Hunter: Christian Democratic parites in Europe are in part a product of proportional representation, which tends to sharpen the divides within political coalitions. Christian Democrats generally ally with smaller laissez-faire parties (Liberals, Free Democrats, etc.), just as the union-based Socialist parties ally with the technocratic-lefty Green parties. The American electoral system makes that sort of thing less likely.
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