I think you are right about it being a class thing. I work with white collar professionals overseas and all are very very anti Trump. They're vocal about it.
My local friends that are more working class are also not fans of Trump, but it is more of a curiosity for them than hate. They say they wouldn't vote for him themselves, but they get why Americans would.
But I'm not sure about your 80-20 pro-Trump estimate. I haven't experienced anything like that anywhere (except Central Russia in 2016 haha!).

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Posted by Pettifogger

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Posted on 1/13/20 at 12:03 pm to Spirit of Dunson

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But I'm not sure about your 80-20 pro-Trump estimate. I haven't experienced anything like that anywhere (except Central Russia in 2016 haha!).

That's just a breakdown of our experience. I'm not really looking to get into political debates when traveling, in large part because I assume it'll be mostly negative if I do. So it's more about who baits us into it, and those people are predominately either cab drivers and the like, or people we're spending hours with (tour guides, drivers, train companions, etc.). Most of those people (but not all) have leaned "pro." I think curiosity is the right word, but I tend to treat those as "pro" because the anti-Trump folks are so resolute.

It's as if have questions about why something Trump says/does makes sense to them personally, but in their media and their country, everything is almost universally portrayed as negative and they don't get a chance to explore it. It's like they're excited to finally talk to someone openly who will discuss it from a fairly pro-Trump perspective.

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