters in
and other places I've seen