"US election: How left-wing is the Democratic field?"- BBC News

[GreenPartyVoter]

The US Democratic party is undergoing something of an identity crisis as it debates what direction to take ahead of the looming battle with President Donald Trump, a Republican, in November. A tension between the so-called progressive wing of the party, led by Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, and the moderates like Joe Biden, Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg is dominating the primary elections.

Let's break it down by issues and compare the current field to figures in history and leading politicians outside the US.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51470131

[democratisphere]

1. The ONLY kind of extreme wings I like are HOT Buffalo Style.

Any other kind are nothing but trouble.

[Magoo48]

2. There are no left wing candidates.

We have two relatively progressive candidates who are reasonably left of the other quite moderate centrists.

[democratisphere]

3. That depends on your perspective of reality.

[JackInGreen]

4. Only in America

Is public Healthcare, getting money out of elections and rebalancing the public accounts away from oligarchy 'extreme left'

[mysteryowl]

6. Well said. We need to get to back to caring for the majority of citizens.

[Magoo48]

10. Yup

[ramen]

8. It depends on your global or local perspective, mostly.

Far left policies in a global sense are not even whisperedly considered in this country. We do not have a far left in politics here, in global terms.

[ananda]

5. It's mostly center-right except for Sanders...

... who is center-left.

[whathehell]

9. Elizabeth Warren is hardly "center-right"

She's much closer to Bernie than any of the other candidates.

[Magoo48]

11. That's the way I see it.

[mysteryowl]

7. Very interesting match up. Thanks for the post.

I think at this point we do need more independent reporting to get at the truth, such as this.

[GreenPartyVoter]

12. And it's interesting getting international views!

[mysteryowl]

13. Back at ya!