CAN SOME ONE PLEASE TELL ME THE MEANING OF THE TERM "GOP"
2006-11-08 08:24:27 · 17 answers · asked by amtla@sbcglobal.net 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Grand ol' Party
2006-11-08 08:25:30 · answer #1 · answered by E 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
GOP = Grand Old Party
The Republican Party (often referred to as the GOP, for Grand Old Party) is one of the two major political organizations in the United States' two party system; the Democratic Party is the other. Since 1856 Republicans have won 23 of the 38 presidential elections which they've contested, including 7 of the last 10; eighteen of the twenty-eight U.S. Presidents since 1857 have been Republicans.
In addition to controlling the Executive Branch since 2001, the Republican Party has held majorities in the United States Senate almost continuously since the 1994 election. They won the United States House of Representatives from the 1994 through the 2004 elections, losing control in 2006.
2006-11-08 08:27:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"gallant old party" NOT "grand old party"
Copied from www.GOP.org :
The symbol of the Republican Party is the elephant. During the mid term elections way back in 1874, Democrats tried to scare voters into thinking President Grant would seek to run for an unprecedented third term. Thomas Nast, a cartoonist for Harper's Weekly, depicted a Democratic jackass trying to scare a Republican elephant - and both symbols stuck. For a long time Republicans have been known as the "G.O.P." And party faithfuls thought it meant the "Grand Old Party." But apparently the original meaning (in 1875) was "gallant old party." And when automobiles were invented it also came to mean, "get out and push." That's still a pretty good slogan for Republicans who depend every campaign year on the hard work of hundreds of thousands of volunteers to get out and vote and push people to support the causes of the Republican Party.
2006-11-08 08:31:19 · answer #3 · answered by boonietech 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Grand Old Party
2006-11-08 08:27:16 · answer #4 · answered by unclebirchy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For many Republicans, GOP stands for:
Grand old Party
Gallant old Party
God's own Party
Get out and Push
For other Republicans LIKE ME it's:
Government of the People
The latter description is most closely associated with the widely held republican philosophy that the people can best govern themselves.
All have been used by Republicans for many years, but for the future of the party, I suggest we stick with one of the final two.
2006-11-08 16:42:36 · answer #5 · answered by Brenda M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Grand Old Party.
2006-11-08 14:09:21 · answer #6 · answered by frenchy62 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Grand Old Party
2006-11-08 08:25:55 · answer #7 · answered by RAR24 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Grand Ol' Party
Sue
2006-11-08 08:26:10 · answer #8 · answered by newbiegranny 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Grand Old Party (Republican Party)
2006-11-08 08:29:00 · answer #9 · answered by Salman K 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Grand Old Party is what I hear most.
But after yesterdays election, they may change it (after the next election) to Get Out, Punk!
2006-11-08 08:34:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋