there have been people in my country who, when confronted with the choice between voting for a candidate that promised to legalise same-sex civil union and a candidate that praised a dictator that was allied with nazi germany during world war 2 and said the west is putting microchips in soda, chose the latter

the second candidate was predicted to win before the election was cancelled (and later the candidate banned) due to russian connections

i have seen teachers talk about how great the current president of the united states is, the ruler of a country half a continent and an ocean away

Exactly what I said, good job on your reading comprehension.