Jimbo1337 said:
Oh excuse me, he is a socialst, which is a lesser form of communism. SO much better! |
In an european election, he wouldn't even count as a left-wing candidate. He would probably be considered a center-right candidate, like most democrats would. At "worst" he would be a centrist, neither left- or right-wing.
The republicans, on the other hand, are a clear right wing party pretty far from center by european standards. So far in fact, that some of their "standards" (for lack of finding a better word)(big military, walling off mexico, jingoistic antics...) are seen by some as proto-faschist. While it's clear this ain't intended by the GOP, it's also understandable why around 90% of the people outside US hope for a democrat to win. This wasn't always the case, but in the last 20 years the republicans moved more and more to the right, and the more moderate figures growing increasingly silent.
