And a lot of European countries have no issue with Russia, but see America as the bigger threat to world peace.
So? Which 'side' you pick is mostly a matter of national identity and how your personal views on world peace align with the military industrial complex of your own personal nation state. A lot of Europe is really sick of America's shit and want them to leave, too.
Germans would like to have their country back and kick NATO out. Serbians, Hungarians, Slovakians, Czechians, Slovenians .. even my colleagues in Kosovo are sick of Americas' shit. The reason is, they don't live behind an iron curtain of censorship of America's crimes against humanity, as most Americans/Western Europeans do.
There are two major parties in Germany who oppose NATO membership: The far-right AfD and the left to far-left Linke. They have less than 20% of the national vote together. In 2019 there were 54% of Germans in favor of the NATO membership and 13% opposed it. [1]
Can't talk for the other countries, but given that you have no sources other than "I heard someone say that", I'm not inclined to believe it.
Besides the media, who else do you think could be relied on to gain an opinion on this issue? My German friends and associates - I don't know a single German, after 15 years of living in and around Germany and Austria, who wants US bases in Germany any more - in fact the majority of 'common people' that I know, want the USA to remove all of their bases from Europe, take their war machines, and go home.
From outside the American media bubble, it is quite clear to see which nation is committing the majority of crimes against humanity and war crimes today, and they don't speak Russian. They commit these crimes like cowards, hiding in Arizona strip malls, remotely controlling their death robots and raining hell and fury down on utterly innocent people, every single day. Germans know this and care. Americans either don't know about it, or don't care - or both.
I think the fact that the parties that are in favor of leaving NATO have very little political relevance speaks for itself.
And my anecdotal evidence after living my entire live in Germany is, that most people just don't care, and even the people that care and like NATO outnumber the ones that hate them. It's just my experience though.
And if you're so deep into conspiracies, that your only explanation is that "the media" faked the poll (and possibly even the election, wtf) then I don't think there is any value in continuing this discussion.
I have multiple work colleagues in Slovakia, a stones throw away from me, who are very definitely against NATO bases expanding into eastern/central Europe.
I suggest you ask your relatives how they feel about NATO encroaching further and further towards Russias' borders, and what do they think about the recent NATO exercise that flew armed nuclear missiles within 20km's of Russias borders. If the tables were turned, Americans would be having kittens - but somehow, Russians are supposed to take these threats lightly?
NATO is a defensive alliance. A country can join or leave NATO alliance. Nobody forces a country to join alliance. The higher threat RF creates for others, the more other countries are wanting to join an alliance to get protection from RF threats.
I highly suspect that your colleagues in Slovakia are invented.
NATO is a military alliance, and it is therefore even more dangerous to have it flying armed nuclear weapons close to Russia's borders than if it were an individual country doing it.
NATO is the threat that Russia is responding to by buffering its borders and protecting its nuclear-armed naval base on Crimea. Its not Russia putting American bombs within strike distance - its the USA and its criminal NATO partners.
So? Which 'side' you pick is mostly a matter of national identity and how your personal views on world peace align with the military industrial complex of your own personal nation state. A lot of Europe is really sick of America's shit and want them to leave, too.