It seems to me that the poor and  minorities are democrats and are comfortable with minimum wage and welfare?
477563
yes it is the hidden agenda of the democrats--and the open agenda of the republicans--shame on both parties
906152
i completely agree. democrats are very uneducated when it comes to whats right for our country. i personally dont want to pay taxes for people who could work for themselves. we shouldnt give welfare to people just sitting on their butts. welfare should be earned through a steady job... and pay. and how is it bush's fault for 9/11. he hadn't even been in office for a whole year. did you know that what happens in one presidents' term is a reflection of the president before him/her? because clinton was too lazy to do anything... we are in this predicament with the middle east. and it is important to be in iraq. sadaam was like hitler. he murdered 500000 of his own people. we needed to get him out of there before he massacred anymore people. we are helping the country recover. it took more than a year to build rome.. so being in iraq will take a little while. \n\nim embarrassed that democrats are in control of congress. and im also afraid of how downhill we are going to go with democrats leading us.
818089
Democrat because I believe in helping the lower and middle classes, not rich people and big business.
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The ignorance in your question actually answers this question... because the lower income Republicans are weak-minded and fall for propaganda easily.\n\nGetting a low income Republican to vote is easy... all you have to do is convince him that the blacks and gays are wanting equal rights and want to live off his hard labor. \n\nThe low income ones are manipulated by prejudices.\n\nExamples, how many times to you hear Republicans on here do you hear comments about democrats living off welfare. Would it surprise you to learn that there are more Republicans on welfare than Democrats? It is because of the increase in job loss of the midwestern states that are all Republican.
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Unlike the opposition Bush has maintained his beliefs and not swayed with the polls like trees in the wind.  Being popular is not as important as being correct. Republicans may have made many mistakes but they do not hide behind lies like the democrats do.  Whoever believes the democrats are for the poor need to look at the facts.  The republicans have given more to entitlement programs than the democrats did.  Instead of seeking praise for doing the right thing they just do it.  The democrats try and made big deals about pushing for wrong causes.  Making people want to get ahead and earn more is far better than saying well stay in that do nothing job and we will raise the minimum wage.  Never forget minimum wage was to enable small business and workers a common ground to promote growth.  The employees are to better their performance and advance instead of staying at the ground level.
997650
Definitely.  the current minimum wage pays a worker around $200 for a 40-hour week.  Unless you're eating dog food, you can't live on that little money.  And there are millions of Americans who do their best.\n\nBut Congress doesn't care about poor people, so they refuse to allow them to earn a wage they can actually live on.  It's disgusting, the way the government craps on the very people who need their help the most.
90151
In addition to being older, Democrats these days are more apt than the broader population to be women, nonwhites, and at the lower half of the income scale. About a quarter of whites are Democrats, compared with more than a third each who are Republicans or independents. Majorities of blacks and people of other races are Democrats.\n\n****\n\nI would have to say the Reps have a higher mean (not Median) income. Median income (which is not the average) would not be what I would be looking for. I would be looking for the mean or 'average' income
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Because democrats generally want minorities to become wards of the state. Collect government benefits, and entitlements. They can't bear to see a minority become successful. Notice how they turn on them when they do? \nConservatives want minorities to be successful contributing members of society.
1098009
Democrats feel that people should take care of each other, together we can be more the sum of us apart.\nRepublican feel that everyone should take responsibility for themselves
953218
What Roosevelt was describing, in my opinion, is the two party system in America today. Democrats feel America as a nation is measured at the lowest levels of the people in our society. Republicans feel the nation is measured at its highest levels of personal achievement. Those with, versus those without. Those with scream about taxes, welfare, and those who are so poor they can never lift themselves above poverty. At the same time they ship their jobs overseas putting Americans out of work. Hire illegals rather than pay an American a living wage, all in the name of being competative instead of admitting it is greed that controls their actions. In my opinion the republican party is no longer the party of conservatism, it is the party of greed, intolerance and lack of concern for those less fortunate in our country. Democrats feel otherwise. It is the party of social concern for the wrongs of our society, the less fortunate, the people at the lowest rungs of American society. If we look the other way when we see poverty all around us in our country, how great is America in reality? The pursuit of the almighty dollar now rules America. Most of America pursues it because they don't have enough. A small part of America pursues it because they can never get enough. Too much to spend in ten lifetimes is not enough for some. If a category four hurricane were to hit New York City, would we see the same response we saw in New Orleans, a city with many poor people? I think not.
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No, they believe it gets them votes. \n\nDemocrats have ruled over poor people over the last 40 years since they consolidated votes of poor people and they have done nothing for the poor. \n\nIn fact, the housing projects and welfare programs have made things worse. \n\nThe public schools are run for the benefit of teacher unions (who give millions of dollars to Democratic politicians) while poor and minority students languish.
942589
Democrats are people who like to help all people, especially the working class and poor.  Republicans like to cater to big business and extremely wealthy people and drop programs to help the needy.
1142439
As a Democrat, I would like it if more national politicians paid attention to the South.  There are lots of things going on here--many of our cities vote Dem now, and many rural areas are fed up with poverty and losing jobs overseas (though I know that issue is probably bigger than any one party).  We need to raise the federal minimum wage.  That will benefit the South as well as other places.  There are other issues too.  It's not like the Democrats ignore us, but it's important to realize that there probably are a few swing voters down here.  AND there are a lot of ultra-liberals who will vote for 3rd party candidates or not vote, and the Democrats could get these votes by truly making humanitarian concerns (poverty, employment, health care, etc.) a priority.  The best way to a person's heart is through his/her wallet...
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Ha! canadianlover57 doesn't know what he is talking about. The Democrats say they stand up for the poor, but the Repbublicans stand for LESS "government control". Maybe canadianlover57 needs to love canadians IN Canada ...\n\nIN THE MOST BASIC OF NUTSHELLS:\n\nDemocrats generally believe the solutions to society's problems lie within the government and it is the government's duty to shape and protect society.\n\nRepublicans generally believe the solutions to society's problems lie within the inidividual and it is the individual's responsibility to shape and protect society.
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Not all democrats are on the left fringe or liberal.  Point is very few democrats are for those things.  It is his trade policy and views on foriegn affairs and economics that make dem or rep, social issues are for liberals and conservatives.\n\nHe very well could be a Democrat.
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Democrats believe in taxation and wealth redistribution. They believe the Government is the solution to every problem.\n\nRepublicans believe that business helps spread wealth. They believe the individual is the solution to the problems they face.\n\nThe difference between left and right........... just shows how well the dumbing down of America has worked!
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Well get ready to pay more taxes and give your hard earned pay to some poor person on welfare who doesn`t have the common since to goto school and get an education thanks Democrats.