Short answer: NO
Slightly longer answer: Yes, but not enough of one for it to matter.
The media and the rest of the corporate/government establishment have done a pretty good job convincing the average American that there is some huge difference between the right and the left, and that there are "far" left and right which are even more different.
In reality thought, left and right are still at about the same point on the other axis of the political spectrum. They are both authoritarian, meaning that they both want to use the force & coercion of government to force others into living how they want.
Sure, maybe one side wants to steal more of your money to pay for terrible schools, while another side wants to control what you can do with your own body. Maybe one side wants to limit people's choices to "protect the environment" while the other wants to steal your money to bomb people around the world "for freedom"... The simple fact is that as long as they (whichever "they" you're referring to) want to use force and coercion, they're part of the problem.
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