Found this graph online for anyone who might still be confused. I think this makes it much more clear.

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    3 days ago

    He stopped a rail worker strike for safer working conditions, then six moths latter there was a massive derailment and an environmental catastrophe in Ohio. You would call that left?

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      Biden was a pro-business Blue. I’d put him a couple steps left of center for his green energy initiatives though.

      I think politics is a bit of a spectrum in reality, so not everything politicians do fit nicely on a left/red bar chart when we’re trying to talk about where they stand.

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        All his green initiatives were catering to private business though. Tax breaks and subsidies with little conditional restraints. If you want left wing green energy initiatives, look at how China does it.