Are you a democrat or a republican?

Question

Why?

Answer 1

I'm a little bit of both. Some people would say I was a democrat and some would say republican, because of my views on things.

This is why I vote for who I believe to be the best, rather than vote straight democrat or straight republican. We would be a better nation if people would listen to debates and do research and vote for the best person, rather than voting just of a person because of what party they belong to.

I register as an independant and I have voted for both parties.

Answer 2

I usually lean toward the democrat side, but I have voted republican on several occasions. I really try to keep an open mind and listen to all of the candidates. There are so many candidates that you know there platform and the promises of what they will do (this applies to both parties), but I am more interested on HOW they will do what they promise. I hate it when they are asked a direct question and dance all around it without actually answering the question.

Answer 3

Neither: Isolationist.

Because democracy has been soundly rejected around the world.

Because we keep coming up short in international trade.

Because relying on unstable foreign governments is dangerous.

Because our military is more efficient protecting our country from home now that technology allows it.

Because foreign investment has become an expense with no return.

Because allies are now consorting adversaries economically, politically at least and militarily before long.

The international police role has become the bane of our existence.

Our neighbors elect their officials based on how tough with the Americans they promise to be.

There are countries that encourage their own citizens to migrate here for no other purpose but to relieve a burden from their economies.

We can develop more and better sources of fossil fuels and aternative fuels without the constraints of contrived international laws written to diminish the growth of the US economy.

Our investment in the UN has backfired. It is the willing adornment of handcuffs on our ability to protect and advance our people.

NATO is obsolete. It went from a strategic alliance against the threat of Soviet Domination to a US subsidy of the EU defense matrix.

A country like Indonesia where we spent time, money and lives for the rehabilitation needed after the Tsunami, now condemns the US as a terrorist state.

I'm done with it all. It's time to come home and take care of home.

Answer 4

I am proudly a Democrat. To give you an answer I can show you quotes from people more articulate on this matter than I am so you can best understand why any of us choose the Democratic party.

The answer is as simple, as complicated, and as varied as there are Democrats. Maybe you are a Democrat because your parents or your spouse is a Democrat.

" WHY I AM A DEMOCRAT"
"...the two political parties in our history have always been divided, as Emerson said, into the party of hope and the party of memory." - President John F. Kennedy
The Democratic party, at its best, is the party of inclusion and expansion...it is the party that led the drive after the great depression for social security of seniors, for jobs for common people, for mass-based education, for civil rights bills of the sixties." - Reverend Jesse Jackson

"You have to have been a Republican to know how good it is to be a Democrat." - Jacqueline Kennedy
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - President Franklin D. Roosevelt

"I learned at a very early age that being a Democrat means caring about people, caring about the future of our country. It is the Democratic party which always has and always will fight for american families. For their jobs and their futures." - Vice President Al Gore

"I became a Democrat in 1978 because I did not believe the Republican party gives a damn about the American people. - Senator Bob Kerrey

"I decided to be a Democrat starting in the presidential elections of 1960 when John F. Kennedy excited me with a promise to get the country moving again. I think he gave people a sense that they could make a difference." - President Bill Clinton

"The Democratic party I've come to understand is an inclusive and diverse party whose principles are drawn from the same roots that guided men who wrote our constitution." - Senator George Mitchell

"Democrats and Republicans both say you should climb the ladder of success. But the Republicans say, when you get to the top, pull the ladder up behind you. We Democrats say that you leave it down for others to climb too." - Senator Tom Harkin

"As the modern champion of the rights of minorities, women, and working families, the Democratic party opened the door to me." - Governor Ann Richards

"...the fundamental appeal of the Democratic party has always been grounded in the principles of fairness, opportunity, equal justice for all and a firm belief that the mission of government is not to stand on the sidelines, but to be active in pursuing these goals for the people." - Senator Ted Kennedy.

Answer 5

Neither.

They are both corrupt,criminal organizations wholly owned by right wing,corporate fascists who have no interest in democratic ideals,and who want to instill a theocratic,corporate state on this continent,one that has as its goal the creation of a ruling class supported by a vast poor working class.

Answer 6

I am an Independent American that leans toward the Democrats.

why??? because currently the Republican Party is the most hateful group of people on the planet.

source: yahoo.answers

Answer 7

Neither, it sure seems like the lines between the two parties have been blurred as of late.

I am a moderate-right leaning American who will vote for the candidate whose voting record reflects what I perceive to be the most aligned with my positions.

Answer 8

I'm a none of the above. I like looking at candidates' qualifications and records to figure out who to vote for. Party affiliation is the last thing I worry about.

Answer 9

I'm simply an American who is extremely concerned about the plans that the democrats have for this great nation. It has to do with ideas, not party.

Answer 10

No, I'm not. As for "why", because I don't feel that they're on the same page as me concerning the big issues of the day, and even if they were they wouldn't have the courage and conviction to fight for any real change.