Republican or Democrat?

Question

ok.. i am like doing this thing in social studies where we have to say which partey we agree with the most democrat or republican... and i honestly do not know anything about either.. so could you guys give me like breif info about each partey... thanks =]

Answer 1

http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz.html

here is a 10 question quiz to start you off for a sense of your ideology, you should remind your teacher there is other party's than republicans and Democrats , and that he does a disservice by spreading disinformation

Answer 2

The ones who said Republicans are for smaller Govt are right UNTIL this adm. It is now part of Govt for big $$ groups to control candidates they set up, either party.

So it depends on the candidate and honestly doing a history check on each one you're interested in, can be quite revealing. Good luck.

anne d: that's a nice ideal picture, but when major companies are taking millions of jobs overseas and illegals are bringing wage rates down, how does one pay their bills & keep their house? (also prices going up which devastates the Middle-Class)

Answer 3

Both parties don't really have beliefs, they have demographics. They each try to appeal to a particular sector of voters and build a coalition out of that, however inconsistent it may be.

It usually boils down to who you want to be associated with and who you don't.

In countries where they have hundreds of political parties, those parties form coalitions when elections come around. In the US, the coalitions are year round. So, in the Reps, you would have the anti-abortion party and the anti-immigration party banding together and in the Dems, you would have the anti-war and the pro-environment banding together.

Just demographics, no cohesive philosophies.

Answer 4

Try looking at DNC.org or RNC.org. These could be good sources. Also to sum up: Democrats: Believe women have right to choose an abortion, a universal health care system is needed in America, guns need to be registered and controlled. Gay marriage is debated.
Republicans: Abortion should be controlled and monitored, Social Security and health care need to be private, guns are a Constitutional right and don't need to be registered. Almost unanimously, gay marriage should be banned.

Answer 5

Democrats are mostly founded in Unions, workers rights and socially liberal issues.

Republicans are generally founded in smaller government, bigger business, lower taxes and socially conservative issues.

Both parties have candidates who for and against "wedge" issues like abortion, gun control and gay rights.

The reason I say gay rights is a wedge issue is not to belittle it, (I'm gay myself) but because it does not affect the day to day life of MOST Americans... but the issue does inspire controversy so politicians will use it to divide people.

One popular criticism of Democrats is that they are not Patriotic enough and at times lean too much toward social programs like welfare - which people percieve as an ill use of tax money.
Harsh critics will call them "Socialist Nanny's who would feed the terrorists!"

One popular criticism of Republicans is that they are too ideological and base too many decisions on religion and and blind patriotism.
Harsh critics will call them "Gun-toting holy-rollers who love war."

Denise J - You mean to say .org (the .com sites are just private businesses...)

Answer 6

once upon a time the dems were about socialism, and the repubs about capitalism. now they are all in bed together and neither party is worth a hoot. you have to look at the candidates individually. it is very sad that your school is teaching you to be a party liner. be careful- the kids voting thing they do in school is really to get an idea of what the parents are talking about at home- nothing more! they dont really care who you would want. this way they know how to push a particular candidate they want to get in.
to win you have to know your opponent very well. (read tsun tsu.)
there really isnt any difference between the parties anymore. but if they taught you about the constitution- then you would encourage the people around you to vote for ron paul. he is the only candidate who stands for the constitution. the rest think it is toilet paper.

Answer 7

Party values have extremely changed over the past few years. Republicans used to be for less federal government, taxes, etc., but that is not what has been shown. Democrats and Libs ingeneral, in my opinion have stayed the same for the most part - and they are For more government interference and social welfare. Good luck.

Answer 8

Both parties are the same now in spite of what their current leadership says. Look at their record no matter which one was in power over the last 50 years and this is evident. As long as we have these two corrupt parties running the USA we will continue to go downhill.

Answer 9

A long time ago each party was different, working for
their constituents!! but lately they only work to enrich
themselves and don't care about the People they say
they represent! and nowadays it seems more like
one big political party, on one side you got the
politicians and on the other side you got the people
that they are supposed to represent, but don't.
In a Nutshell!!!

Answer 10

The Democratic Party is the lesser of two evils:
· fewer bribes taken from greedy corporations
· less irresponsible about global capitalism
· less irresponsible about unregulated capitalism
· less irresponsible about unaffordable tax cuts for the rich
· less irresponsible about stealing from the poor and middle class
· less irresponsible about invading non-threatening countries
· less irrational in their views on socialism
· less willing to turn social security into capital insecurity
· less willing to bastardize socialized medicine into a gimme for the insurance racket
etc., etc., etc.