NationStates Jolt Archive

Right, I'm going to list some major political parties from several countries, but feel free to suggest more parties as well as more countries (particularly the latter!). Basically, just say who you think you'd vote for if you lived in one of these countries...hypothetical thingie. Excuse any mistakes I make for other countries with these initial choices..

USA:

Republican Party: right-wing (rarely libertarian)
Democratic Party: center/center-left/center-right
Green Party: green
Libertarian Party: libertarian capitalist
Constitution: very conservative
Reform:

UK:

Conservative Party: centre-right to right-wing
Labour Party: centre-right to left
Liberal Democrats: centre to centre-left

Canada:

Liberal Party: liberal
Conservative Party: conservative
New Democratic Party: social democratic

Australia:

Democrats: left(ish)
Greens: green
Labor: center-left
Family First: social conservatives
Liberal: center-right neo-liberal
National: rural interests, conservative

Germany:

Christian Democratic Union: conservative, right of center
Christian Social Union: conservative, right of center
Social Democratic Party: social democrat, left of center
Free Democratic Party: free-market liberal
Left Party: socialist
Greens: green

Italy: (could use some help here)

Daisy-Democracy is Freedom: Christian democracy, centrism, liberalism
Left-Wing Democrats: social democrats
Forza Italia: liberalism, conservatism, populism
National Alliance: conservative
Communist Refoundation Party: eurocommunist

Israel:

Likud: conservatism, nationalism
Labour: Zionist moderate left-wing
Kadima: centrism
Shinui: secular Zionist free market liberal
Shas: moderate Zionist religious (???)
National Religious Party: Orthodox religious Zionist
National Union: right-wing
Hadash: far left, anti-Zionist
Balad: anti-Zionist, "a state for all"
United Arab List: nationalist Israeli Arabs
Yachad: social democrats
Gesher: ???

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Okay for me based loosely on these descriptions I got from the Internet...

America: Libertarian
UK: Lib Dems
Canada: Libertarian (not listed)/Conservative
Germany: Free Democratic
Australia: Liberal
Israel: Shinui

ooh. Not easy. This is going to be a rough guesstimate, since I'm not going to check out the policies of all these parties.

US: I'm not fond of either the GOP or the Dems, although I'd vote Dem before Republican. Put me down for Green if Nader runs for them again.

UK: Liberal Democrats

Canada: NDP, natch. ;)

Australia: none of the above - I'd probably go with a fringe party, or maybe Democrat (you know, so I can say that I have the word "Democrat" in every party I selected :P) or Green

Germany: Social Democratic Party, I guess. But I don't really know any of these parties very well

US:

Depends upon where I would be living, and who the local candidates are. So either Rep. or Dem.

UK:

No question. Tory. The family has been tory since it was first used as a slur.

Australia:

Liberal, I would imagine. But it would depend upon the specific circumstances &c.

Canada:

The Bloc apparently. But I suppose I would have to move to Quebec to do it.

Germany:

FDP i suppose. Agian I would imagine it would depend upon a whole range of variables.

Democrats: ???
The Democrats are a kind of left (-ish) civil rights party. They oppose things like anti-terror laws, but they're not as extreme as the Greens.

National: ???
The National Party is a party that stands for rural interests. Farmers and Miners and so on in Australia live far away from the cities, and therefore they require rather different political representation.
But since the National Party has entered a lasting coalition, it is always siding with the Liberal Party now - so you can cleanly put them on the "Conservatives" side.

Just a filler for the Australian parties. the Australian Democrats are very liberal and fairly far to the left (although not quite as far left as the Australian Greens), and are currently a spent force in Australian politics as more and more people who used to vote Democrat have started voting Green.

The Australian National Party are social and economic conservatives with a strong rural-interests platform, and they mainly represent country and outback seats rather than the big city. They're the smaller half of a longstanding and very stable coalition in all states and at the federal level with the Australian Liberal Party, and often have to compromise their "looking after the farmer" opinions in favour of the Liberal Party's economic rationalist approach.

USA: Democrats

UK: Liberal-democrats ( I am in the UK now and I support them)

Australia: Liberal

Canada: Liberal Party

Germany: CDU/FDP

lol it seems I am a liberal after all :p

America: Greens (or Democracts if Nader isn't running)
UK: Lib Dems
Canada: New Democratic Party
Australia: Green
Germany: Green
Israel: Kadima (I know Israel isn't listed but I would support Kadima if I lived there)

I wonder if we should muddy the waters a bit more by lettting people know that in Australia you can vote for more than one candidate :)

thanks for the info on the Australian politics, I've added that to the descriptions.

Add info on Israel!

Kadima all the way!

USA: Green Party

UK: Liberal Democrats

Canada: Tough to say...depends on the situation. But it'd probably be the Liberal Party.

Australia: Greens

Germany: Last time I went with the CDU...but I am a swing voter, I've got no fixed preferences.

In Israel it would be whatever leaves Palestine alone. Probably Labour, but we'll see whether Peres can pull Sharon further to the left.

I added Italy and Israel