Old-School Social Democrat (In the tradition of Hansson, Erlander, Gaitskell, Schmidt, Drees etc. as well as SDUSA, my only reservation in this regards is that I generally prefer the German model of health-care over single-payer)
American Paleoliberal (The best descriptor in an American context, indicating the mainstream current of New Deal liberalism from 1932 to the 1970s as represented by FDR, Truman, Humphrey, Scoop Jackson, and the like. Not to be confused with Third Way social liberalism of Clinton and Obama or the Progressivism of Bernie Sanders and the activsts, both of which I have significant disagreements with although they are certainly vastly preferable to the American brands of “conservatism”)
Left-wing Christian Democrat (Again a largely extinct brand of politics, although I’m far more unhesitant about the social market economic model than full social democracy. Best represented by the German CDU/CSU of 1949 to the early 1970s)
Issues:
Republican (In the small “r” sense although I’m not very dogmatic about this)
Neo-Keynesian (On economics)
Liberal Internationalist (On foreign policy)
Labour Zionist
Anthropocentric Environmentalist (The main goal of environmentalism should be the interests of humanity not of some random species of salmon due to which we cannot build hydroelectric dams or whatever)
Culturally Traditionalist (Doesn’t mean I support crude state-based “solutions” to victimless crimes like pornography, fornication, divorce etc. but the Western tradition is something worth upholding and assimilating our immigrants to. Multiculturalism is obvious folly)
Liberal Feminist (Focus on the big issues such as sexual assault, spousal abuse, female genital mutilation at home and abroad etc. not on “sexism in video games” or whatever, also pro-life)
The more I read about HHH, the more am I impressed by the sheer decency and sincerity of the man who called for the politics of joy, not of fear as well as my more or less complete agreement with him on the issues.
I refer to myself as “Christian Socialist” on Facebook, though market-based Social Democrat (the NEP of the early Soviet Union always fascinated me, even when I was a moderate Republican) works as well.
Although in US politics, I’m far more of a pragmatic Democrat (ie, Hillary Clinton for President because she can win and folks like Warren or O’Malley should be effecting change in Congress where they can do more good, esp if the Congress is GOP led).
Since the U.S. has no tradition of social democracy, I’m not as familiar with the ideas behind it as a European would be. But from what I’ve read - which of course may be inaccurate - that sounds like the label that best describes me.
In practical politics, I’m a staunch Democrat, of the Russ Feingold/Elizabeth Warren progressive wing. (Although I totes agree with ISiddiqui that Warren needs to stay in the Senate for a couple of terms and fight the good fight there.)
I’m a liberal and a feminist, labels I proudly own.
I’m also a Democrat, but that’s more out of necessity than conviction. Over time I have been a registered Republican and a registered Independent, and in issues polls I come out most closely allied to the Green Party. I would support whatever party most closely aligned with my political positions, and at the moment, that’s the Democrats.
Social liberal. Not in the way that “socially liberal” is used to mean “supports gay marriage, pro-choice, etc.” - although I am also socially liberal in that sense. Rather in the sense that, to paraphrase Wikipedia, I believe in a market economy and in civil and political liberty, but also that the government has a role to play in issues like poverty, health care and education.
I’m progressive on social issues; moderate, more to the libertarian side, on fiscal ones. Until the Republicans get rid of the nutjob wing of their party, I can’t see myself voting anything but Democratic in elections.