With all this discussion of the voting, a Brit like me gets slightly taken aback at the ferocity of you Reps vs Dems, is there truely no third party in America? And what defines you as Dem or Rep? People seem to be getting branded as one or the other purely on one belief or opinion? I realise Dems are Left and Reps are right (you guys make that hard to miss) but surely there is some middle ground here? By definition there must be some centerist politics, are the manifestos of each party so completely different?
2006-11-07 02:03:38 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
The manifests of each party really are not that different. The areas of major difference you hear are mostly rhetoric.
I was about to write about each in a nutshell but feel I would do it a disservice in this venue. Suffice to say that when you hear the extremist views here and in the news you do not hear the majority. Most people tend to the middle, want social programs for children and some adults, do not want high taxes but can pay some, and feel the military is very important. The 'how' is discussed at length.
You seem intelligent so here are the web pages for each party. Look past the jargon for yourself.
2006-11-07 02:09:59 · answer #1 · answered by RJ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-03 09:21:03 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to think Democrats were just the lesser of two evils, but sense 2000 the Republicans are for more evil. However I am now confused about what the Republican base is, it seems to be made up of "closeted gay Iraq war contractor lobbyists in the top one tenth of one percent of wage earners".
2006-11-07 02:10:48 · answer #3 · answered by Kelly L 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are people from both parties that vote in the center. Those are the people that we need in power. Any polarized people will ruin this nation.
(In reference to the comment above mine, There is no such thing as Pro-Abortion, nobody wants people to have an abortion, they just want people to have the choice to do it if they want to. I am not advocating for it that is just the way it is)
2006-11-07 02:06:28 · answer #4 · answered by E 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All of the Centrists got weeded out in the 70's because of borderline gerrymandering.
2006-11-07 02:05:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are other parties.....but their problem is they usually have one agenda and it's way out of line with the avg. American.
2006-11-07 02:12:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm Republican. The biggest difference for me, between Republicans and Democrats is the abortion issue. The Republican party is Pro-Life, but the Democrat party is Pro-Abortion.
2006-11-07 02:06:20 · answer #7 · answered by ♥honey♥ 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋