I didn't know a thing about politics when I read Bloom County as a kid, but as I got older & recalled strips like this, I thought Berkely was rather right leaning because at no point in the strips did a left-leaning-representation ever come out looking anything other than silly.
I know *now* that he's as left leaning as they come but he always made the right seem a lot more sensible & sane in the comics.
Now, if you'll pardon me, I have to set a trap. Where did I leave that pile of The Village Voice magazines?