Left of center: means of production owned by the public.

Right of center: means of production owned by private companies.

Democrats and Republicans are both capitalists, they are right. What you may have been confused by is what the term liberal means to others. Liberalism at its core is government that leaves the people be while not trampling on the majorities will. It is intrinsically capitalistic as well. Locke… Franklin… whoever you really look at. France has a lot to look at there.

So in the U.S. we misuse the term to call democrats leftists, as leftists would view them as right of center. Center being the 0 point.