Quote Originally Posted by Randarkmaan
I've often wondered how are the democrats left, they're liberals mostly aren't they? As far as I know liberalism is most often center or center-right...
In US, the term liberalism has evolved to mean something completely else.

When a European says liberal, he means: free market, investment friendly policies, limited social security, neutral or supportive of gay rights, abortion etc.

The last one is the only thing they have in common with "liberals" in the US, who have a reputation of supporting increases on social security and higher taxes.