Which political party, Democrat or Republican has had the most number of months of recession since 1948?
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It all depends...you have to look at not only who was president, but also who was in control of the House and Senate over that period of time.  From 1948 to 1994, the Democrats controlled Congress...does that mean they were responsible?  Not entirely.  The Republicans held the presidency for 32 of those 56 years...does that mean they were responsible?  Again, you have to look at the entire picture.  They're both responsible.
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National Republican and Democratic Republican. The Democratic Republican is our Democratic party today, and the National Republican party fell apart, many of it's members joining the Whig party, and many joined the Republican party we have today after it was formed.
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10-20 years ago it was simpler...the democrats were for blue collar and more environmental...the Repupl;icans were always for big business and a bigger military budget....classic bread and butter against guns...there was a balance, both got their way once in a while....now the issue is getting clouded because the Republicans have reversed their ideology (causing the Democrats to change as well) from nothing but the economy stupid to global intervention in the name of business.  but to be fair, there are traditionalists on both sides.
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Actually, if you look at the election maps from 2000 and 2004, the states with the highest percentage of welfare recipients are "red" states.
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Republicans...  The media will tell you differently, but the media has been wrong about Republican politics since 1994.
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50-49-1 GOP to 49-49-2  dems.
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The republicans aren't going to blame the demo's for it, the republicans and the people will cause they will be the cause of it. Right now are economy is in better shape than it has been since 2003 and getting better. Until the demos take over.
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Republicans.  Because most of them live in denial.
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There's not exactly complete control by the Republican party.  And we've had long runs with the Dems at other points in history... in fact, the Democrats had twenty years (1933-1953) of executive control with F.D.R. and then Truman.  And we did alright.  ;)  In any case, these are elected officials, so if things go sour for a considerable amount of time, the American people will demand a change.  That is a check in and of itself.
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Michigan - double the average US unemployment, with a Democrat governor that won't part with a business tax that punishes businesses in downtimes like this. Foreclosures at national highs. Continued downsizing of the automotive market, with 1000's of skilled people being laid off.\n\nAnd now the Democrats want to finish us off with their impositions of ridiculous mileage requirements. Bah!
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That's why I am no longer a democrate. I was one for 40 years. I am poor, but realized, I was with the party that kept people dependent on Government. With tax cuts, my kids get more money back now. And the Rich are able to start new large companies, to give more jobs for people.
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you forgot Democrats.\nLiberals is the Republican "slang" for anyone that is not one of them.
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That more people voted Republican than Democrat.  The Democrats have not yet learned that the country is in fact becoming more conservative each day.  This would not be a problem if the Democrats would run a more moderate candidate with a moderate platform.  The reason this will not happen is Howard Dean is chairman of the Democrat party and will have a liberal platform that only a liberal candidate can even try to sell.
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Idealogically, the Democratic Party of today is meant to put the people before profits. However, the name of this party has changed. For example, Republicans will brag that Lincoln was Republican, but what was Republican then is now the Democratic party. And I must disagree that Democrats go against anthing that Republicans try to do, it is just that the Democrats care more about the people of the United States than oil and money unlike our Republican leaders.
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Both parties are the same and neither care about your interests. It's the unfortunate truth. Both parties run on the same platforms, socially and economically. The Republicans are in bed with big business and hurt the country for their gain, the Democrats are in bed with unions and special interests. Vote Nationalist.
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Independent.  I don't want to be categorized as either, yet I tend to lean towards democrat because their interests lie in the every day, little guy problems, whereas the republicans are all about big business and whoever has the most money wins.\n\nI am probably more socialist than anything else.
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A Democrat.  With Bush's ratings falling so low the Republican Party is going to take a beating in the next presidential election.