I wish this was just a Republican thing, or that people abroad perceived it as such but the reality is that people around the world no longer care about this Democrat - Republican split.
No one outside of America cares a Republican party started this shit. They care that this shit was started at all, because it means that the American system is out of control.
No one outside of America cares ifyou're a democrat or a republican. They just see you as American. And they see America as the source of so many of the world's problems.
Which means they see you as the source of those problems.