Not contesting high numbers now, but this article is daatedJan 13 2021.

Not necessarily. The Barnier government has tolerated the far right so much that he’s going to actually slip into it. Provided the Left pulls together it has a good chance of making its point, but without centrist havering about workers’ rights, social security, wealth taxes, international justice.

How about a Google Earth Street View for the past :D ... (Hey I can dream).

I would generally use 'socialist' for 'left' (although even that is a concession to Americanisms, the majority of the French PS being hardly what I mean).

Does this include people who don't define their politics in American terms?

Well, maybe I misread Nate and all his definitions, but my impression is that what he's saying is that this is NOT (yet) a left-wing space. And that he wishes it was, maybe ... So do i.

I'd say tweet. After all, the little birds in the blue sky tweet, and we hear them... (Given the birds that come over here, mind, maybe 'honk' would be more appropriate!)