Democrats vs Republicans?
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Dims - they have never been good with numbers and apparently think they have good odds @ 14,000,000:1 (current odds of winning FL lottery).  \n\nHmmmmmmmm, Vegas builds those multi billion dollar casinos on a spread of a few points but dims think because its only a few bucks (every day for the rest of their lives) they somehow think it makes the lottery a better bet.\n\nMaybe its because they SEE the winner on TV and can't picture the other 13,999,999 people sitting at home throwing empty beer cans at the kids each evening when they lose.\n\nBut hey - what the hell have they ever been right about?  Yeah, I can't think of anything either.
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The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn.  The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it. \n\nSeriously though, the Democrats are the party that believes: The national government has a central and positive role to play in bettering the lives of all Americans.\n\nWhereas the Republicans believe that business, if left alone, will govern the market, control the people, and reach a natural balance between the haves and needs of society.\n\nIt's the balance between these two that makes our country strong.  Too much of either one and you have the government growing in size (Democrats, historically) or completely ignoring problems that are directly caused by business (Republicans, historically).\n\nThe last few years have been very different for the Republicans.  They've moved from a conservative base to one not quite comfortable to most Americans.  Whereas the Democrats, who were historically liberal, moved closer to the middle.\n\nThe problem with this is that a liberal is always an ideologist and a conservative is not.\n\nA conservative with an ideology is either on the way to being a liberal or a neoconservative, depending on whether that ideology favors isolationism or greater inclusion.\n\nThe neoconservative who is successful in pushing their ideology will eventually become an authoritarian.  They will then immediately feel the recoil from a public who is, by nature, ideological. \n\nThat is what happened this week.\n\nI believe that the Republicans will once again start being conservative and that the Democrats will start to move back towards their historical liberal ideology.\n\nHope that helps!
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Neither.\n\nSome will say Republican but all this does is show me how much Republicans have controlled it all the while it was going up.
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Right now with the Republicans it is a Republic. When the Democrats are in power it is a Democracy. That is the difference. One is for the people, and the other for wealth.
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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.
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Democrats are the party of tax and spend.  What is worse is the rhetoric about taxing the rich; but they will never define the rich.  Since its been proven only 1/2 of the nation even pays taxes and they pay it all they are obviously catering to the half that does not.  They hope by taxing the top 10 to 25% which is a lot of people that they can win the vast majority of those who don't pay and win elections.  \n\nThe Republicans cut taxes and have proven that cutting them spurrs economic growth.  It utlimately creates more revenue for the government then the higher taxes.  Problem is elected leaders from both parties just can't stop spending.  \n\nIMAGINE....cutting taxes and just freezing the spending for 5 years.  WOW..
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Well, more Democrats than republicans go to college....fact.  Therefore, more Democrats can think critically than republicans...fact.  Therefore, it makes sense that Dem states do better on IQ tests because it tests critical thinking skills.  funny.  I'm a socialist and I scored a 155.
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The way I was explained that is that Democrats believe in welfare and other government aid but are usually more open-minded to towards social issues (like gay marriages). Republicans are more about people working hard for themselves without government aid (Capitalism, laissez faire, basically allowing companies to do what they want) but are less open to social issues.
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Republicans hold Democrats to a higher standard than even the head of the Republican Party, George W. Bush.\n\nGeorge Bush's lack of exit strategy or any strategy at all for Iraq doesn't bother his followers at all.\n\nAt the same time they demand that the Democrats outline their strategy for Iraq in detailed terms.
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The word conservate and liberal do not mean shit! Both parties have voted against the poor and working class. The GOP (grand overclass party) represents the rich and powerful more than the Democrates but their are many Repubo-crates out there too. \n\nBoth parties blow and Bush is the worst of them all!
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I vote for whomever is most conservative (believes in the Constitution as written and freedom). That is usually the Republican. However, I have voted for Democrats when they are more conservative than their Republican opponent (very rare, but it happens).
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Republican\n\nthe Democratic party has taken on too many "fringe" organizations and has alienated people who used to vote independently.\n\nIndependents can't raise the money needed
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The democrats generally support big business and seek to maintain the status quo - don't rock the boat. On the other hand the republicans generally support big business and would like things to stay pretty much the same - don't make waves. The two parties have taken over the election process and the national debates. Neither party will allow independent oversight for elections or independent candidates in any of the national debates.\n\nAbout 30% of Americans are registered democrat; about 30% are republican. Divide and rule is each party's motto.
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I realize facts aren't what you're looking for, but here ya go...according to "Party Politics in America" (M. Hershey, P. Beck; Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers, 2003), "People with lower incomes and less education are more likely to call themselves Democrats than Republicans." (p. 129)
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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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There are certainly extremists in both parties. The difference is that in the Republican party, they are on the fringe. In the Democratic party, they are in the mainstream.\nWould we be better off without them? Yes.\nIs there a snowball's chance in H-ll that this will happen? No.
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The democrats have no backbone\nThe republicans have no souls