Reply #1: To be fair [View All]

[ikri]

Most of the centre-right parties in Europe are closer to the Democrats than they are to Republicans.

It's also worth noting that these parties aren't usually winning out right, they're winning the most votes but not enough to form governments on their own. Additionally, the traditional centre-left parties like Labour in the UK have lost support because they've adopted the neo-liberal economic policies of the right.

There isn't a huge shift to the right, more that the traditional centre-left parties have abandoned their core supporters and those supporters are now reacting in kind.