Democrat and Republican?

Question

Whats the difference....who wants the war....who wants abortion....who wants to have a draft in the iraq war....also other differences

Answer 1

you forgot the libertarians

http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=6715

The main theme of political commentary in this decade is polarization. Since the battles over the impeachment of President Clinton and the Florida vote in 2000, pundits have been telling us that we're a country split down the middle, red vs. blue, liberal vs. conservative. Political analysts talk about base motivation and the shrinking of the swing vote. But the evidence says they are wrong.

Not all Americans can be classified as liberal or conservative. In particular, polls find that some 10 to 20 percent of voting-age Americans are libertarian, tending to agree with conservatives on economic issues and with liberals on personal freedom. The Gallup Governance Survey consistently finds about 20 percent of respondents giving libertarian answers to a two-question screen.

Our own data analysis is stricter. We find 9 to 13 percent libertarians in the Gallup surveys, 14 percent in the Pew Research Center Typology Survey, and 13 percent in the American National Election Studies, generally regarded as the best source of public opinion data.

For those on the trail of the elusive swing voter, it may be most notable that the libertarian vote shifted sharply in 2004. Libertarians preferred George W. Bush over Al Gore by 72 to 20 percent, but Bush's margin dropped in 2004 to 59-38 over John Kerry. Congressional voting showed a similar swing from 2002 to 2004. Libertarians apparently became disillusioned with Republican overspending, social intolerance, civil liberties infringements, and the floundering war in Iraq. If that trend continues into 2006 and 2008, Republicans will lose elections they would otherwise win.

The libertarian vote is in play. At some 13 percent of the electorate, it is sizable enough to swing elections. Pollsters, political strategists, candidates, and the media should take note of it.

http://www.lp.org/
As Libertarians, we seek a world of liberty; a world in which all individuals are sovereign over their own lives and no one is forced to sacrifice his or her values for the benefit of others.

We believe that respect for individual rights is the essential precondition for a free and prosperous world, that force and fraud must be banished from human relationships, and that only through freedom can peace and prosperity be realized.

Consequently, we defend each person's right to engage in any activity that is peaceful and honest, and welcome the diversity that freedom brings. The world we seek to build is one where individuals are free to follow their own dreams in their own ways, without interference from government or any authoritarian power.

In the following pages we have set forth our basic principles and enumerated various policy stands derived from those principles.

These specific policies are not our goal, however. Our goal is nothing more nor less than a world set free in our lifetime, and it is to this end that we take these stands.

the only wasted vote is for the status quo

Answer 2

30-40 years ago, Republicans were nothing more than angry white men looking out for your wallet. They were great at that and it worked very well. Nixon ran for president on the platforms of getting us out of the Vietnam war and health care for all. Unfortunately, the Republican Party has been taken over by extremeists of thier own party. Since that time, they started to get into peoples private lives (abortion rights, etc..), and that's where the trouble began. Republicans are now the party which has been expanding government (W has drastically increased the size of government compared to Clinton), and they seem to prefer to spend more money on fixing problems rather than preventing them: They would rather spend billions of dollars to "rebuild" New Orleans (and that STILL hasn't been done yet) than spend a million dollars and fix the levees, or prefering to spend $600+ Billion to rid Iraq of WMDs (when we STILL haven't found any) than spending $1 million and letting the UN inspectors tell us the same.

To answer your questions more specifically, R's almost exclusively want the war. Most D's do not want the war. I think that D's would prefer a draft, hoping that if your child were going to be drafted that you would be far less likely to vote for a war. Most D's AND R's want to retain the RIGHT to have an abortion. NO ONE, D or R, that I know of has ever "enjoyed" the idea of abortions. The arguement is the right to allow it, or have the government oppose their views on you. Personally, I have more of a problem if the government tells me what I cannot do than what I can do.

Answer 3

Democrats want all the things most people don't:

-Pull out of Iraq and lose the war on terror
-Pro-abortion
-More Taxes and Government spending
-Socialized Medicine
-Pro Gay Rights

Answer 4

noooooo.... you're so off in this one. we are no longer right here figuring out on factors by way of fact of a few clique. We (as republicans) comprehend what's going to take place if the Dems get the flexibility they're in seek of. they are going to make a large number in another usa that we adore. We (US battling women and adult adult males) have laid our lives on the line to guard the way of existence that we adore. we are no longer approximately to take a seat and enable them to take it far flung from us.

Answer 5

Bombs and we need the draft, send some of these liberal deadbeats to Iraq!~!

Answer 6

Democrat and Republican , one starts with a "D" and
the other an "R".

Answer 7

next year when I vote it will be Democrat all the way!