are republicans left or right?
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Those on the Left often called themselves "republicans", while those on the Right often called themselves "conservatives".
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In the United States, the two major political parties, the Republicans and the Democrats, are often referred to as "the two sides of the aisle."
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The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, and also known colloquially as the Tories or simply the Conservatives, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom. The governing party since 2010, it holds an overall majority in the House of Commons with 364 Members of Parliament.
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['Libertarian Party – libertarianism, laissez-faire, pro-civil liberties, anti-war.', 'Green Party – Green politics, socialism, anti-capitalism, progressivism, pro-civil liberties, anti-war.', 'Constitution Party – Conservatism, Paleoconservatism, Social Conservatism.']
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The platform of the Democratic Party of the United States is generally based on American liberalism, contrasting with the conservatism of the Republican Party. ... Democrats tend to support abortion rights and the LGBT community, as well as a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.
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Susan Collins is a Republican senator from Maine who has served since 1997. Collins is a self-described "moderate Republican". ... According to GovTrack, Senator Collins is the most moderate Republican in the Senate; GovTrack's analysis places her to the left of every Republican and four Democrats in 2017.
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The Republican Party is generally associated with social conservative policies, although it does have dissenting centrist and libertarian factions. The social conservatives want laws that uphold their traditional values, such as opposition to same-sex marriage, abortion, and marijuana.
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Since the 2000 United States presidential election, red states and blue states have referred to states of the United States whose voters predominantly choose either the Republican Party (red) or Democratic Party (blue) presidential candidates.
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Democratic Party: 153–91 (63–37%) Republican Party: 136–35 (80–20%)
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Oklahoma is currently categorized politically as conservative. The state has a history of Democratic state government dominance. ... Today, most of Oklahoma's federal and all of its statewide offices are all held by the Republican Party, which also holds supermajorities in both chambers of the state Legislature.
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Gallup. As of April 2020, Gallup polling found that 31% of Americans identified as Democrats, 30% identified as Republican, and 36% as Independent.
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States that traditionally voted blue (Democratic), but voted Republican in 2016 are marked in red. Minnesota (a historic blue wall state), was won by Democrats by only 1.5% and Maine by 3% in 2016.
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['Republican Leader. Represents Republicans on the House floor.', "Republican Whip. Assists leadership in managing party's legislative program.", 'Republican Conference Chairman.', 'Republican Policy Committee Chairman.']
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Ideological groupings. Generally, the left-wing is characterized by an emphasis on "ideas such as freedom, equality, fraternity, rights, progress, reform and internationalism" while the right-wing is characterized by an emphasis on "ideas such as authority, hierarchy, order, duty, tradition, reaction and nationalism".
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The Ohio Congressional Delegation is mostly Republican as well; twelve representatives are Republicans while four are Democrats. The Congressional map is gerrymandered (for Republicans), but is going under trial in 2019. One U.S. senator, Rob Portman, is a Republican, while the other, Sherrod Brown, is a Democrat.
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Third party is a term used in the United States for American political parties other than the Republican and Democratic parties.
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In his first New York Times best seller, Limbaugh describes himself as conservative, and is critical of broadcasters in many media outlets for claiming to be objective. He calls for the adoption of core conservative philosophies in order to ensure the survival of the Republican Party.