Actually, neither party is liberal in any real sense of the word.  Neither party embodies any particular sense of Christianity, either - at least, not at the national level. In any case, Christ was definitely a liberal, so read into that what you please. As for leftist, that is no more than a made up word so called conservatives use to denigrate anyone who doesn't agree with them, as if their conservative world view hasn't failed utterly whenever it it ended up in power.