>So if you're almost certainly not going to get that verbal
>confirmation, what's left but your own intuition?

is stronger than the intuition of the average American citizen. There have been a few people who surprised me with their Trump support but most of those are co-workers I already didn't fuck with or facebook connections I barely know. Only 1 actual friend was a surprise MAGA dude, though to be fair I found that out from someone else.