What are the differences within and between the Democratic and Republican party?

Answer 1

Neddie:

Leaders and independent thinkers? If that were true, they might have picked a stance on the Iraq war before so many years had passed... or maybe, just maybe, disagreed with their constituents on principle once (yeah, principle, core values, real ideology, not idiology and flip-flopping).

The Democratic position on any issue:
Take a poll and find out.

Answer 2

Not much to tell you the truth. The most important and primary objective of both parties is to hold office and get as many seats as possible in Congress. Both parties will bend backwards to get voters. Presidents that get elected now know this and go for the moderate platform trying to get as many voters as possible in order to win office( primary objective). Both parties will say whatever it takes to win votes. Take a look at last couple presidential races and one can see that both candidates are very similar for they know if they lean to far one way they will be losing votes.

There are differences as well but not that extreme; Democrat and Republican are very broad terms. On average democrats are concerned with the welfare of the country and social programs which require lots of money and in turn usually results in higher taxes. Republicans are for spurring the economy by lowering taxes and cutting social programs that they see are a waste of tax payers money.

In the US party discipline is very lax so you will find conservative democrats and liberal republicans.

Answer 3

Republicans and Democrats?
Same thing in the long run.
I think the real difference used to be that Reps wanted small gov't so that the average taxpayer wouldn't have to pay for the lazy person, and Dems just will get votes from the lazies by promising them anything. But now they are pretty much the same.

Answer 4

Well Republicans represent mainly Big Buisness, Military people, religious groups. There thought process runs pretty much in the confines of discipline and class. Monetarily they believe in generating capital by letting big buisness increase profit margins at the cost of reducing benefits for the working class.

Democrates represents working and middle class. They are more diversified and open to changes at the cost of discipline and old values. They believe in raising the living standards of lower and middle class.

Usually both work in cycle. First Republicans come and generate money at the cost of increase cost of living and less benefits to middle and lower class. Then middle class gets upset and bring democrates who spend all money and raise living standard for all and reduce inflation. But since capital is not there jobs start getting down and people start feeling unsafe. Since they already have gained rise in living status in 4-8 years they are less concern about these things. For concern of weak economy due to lack of capital people bring republican back. And cycle keeps going on.

Answer 5

Geez, why do people ask questions that are too long to really answer here...

ok, short answer
alot in ideology
not much in practice

R's want to spend alot of money on their special interests and cut taxes, help big business, help the rich, cut off the poor

D's want to spend alot of money on their special interests and raise taxes, punish the rich and big business, help the poor

Both want power and keep it
Both will maintain the status quo
Both will increase the size of Government

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Republicans are natural born leaders, who can speak for themselves, and have actually gone allot further in the world.


Demorats are little whiners who are jealous of us repubs, because we come up with all the intelligent answers, and they just wish they could, but DONT have the brain capacity!

Answer 8

I know all this stuff because I invested my own efforts to learn. Hoo r u to think people owe u a written term paper on the internet???? I gotta go get some gnat spray.

Answer 9

In reality, no difference. Both want everyone to be as dependent on the government as possible.

Answer 10

The difference is the animals that represent them. Otherwise, they all lie, steal, and cheat just as much as any other politician.