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I don't believe that there really are big differences between parties for the most part. Most political parties are espousing a "common theme" designed to get the elected, to run too far from what most people consider acceptable puts you as a fringe party at the outset.
Most governments don't do a lot different, (UKer here), they make some tax cuts, some increases, wave some flags and cut some deals but at the end of the day most decisions are pretty moderate and bland... you don't see a government limiting the dole (unemployment money, paid basically forever if you "look" for jobs, equivalent to minimum wage essentially, opens up a lot of Government schemes) or stopping people riding the system (21 year old single mother, 3 kids 3 fathers, no job, no stable relationship, never looked for a job living on the dole... [one of my friends is the father, offered to marry... this is apparently better], gets a 4 bedroom council house for free (and skipped the queue) - different fathers = separate rooms).
Governments attempt to stay in power, to do so requires moderation for the most part unless you have a massive swing (say the BNP getting into power in Britain (far right, Britain for the British (WASPs basically not people of non WASP ethinicity born here)).
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