Miguel_Zorro said:
Also that the two American political parties don't actually stand for many of the things that are listed. "For the purposes of this poll, "right," will mean favoring the US Republican Party (prioritize fiscal conservatism, religion, deregulation, and laissez-faire capitalism), and "left" will mean favoring the US Democratic Party (prioritize social welfare, secularism, regulation, and socialist/capitalist hybridized economic policies). " |
These are the core issues that they claim to represent and utilize to motivate their voter base. While you are right that they actually enact policies that are quite similar (taxation, budgets, military, etc.), these are the ideals that each side is defending/demonizing.
If you are not from the US, it must be something akin to viewing a circus, on LSD, through a kaleidoscope.