On a side note we can all question, why is it called the left and right when right means right?  why didn't the left say hey we wanna be called the right   ?
or Democrat and Republican?   democrat sounds mean and like a shitty word  and republican sounds happy and patriotic  again who thought of these things


To clear it all up Im not highly educated and admit that, I came from poor white trash as some would say, However Im 36 and outright own my home and business and will reteire by the time Im 50, I work for a living not vote. Been working since I was 12 and voting since I was 25 and was able to see the storm

I am not here to educate anyone, but here is an answer for your question:
The left-right terms come from the french revolution, where the supporters of the monarchy seated themselves to the right and supporters of the revolution seated themselves to the left. So it has nothing to do with 'right' as in 'correct'.

The word democrat comes from ancient greek, where 'demos' means 'the people', and kratos means 'power' or 'rule'. So originally it just meant 'the rule of the people'.

cheers, have a good weekend!