What's the difference between Democrats & Republicans?

Answer 1

Democrats: liberal political party; believe that the people should have the final decision in what goes on in the government.

Republicans: conservative political party; believe that people are not capable of making good decisions and that they need people to represent them in a central government.

Answer 2

I am a republican and my best friend is a democrat. After much arguing we have come to this conclusion. Republicans and Democrats both want the same thing but they have different ideas on how to achieve it. We both want to live our lives, more money to spend, a safe country, less poverty and basic happiness. But Republicans believe in smaller government, less taxes and are pro- military. Democrats want less military and more public assistance.

Answer 3

The difference between Democrats and Republicans grows smaller with each passing day. Both parties have obviously resigned themselves to the fact that government is going to grow; the only quarrel is over how fast it should grow and which party should be in charge of that growth.


Simply put politics is who gets what,when and where.........vote in respect to that

Answer 4

In general their belief system about issues and events, morals and values. Specifically, there are too many differences to answer in this format. However, there are conservative Democrats and liberal Republicans, so you can't necessarily judge a book by it's cover alone.

Answer 5

Democrats are idiots and Republicans are morons. Always expect a smart @ss answer with this question. It's asked thirty times a day.

Answer 6

In a Democracy, the government plans for something, then lets the citizens vote on things. Not so in a Republican run country, wherein the government plans what they want, usually to benefit themselves and the corporations who help finance their campaigns, then do it, without letting us have any say over what's being done. Lockheed Martin, the biggest government contractor in the world, and the biggest weapons dealer to the government, funneled millions into Bushes campaign, largely through dummy corporations. Lockheed Martins C.E.O. is Norman Augustine, in case you wanted to know.

Answer 7

Republican's start businesses and Democrats get jobs there... then they complain about having to work for them.

Answer 8

The basic difference is that Republicans follow a conservative philosophy and Democrats follow a liberal philosophy.

A liberal would say that a proper role for government is to regulate and oversee the economy. Liberals say it's proper for government to ensure that companies do the right thing (such as pay minimum wages), and to ensure that people act responsibly in their finances (such as requiring contributions to retirement savings).

A conservative would say that a proper role for government is to regulate and oversee morality. Conservatives say it's proper for government to ensure that people are punished for immoral acts (such as taking drugs), and that people act appropriately in their marriages (such as banning homosexual marriage).

A libertarian would say that neither of those is a proper role for government. Libertarians say that the only proper role is to maintain an army for defense against invasion, to maintain a court system for ensuring justice, and other constitutionally defined roles.

A populist would say that both economic and moral intervention are proper roles for government.

Some people classify libertarians as conservatives and some classify populists as liberals. Those definitions fall apart when libertarians talk about moral issues like abortion (pro-choice) or drugs (pro-legalization).

Ralph Nader and Pat Buchanan both consider themselves "populists," but the press usually classifies Nader as liberal and Buchanan as conservative. Yet they agree entirely on their most important issue, opposing free trade and globalization.

The problem with a one-dimensional definition like liberal and conservative is that it doesn't define well political reality. The two-dimensional definition is better.

Answer 9

Democrats support voting (democracy) and republicans support a president does everything

Answer 10

Democrats actually try to improve the economy while republicans try to convince you that you should pay more taxes so they can vote themselves a raise.