novalis comments on 2012 Less Wrong Census Survey: Call For Critiques/Questions - Less Wrong

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Comment author: novalis 19 October 2012 05:40:56PM 2 points [-]

Aren't those basically their countries right of center parties?

In the Netherlands, the CDA is more center-right (with VVD and PVV being considered on the right). Even when Christan Democrats are considered right-wing, that means supporting a different set of policies than US Republicans or UK Tories. The leader of PVV is openly gay; no openly gay Republican has ever held national office. The cluster "traditional values, low taxes, low redistribution of wealth" just doesn't describe these parties very well.

I'm not super-versed in European politics, so I could be totally wrong here.