To which political philosophy would you place modern Democrats? What about Republicans ?

Answer 1

I break it down to State's Rights. Modern democrats seem to be in favor of national legislation, while modern republicans seem to be in favor of State's Rights.

The Supreme Court will be busy, and as a conservative, I point to Bush's appointments as the most significant aspect of his presidency.

Answer 2

I would place modern Democrats and the majority of Republicans in the same place - they are identical in everything but name. They have to resort to a couple of "issues" such as the death penalty to try and avoid people realising that they look the same, sound the same, have identical policies that help big business and penalise the poor, and are in all fundamental respects one and the same party.

Answer 3

democratic govts always fall left in ideology. modern day dems are moving toward socialism and modern day reps are moving toward moderate liberals. its the nature of a democracy. this is the reason polls show most people are conservative but only 30 % of population vote. there is no true conservative options in todays politics.

Answer 4

Unfortunately, both parties are run by plutocrats.

The differences tend to be less about political philosophy and more about social controls.

Answer 5

Modern Democrats = moderate conservative

Modern Republicans = Fascist

You should not be surprised by the latter.

Answer 6

Democrats are socially minded, but not Socialists. Republicans are criminally minded, and just short of declaring themselves to be Nazis.