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Crow · 4145 days ago · link · · parent · post: Politicians across the spectrum believe voters are vastly more rightwing than they are, even after elections prove otherwise
I really wonder if that's because Americans are constantly comparing themselves to their European, Canadian, and Australian cousins, and realizing that their political system leans quite far to the right compared to other developed western countries. I used to hear it said on cable news that "America is center-right". Perhaps that's true compared to, say, Sweden or Canada. But if you're measuring against the spectrum of beliefs found in our two-party system, it doesn't appear to be that way.