He pulled the discourse of the presidential race to the left , but if Barack Obama is any indication she would have turned about face on all that as quick as he did . The right SCREAMS about how liberal Obama is but in truth he is center right , honestly most of his policies are ideas from the republican congress in the 90 ' s . We have MAYBE 10 true progressives in high government offices right now . The big issue is the way the Left and Right think , and why they vote the way they do . The right is all based on emotion , they can be swayed easily , fear is a POWERFUL factor with the right because of this . Feelings matter more than facts , if you can make someone feel something it means more than showing them anything . The left is very analytical , they want facts and try to weigh the pros and cons . The downside to this is that if left without any other option they will always choose the lesser evil and will follow that course . The right will draw a line in the sand and fight even if they are told its a bad idea , the left will move to try and find the best option even if its a bad one , as long as its not the worst they will go with it . This has put the Republicans into power because they can afford to play risky , because they can get their base to ignore facts , if they do something terrible but message it right they can get their base to still vote for them . If someone on the left does something terrible it suppresses the vote , and gives more power to the right .