Each of the major political parties focuses on different aspects of the Constitution as most important. In the Preamble to the Constitution, there are five goals (values) of the US government: "establish Justice, to ensure domestic Tranquility, to provide for the common Defense, to promote the general Welfare, and secure the blessings of Liberty"
Conservatives think the most important are "to ensure domestic Tranquility" (meaning to promote conformity with 'traditional' ways) and to "provide for the Common Defense". Most conservatives are Republicans, who (nowadays) want group rights (conformity with 'traditional' values) and a large government to ensure domestic tranquility (by enforcing those conservative majority beliefs). Moderate republicans (originally called fiscal conservatives) want a small government, just large enough to provide for the common Defense.
Liberals think it's more important to "promote the general Welfare, and ensure the blessings of Liberty". Most liberals are Democrats, who want individual rights and a large government to promote the general welfare. Moderate democrats don't want a lot of wasteful spending, and want to achieve their goals without causing too many problems. Democrats do have a Conservative wing, which focuses on better ethical leadership and greater protection for both groups and individuals. The main difference is that conservative democrats still don't believe in enforcing their views on the minority, even if their own personal choices would be the same as what conservative republicans would make.
The concept of promoting Justice is important to both camps, but their idea of justice differs. Most camps of the liberal parties believe ensuring Justice requires favoring defendants, preferring the guilty to go free rather than sending the innocent to prison. Republicans and conservatives believe the promoting Justice requires being harsh to those accused, even if that occasionally inflicts sentences on the innocent.
Interestingly, the spectrum is not linear, and has more than one dimension. There are other political parties who focus on different combinations of those values. For example, Libertarians want a small government (no wasteful spending) and very little Welfare (few if any entitlements), but strong on Defense. Libertarians also want lots of protection for individual civil rights, to secure the blessings of Liberty. They feel that Tranquility will take care of itself, and doesn’t need government enforcement of morality. As such, they are moderate about most issues, except for being adamant that the majority should not impose its beliefs on the minority, as part of their way to promote Justice.
So, it basically comes down to which sets of Constitutional values each group thinks are most important.
2006-08-31 04:14:58
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answered by coragryph 7
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enable's see Conservatives, republicans, precise wing and now also democrats are professional huge organization, professional company u . s . of america. they position self belief in low taxes no authorities move funds ex; unemployment coverage, welfare, disability, pensions ya ta , ya ta. in addition they lay declare to hating huge authorities yet their very reason behind being it type of feels is to enhance. also i encounter this team on the hypocrite facet because they understand darn properly that in case you eliminated each move price, heck triple each then scrap all of them. the authorities would not observe. would not make a dent contained in the debt or something else, yet they do own all the media so that they get to direct your interest, and what yo divert your interest from ex; the actual welfare is going to personal organizations that live to inform the tale on our tax money. authorities welfare like Haliburton's. Lockheed Martin. properly lets placed it this kind 498 of the right fortune 500 will be bankrupt with out our hand outs. democrats were traditionally the get mutually for the detrimental and dealing classification. They were meant to be those from conserving those organizations from operating amok's and influencing congress. making particular operating American's were given a honest shake, make regulations about outsourcing most of the artwork stress, controlling the boarders and implementing human rights even as coping with workers etc. , yet they have jumped deliver and at the on the spot are in ordinary terms the different facet of a similar coin i wager you could call the Republicrat get mutually. Left wing can determination from a communist to someone who in ordinary terms needs some social justice. i imagine a thorough is everybody that voices an oppinion outdoors the authentic excpted norm...Mary
2016-12-06 01:09:15
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answered by Anonymous
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Conservative= Good
Liberal= Evil
Right= The Force
Left= The Dark Force
Republican=The Shizzle
Democrat=The Fizzle
2006-08-31 04:26:07
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answered by Huevos Rancheros 6
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The question here is actually a bit loaded because what we used to consider 'conservative' is now considered Liberal and what we used to consider right wing extremisim is now considered middle of the road conservatism. With that in mind the right wing want to have a system designed to benefit only the extremely wealthy (extremely wealthy) while the left wants a system that benefits the middle class and poorer class.
2006-08-31 04:19:42
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answered by Anonymous
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The way I see it is, The Conservatives do what they as they are told and are told what to believe. They don't like change, and will hang in there even when it is all falling apart.
Liberals think for themselves and form thier own opinions.....Don't like being told how to think and what to do.
2006-08-31 04:20:57
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answered by MrsMike 4
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