Conservative party or Liberal Party ?
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I don't know who Barbara Macdougal is; however if you mean Barbara McDougall she is a member of the Canaian Conservative Party. McDougall has had a carreer as a Politician, diplomat, reporter, director of various economic committees.
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Canada believes in multiculturalism and this concept has destroyed Canada.  The Liberal Party of Canada worries more about minorities than what is really important to the country…  Now that the Conservative Party have gotten in, things may actually get better.  Here’s hoping that Gay marriage in Canada will be overturned!
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An odd mixture of both. Although with the Tories now to the left of Labour and Labour to the right of the Tories UK politics is a bit muddled up at the moment !!
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Basic conservative mindset. The strength of conservatives is that they tend to operate in a more organized, coherent, and group-minded fashion. \n\nLiberals tend to be more creative, more flexible, and as a result, often come up with different ideas about how to solve a problem. Since most Democrats are liberal to one degree or another, that also shows through in the lack of coherence in the Democratic party.\n\nThe only question is, can the all at least reach consensus about specific issues, and thus be able to accomplish those tasks? Time will tell.
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The newly elected Democratic majority, which is slim, tend towards conservatism, unlike the liberals on Y!A.\n\nThat is my good news for the day.
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There are many different kinds of conservatives. The Economist had an interesting article about the evolution of American Conservatism (which is very different than its counterparts in other parts of the world) a couple of months ago. Traditionally, conservatives want smaller government, less government interference in our private lives, and the government to be accountable for its spending (it should be noted that the first usages of the word liberalism had similar meanings).\n\nMost of the conservatives who are in power today are not of the traditional variety, they are social conservatives, or as some like to call them, neo-cons. They want their social agenda as the law. This is in direct contrast to more traditional conservatives (who now mostly identify themselves as libertarians) who want the government not to regulate or interfere in people's private lives.\n\nIt should also be noted that while conservatives say they want less in the way of entitlement programs, and are fiscally "conservative," the Clinton administration was the one who reformed welfare and balanced the budget, while the Bush administration had the largest increase in entitlement programs in over a decade, and doesn't seem to know what a balanced budget means. Liberalism does not necessarily equal large entitlement schemes, just like conservatism does not necessarily mean someone is fiscally responsible. Labels are usually misleading.
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You're making invalid assumptions. The middle ground for both major parties are moderates, with very few going far afield.\n\nOne end of one spectrum is conservative republican. The other ends of that spectrum are moderate republican and federalist.\n\nOne of the a different spectrum is liberal democrat. The other ends of that spectrum are moderate democrat and libertarian.\n\nBasically, there are two scales of values. One is big government versus small government (Republican -- Libertarian). The other spectrum is group rights ("traditional" values) versus individual/personal rights (Federalist -- Democrats).\n\nRepublicans (nowadays) want  group rights (conformity with "traditional" values) and a large government to ensure domestic tranquility (by enforcing those conservative majority beliefs). Moderate republicans (originally called fiscal conservatives) want a small government, just large enough to provide for the common defense. The republican party does not really have a liberal wing, and usually treat the goal of individual liberties (being liberal) as a dirty word.\n\n\n\nDemocrats want individual rights and a large government to promote the general welfare.  Moderate democrats don't want a lot of wasteful spending., and want to achieve their goals without causing too many problems. Democrats do have a Conservative wing, which focuses on better ethical leadership and greater protection for both groups and individuals. The main difference is that conservative democrats still don't believe in enforcing their views on the minority, even if their own personal choices would be the same as what conservative republicans would make.\n\nLibertarians want a small government (no wasteful spending, and very little welfare/entitlements), but lots of protection for individual liberties. They are moderate about most issues, except for being adamant that the majority should not impose its beliefs on the minority.
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No to both.\nLiberals are generally people who view individual liberties as paramount. They also tend to believe in the common good and are generally more open-minded and generous. The democratic party use to adhere to theses thoughts plus they were pro-worker. Liberals tend to run the gamut of political parties and are found in the democratic party more so than in the republican party. The democratic party is not completely made up of liberals. Since the Reagan years many democrats have adopted a neoliberal, pro-corporation "free trade" ideology (Clinton, Biden, Lieberman, etc..) and are anything but liberal. \nI hope this answers your question.
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I'm an independent voter and have never belonged to either party - I guess I'm just not a joiner. I've tried to get a handle on liberal vs. conservative labels to see where I stand but there's so much overlap between the two, as well as differences within each label, that I'm not sure these generalizations have any distinct meaning. \n\nDescriptions for liberalism include classical American liberalism, modern American liberalism, and paleoliberalism. Conservatism can be classical, ideological, neoconservatism, paleoconservatism, social conservatism, fiscal conservatism, or libertarianism. Some of these labels, on either side of the semantic fence, seem to share pretty much the same beliefs so, outside of the generalizations made by political parties and the media, there's a good deal of commonality. In addition, it seems both Democrats and Republicans, as well as liberals and conservatives all seem to believe in individual rights, free enterprise, representative democracy, and the rule of law. I have my own issues but neither party nor nor any ideology satisfies me. I guess I'm too particular to let other people do my thinking for me.
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The two major political parties are the Democratic and the Republican Parties. Words like Liberal, Conservative, and Moderate refer to what a person wants his government to do, whether he wants a huge government or a smaller one. \n\nDemocrats can be Liberal, Moderate, or Conservative.  So can Republicans. During the past 25 years or so, most Democrats have been Liberals, and most Republicans have been Conservatives. \n\nLiberals generally want a government that does practically everything for the individual and the family. They are perfectly willing to enact higher taxes, and have an extremely large government, with lots of rules, lots of departments, and lots of employees, if that's what it takes.  \n\nConservatives believe individuals and families are strong, independent, and can fend for themselves without a lot of help from the government.  So they believe in a smaller government with limited powers and functions. They believe the government should do only those things that the individual and the family cannot do for itself.  Examples are national defense and building roads. \n\nYou have asked a great question.  I suggest you surf the internet to find more information.
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I do. You have me tagged right at the nail. I would have been a Republican because I admire their tough stances on crime and their fiscal responsibility. However, the evangelicals have taken a hold of the GOP alienating many potential members who aren't pro-life or anti-gay. I'm a Democrat because of many reasons but I disagree with them on some things, especially with the liberals. I'm a Goldwater conservative at heart and would like to see many people embrace fiscal conservatism. I do believe in God but I abhor how the Republican party has used Christianity to get ahead in the political arena and the evangelicals meddling in politics it's simply wrong. I feel sometimes like I have no party.
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Liberal-Democrat \n\nHell yeah!! Go Democrats!!\nNow we are in control.
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not likly\n\nStupid liberal
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Actually you sound more like a Liberal Democrat than either of what you were going for.\nI would need more info on your outlooks(?) on various topics before cementing a label on you though, but you seem to be very leftist. You've included nothing in your question that I think of when somebody says conservative or republican.
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If you are in the States, I believe you mean the Democrats.  Liberal is a political standpoint, like conservative.  Republican & Democrat are actually political parties.
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A real conservative, not a neocon imperialist.
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Hard to predict, but i'd go for a hung parliment with the liberals holding the balance. Outright, i'd say labour would have the majorty.