Which countries are most politically similar to the United States?

[mileslunn]

I would say Canada, but Canada is a lot more left wing than US and right only wins here sometimes due to splits on left.  Still left in Canada very much uses GOP as foil why one should not vote Conservative while Conservatives struggle between appealing to base who want Canada to be more like US and swing voters who do not.  Never mind many cultural wars here on the left originate in US.  Trudeau's first promise was to tax the top 1% more and that came straight out of Occupy Wall Street which is in US, not something organic in Canada.  Even on gun bans, much of that was to avoid mass shootings US frequently has while on abortion and health care, Liberals love to point to GOP even though Conservatives here don't plan to ban abortion like GOP and favor universal health care unlike GOP.

In other countries policies debated more on their merit and little reference is made to US.