# What makes the Dem left "far left," "ultra-left," etc.?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-the-dem-left-far-left-ultra-left-etc/833051>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [April 25, 2019, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-the-dem-left-far-left-ultra-left-etc/833051 "2019-04-25T20:11:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-the-dem-left-far-left-ultra-left-etc/833051/81 "2019-04-29T18:13:32Z")

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> [@sps49sd](#):
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> You made an assertion. Where did you ‘show’ anything?

It only shows up if you look under a gaslight…

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**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-the-dem-left-far-left-ultra-left-etc/833051/82 "2019-04-29T19:49:47Z")

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> [@Oakminster](#):
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> What part of “I am not a Republican” are you having difficulty understanding?

I get the impression that you’re a NRINO. “Not a Republican in Name Only”.

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**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-the-dem-left-far-left-ultra-left-etc/833051/83 "2019-04-29T20:06:38Z")

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> [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](#):
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> I get the impression that you’re a NRINO. “Not a Republican in Name Only”.

Actually, that’s not quite fair. It seems by your statement of some policies you support that you are more a Libertarian.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-the-dem-left-far-left-ultra-left-etc/833051/84 "2019-04-29T20:42:15Z")

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In the last 10 or so years has there ever been a Democrat perceived as a front-runner that wasn’t labeled “far left”(or worse) by the Republicans?

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