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They're capitalists voting for a managerial conservative capitalist party. America's "left-wing" Democrats would be right-wing Christian Democrats or right-wing Liberals in the entire rest of the First World and large portions of the developing world, too.

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Does is matter what the rest of the world would call it? No. In America, Obama is certainly to the left.

Does is matter what the rest of the world would call it?

In the sense that I expect a larger sample size to give more accurate results, yes.

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