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Vera is a social democrat. She believes in a strong, active government that should equalize relations between social classes, especially between employers and working people.

Social democrats tend to support a broad range of social programs like child care, health care, pensions, and education for all citizens. They tend to support working people in conflicts with employers and generally support training programs, unemployment benefits, long vacations, maternity leave, and other benefits for employees. The political base of social democratic parties has been in the working classes and parts of the middle and upper middle classes.