I fall in a similar camp. I think generally what we see as "slightly left leaning" ends up being "extreme left leaning" seen from the eyes of the US, as "cente

I fall in a similar camp. I think generally what we see as "slightly left leaning" ends up being "extreme left leaning" seen from the eyes of the US, as "center" politics in Europe would still be considered "left" in the US. Basically, the baseline of the entire country leans so far right, that anything outside of the right seems at least slightly "leftists" in US politics.