I recall that most of my centrist Republican friends and more "conservative" liberal friends actually thought he was a run-of-the-mill sex pest. Most of those folks have such a cynical view of the folks in power that misogyny seems to be "normal".
I mean, the DNC keeps having Bill Clinton speak at stuff, so clearly they are okay with that kind of behavior.
My understanding is that that massive column at the center of "real (tm) adult US politics)" didn't think either of those guys were doing the truely horrific things pointed to in the Epstein documents.
As a person who has paid a lot of attention to these attitudes over the last 20 years, reun of the mill Democrats thinking DT is a pedophile is something that didn't start until after Nov 2024 and most of the GOP folks I know (because I have fewer friends among that caste every year) still think he's just a "normal" sex pest and not, like, raping 11-year-olds (which I think is closer to the truth).