What's the best way of finding out if I lean more to the Republican or to the Democrat Party?
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Ask yourself some core value questions: \n\nPro Choice vs. Pro Life\n\nSocial Welfare (big government) vs. Capitalist/Business (small government)\n\nCivil Rights vs. Government Authority\n\nScience/Technology vs. Religious Values\n\nMiddle class vs. Upper/Rural class\n\nIf you choose more on the left side, you're leaning toward Democraty party.  If more to the right, then Republican.  If half/half, then you're an independent or moderate.
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1. I am a registered Democrat (although I do consider myself far more liberal-minded than most typical Dems).\n2. I have affiliated myself with this party because I feel Democratic politicians do a better job at representing interests that serve the working class middle Americans; for instance-Dems are more likely to raise minimum wage, more likely to push for social assistance programs, more likely to work towards improving health care and education just to name a few.  I would rather align myself with a more liberal party, but the way our two-party system has evolved, I feel that I would truly be non-effective.  One of my liberal ideals--because we live in a "free" country, I believe we should have the freedom to make choices, provided those choices do not harm others, and our government should pass laws to protect us in our choices.\n3. I can't say there was any one issue that had me join the party, nor did I realize right away that I would become so partisan.  When I first became interested in how my government affects my life, it was because of a bill Bill Clinton passed that allowed me to deduct my college tuition.  It was a huge help to me since I was attending a community college that did not offer student loans, and I had to pay for tuition as I went along.  I do not think I would have been able to make it through school if it weren't for this bill.  Since then, there have been a number of ideas (most often proposed by Democrats) that I have agreed with.  One thing I currently support about the Democratic party is the idea of justice and equality for all.  The idea that it is okay to deny a person rights or privileges based on differences (such as sexual orientation) I find extremely un-American.\n5. The Democratic party is definitely less unified than the Republicans, and I believe this has been detrimental to our country over the past ten years.\n\nI hope this helps you with your homework.  And I hope you come to really enjoy politics.  I wasn't very interested in politics in h.s. but in the twelve years since I have been out of school, I have come to realize how interesting the whole democratic process is.  This is OUR country, and it is up to us younger Americans to learn all we can about our past so we can take adequate charge of our future.  Good luck!
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Political Party: Democratic-Republican
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Then again, if they're both evil, why vote at all? Better to look for a third party you can get behind or simply vote for yourself. If you vote for the dem, you'll get more of the same -- and they will never even know why you voted for 'em. If you vote for the repub, you'll get more the the same -- and they will never even know why you voted for 'em. Vote for the Libertarian, I say, and you get a candidate who will protect your rights (and that, after all, is the only purpose of a govt: to protect your rights).
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If you want to provide him with a "broader point of view" why did you limit the choices to Democrats and Republicans?  Here's wha tI would tell the kid:  Most people want the same things, but some have different priorities.  A Green is someone who is willing to work hard for really clean air and water.  A Libertarian  is someone is who is willing to work hard to let everyone reach their full potential.  A Republican is someone who is willing to work hard to catch bad people.  A Democrat is someone who is willing to work hard to help the poor.  Those are short answers, but hopefully you get the idea.  I'd recommend having him read each party's platform.
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What political party should I join?\n\nI'm Pro-choice....excellent\n\nI don't believe in having children out of wedlock...\nWhat about others? Are you tlereant of their choices?\n\nI support gay rightsl...\nExcellent. We are all equal despite differences in sexual orientation\n\nI'm agnostic...\nWhy not! The founding fathers were diests. Read about what they thought about religion not mixing with politics here. \n\nI'm a woman/I'm young/I come from a middle class family \n\nAdditional Details...unnecesssary.\n\nbottom line is you support individual rights and are pro chpoice. That excludes you from being a member of the Repub party who are vehemently against indivildual rights, equality among the races and creeds and economic levels, and are not pro choice.\n\nThe mnore liberal wingh of the Democrats is whare you could lie, or the Green Party.
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I vote for the lesser of two evils. It is such a shame that every serios issue in this country and the world is overshawdowed by "Democrat vs Republican".\n\nWHO CARES WHAT POLITCAL PARTY YOU ARE! Vote for the right choice. There's alot more views in this country than just two of them. This country wasn't even founded by a "Democrat" or "Republican"
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They are almost the same.  I would go to the websites and look for their platforms and register for the one you agree with the most.\n\nI am a republican but I agree whit the Libertarians on many things, and the Democrats on almost nothing.
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Don't know, don't care. I vote for the best person, who most closely agrees with me and my views. If they happen to be a gay republican so be it. Yes, I vote manly for Repubs they are closer to my views then the Dems. I have and would vote for a Dems. If they could just tell me what they stand for instead of just tell me to vote against someone
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You can't tell that just from these elections.  It depends on who is running and what their policies are.  I personally, don't care what someone is, democrat, or republic....I vote for who I agree with the most.  If that happens to be a democrat, then I vote democrat....if it happens to be a republican, then I vote republican....
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I am more republican than democrat for the same reasons you chose.
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Well, we could call you a Conservative. Or we could call you a Moderate. Or we could call you Conservatively Moderate or even Moderately Conservative....reminds me of that comedian guy..."Well, you can call me Larry or you could call...."\n\nNo, you won't be shunned. The Republican party has a fair amount of those like yourself..John McCain, myself. I applaud you as you are obviously able to see "out of the box" and are most likely a flexible, perceptive, insightful, constructive and well rounded person.
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Are you trying to switch to Repblican or democrate?  Because if you want to change to Republican and live in a Democratic area...they will loose it or just not change it...I been trying to change now for 5 years but every time I go to the polls I gotta fill out a new voter form to switch parties...\n\nI think them demo-commies working the polls toss it out after I leave.
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There are two meanings here.  One democratic means we vote to decide policy the other is the "democratic party" which has a certain set of values it expouses that are different from that of the other dominant political party the "republican party".
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Do what I do -- I vote for the candidate and not the party.  Although I'm registered Democrat, I'm fairly neutral when it comes to the party issue.  If you're old enough to vote, you're old enough to decide which person is best suited for the job.  Don't put so much emphasis on what you feel the parties represent.  Often time these perceptions are wrong or they're subject to change.  Good luck!
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Republican.\nMainly because I dont support abortion or same sex marriage\n & Democrats seem to always complain but not have answers
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republican and democrat describes how one votes....or what party one alines themself with.\n\nliberal (like conservative) refers to a political ideology, or a philisophical approach towards running the government.