Which US Political Party Do You Favor (International Poll)?

[Insidb]

sc94597 said:

Insidb said:

Having performed polls on the world views of both Donald Trump and Barack Obama, I am now looking to cross-reference them against the users' political identifications. Without this information, I think it's fair to say that those results lack context. As a point of clarification, even if you identify as "Independent," please choose which way you lean.

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). 

The poll options aren't parties, they are placements on an outdated political paridigm rooted in revolutionary France (most republicans and people today would be left-wing/moderate in said assembly - as absolutists don't exist in liberal societies.) Also what if I agree with neither on all of these issues? The bolded are what I like, while the rest I don't like. I also don't think Republicans represent the bolded well. Nor do I think Democrats are bastions of their bolded.

Anyway I'd choose the Libertarian Party if I were to choose a party. I generally don't like parties though, and even find the Libertarian Party to be quite weak on many issues and distorted due to politics.

These are the issues they campaign on, purport themselves to represent, and that grab the support of uninformed voters. An honest assessment of the parties would find them to be exactly as you state they are; they represent overlapping agendas that are not reprsentative of the populace. My intent is just to discern leanings of the forum users, so I can normalize the Trump/Obama polls. We are largely in agreement and most likely share similar concerns about the political system, but I wanted to properly contextualize this poll.