Enough with the "anglosphere turns right" rubbish!

Since Tony Abbott's victory in the Australian federal elections I've seen numerous right wingers on Twitter boasting about how four of the five main English speaking countries have centre right leaders:

Australia: Abbott (Liberal/National Coalition)

Canada: Harper (Conservative)

New Zealand: Key (National)

United Kingdom: Cameron (Conservative)

United States: Obama (Democrat)

The problem with this though is that right wing / left wing is entirely relative. Centre right in Britain is probably less right wing than the equivalent in Australia or the United States. Obamas signature healthcare reform is more right wing than any mainstream Conservative could advocate in Britain and acceptable Australian rhetoric on immigration would (rightly) be decried as racist if any mainstream British politician spoke in the same way. 

But the other problem is that it implies that Obama is the strange outlier, the deviation from the norm. 

This always makes me laugh because here are the vote totals for each of the leaders mentioned above:

Australia: Abbott (5,274,954 after 2nd preferences allocated)

Canada: Harper (5,832,401)

New Zealand: Key (1,058,638)

United Kingdom: Cameron (10,703,654)

United States: Obama (65,915,796)

Any of those stand out particularly? Not all "anglosphere" leaders are created equal I suppose. 

(Totals from Wikipedia)