> Half the country and probably most of their social circle. I doubt the latter part ("most of their social circle"). I believe many people have some very idio

> Half the country and probably most of their social circle. I doubt the latter part ("most of their social circle"). I believe many people have some very idiosyncratic (also political) opinions that are so far-off from mainstream that one only voiced them once in their social circle and got really strange reactions. This (and this is the essence of the first part of your claim) does not imply that there don't exist many people in the country that do/might share this opinion - just (rather) not in your social circle.