US with French parties

[Nichlemn]

Solid analysis, but I'm having a hard time seeing how the right in France wouldn't just crush in the US, given the latter's conservatism. Considering that Obama won 53% in the US but opinion polls had him 80%+ in France, we could possibly extrapolate from that that the converse is true, that conservative French candidates would do vastly better in the US. On the other hand, it's possible that Obama's high worldwide support stemmed considerably less from the relatively leftist leanings than an image of multilateralism that appeals to foreigners. Would that make up that much of the gap though?

An analysis of the US with British parties would be interesting as well. As would an election being purely hypothetical parties who focus almost entirely on economic issues (as is usually the case in New Zealand).