[casept]

When was the democratic party ever truly "left"?

My impression of them is that they were arguably mildly SocDem in the past, and then turned into (neo)liberals in the 90's. Liberals are not leftists.

[marcus_holmes]

Same as the Labour party in the UK, and the Labor party in Australia. While the politicians might be socialist, the parties are definitely centre-left neo-liberal.