Indeed, the GOP (even the party mainstream at this point) is one of the farthest to the right parties in the world. (I mean, are fringe parties like UKIP, National Front and ADF even as far to the right as the GOP? They sure do hate immigrants, but are they opposed to the very idea of socialized medicine, for example?)
Meanwhile, the Democratic Party would be considered right of center in Europe, while the so-called “far left” (Democratic Socialists) get labeled as extremists within their own party in America, in spite of being just a bit left of center in international terms. Now that’s what I call…