It seems like most Americans view each problem as you ' re either prox or antix and choosing one makes you either a liberal or a conservative , with each of those being used as an insult by the other . And worse , there ' s not really a coherent philosophy behind either party . I ' m pronuclear power , proGMO , for market based mechanisms to combat climate change e . g . , tradable carbon emission permits , pro civil and voting rights enforcement , pro reproductive rights , pro civilian gun availability with regulation , technocratic and nonideological on most macroeconomic issues , internationalist in foreign policy issues , proimmigration but with significant reforms , for progressive taxation , pro singlepayer healthcare option . I end up voting for Democrats in most elections , but I don ' t really feel at home in the party .