What is the difference between a Democrat and republican? What does each party stand for? Their beliefs?
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Republican Platform(2)\n-Promote adoption & abstinence, not abortion clinic  referrals. \n-Human Life Amendment to the Constitution.\n-Affirmative Access, without preferences or set-asides. \n-States should not recognize gay marriage from other states. \n-Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage. \n-The Patriot Act is used to track terrorist activity. \n-Homosexuality is incompatible with military service. \n-Support the advancement of women in the military.  \n-Support the death penalty. \n-Best way to deter crime is to enforce existing laws.  \n-Jail time and school drug testing deters drug use.  \n-Promote school choice and home-schooling. \n-Support voluntary student-initiated prayer in school.  \n-No Kyoto, no mandatory carbon emissions controls.  \n-Private property ownership key to environmental agenda. \n-Cap-and-trade market-based air pollution reductions.  \n-Families are the cornerstone of our culture.  \n-Nations that support terrorism are just as guilty. \n-A global coalition has broken al Qaeda cells. \n-The Pakistan government working with US to fight terror. \n-Saudi Arabia has joined the War on Terror. \n-Iraq is now becoming an example of reform. \n-Libya's munitions have been destroyed. \n-Iraqi government has gained broad international support. \n-Pursue a comprehensive strategy against WMD proliferation. \n-Applaud the success in mobilizing international cooperation. \n-The Broader Middle East Initiative spreads democracy. \n-Provide new strategies to help poor nations. \n-Objectives of assistance and the strategies must change.  \n-Stop activist judges from banning Pledge & Ten Commandments.  \n-Open more public land to hunting. \n-No frivolous gun lawsuits, no gun licensing.  \n-Government-run universal health care leads to inefficiencies. \n-Ethical research yes; embryo cells no; cloning no. \n-ABC for AIDS: Abstinence, Be faithful, Change behavior. \n-No assisted suicide.  \n-Bush has kept the charge to protect our country. \n-Bush has implemented biodefense measures. \n-Bush and Congress have been careful to protect liberties. \n-Keep our homeland safe by taking action on multiple fronts. \n-Keep our homeland safe by taking action on multiple fronts. \n-Establish minimum safety requirements at chemical plants. \n-Greatly increase the federal bioterrorism budget. \n-Recapitalize and enlarge the Coast Guard's fleet. \n-Break down the wall between intelligence and law enforcement. \n-Support to create a National Intelligence Director position. \n-Establish a National Counterterrorism Center. \n-Provided Arm Forces better pay, treatment, and training. \n-Cover all basic housing costs for average service members. \n-Increased funding for VA health care. \n-Equip our nation to fight 21st Century adversaries. \n-Provide $10 billion to defend from ballistic missiles.  \nImmigration\n-Only legal immigrants, through tightly controlled borders. \n-Amnesty encourages illegal immigration. \n-Use biometric data to better track foreign travelers.  \n-We saw the spirit of courage and optimism on 9/11.  \n-Support do-not-call and do-not-email lists.  \n-Terrorists seek weapons of mass destruction to kill us. \n-Shrink the space in which the terrorists can operate. \n-Total and complete destruction of terrorism is needed. \n-Afghanistan is liberated and the American people are safer. \n-Saddam had capability to reconstitute his weapons programs.  \n-Faith-based welfare grants equal with secular groups. \n-Move more welfare recipients off the welfare rolls. \n \nRepublicans have a oath they swear to at my link(1).\n\n\nDemocrats do not make people swear an oath. Their platform is(3):\n-Pursue embryonic stem cell research. \n-Support right to choose even if mother cannot pay.  \n-Cut the deficit in half over the next four years.  \n-Strengthen some parts of Patriot Act and change other parts. \n-Support affirmative action to redress discrimination. \n-Racial and religious profiling is wrong. \n-Keep mar
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There are very few differences between the Dems and Reps, just a couple of policy issues. But basically they are the small percentage of the rich and powerful who will do anything to keep it that way. They are working together more then the public likes the believe and they want it that way, it keeps us divided rather then seeing the truth; that they are one party working for one goal.
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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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In order to understand the differences between the two parties, you would have to understand the history of the two parties. The Democratic party has been around the longest and has had the largest influence in passing the New Deal Legislation proposed by Franklin Roosevelt which you may or may not know as social legislation or Socialism. The Democratic party has always stood for the common man against the abuses of Corporations in the workplace and has looked to Government to help regulate the activities of those persons and government that abuse and opress others.\n\nRepublicans have always looked to limit Government so that business and people do not have to live under a tyranical Government that opresses the people by overburdening the people with legislation.\n\nWhile these two opposing idealisms would seem to work very well together in a political environment, these ideals have been blurred lately. The reason for this is not because of a basic problem with Republicans or Democrats, but rather our social law form and our debt system of money. What you are experiencing when you believe that our country is being ripped apart, is the weight of our monetary system that is starting to crash down on us. Neither side can help what has been placed in 1913, and all they can do is put bandaid after bandaid on the problems until our country will eventually crash under the weight of its own burdens. \n\nFor more information go to Wikpedia and read up on New Deal Legislation, Republican Party, Democratic Party and Federal Reserve System to understand how each operates.\n\nHope that helps your question.
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Republican Party, one of the two major United States political parties, founded by a coalition in 1854. The coalition was composed of former members of the Whig, Free-Soil, and Know-Nothing parties, along with Northern Democrats who were dissatisfied with their party’s conciliatory attitude on the slavery issue (see Free-Soil Party; Know-Nothings; Whig Party). The early Republicans were united in their opposition to extending slavery into the Western territories. In 1856 they nominated John Charles Frémont for the presidency. He won about a third of the popular vote, but alienated many potential supporters by his failure to oppose immigration.\n\n*******************************\n\nDemocratic Party, one of the two main political parties of the United States. Its origins can be traced to the coalition formed behind Thomas Jefferson in the 1790s to resist the policies of George Washington’s administration. This coalition, originally called the Republican, and later the Democratic-Republican Party, split into two factions during the presidential campaign of 1828. One, the National Republican Party, was absorbed into the Whig Party in 1834; the other became the Democratic Party.
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Democrats tend to think about what is best for the average citizen, Republicans favor corporations and the wealthy who can buy influence.   Also Republicans like wars.
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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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Political Party: Democratic-Republican
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I'm a Democrat, and a christian.\n\nWhy are republicans so ignorant?
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Democrat... ex-Republican.\n\nI was raised Republican and switched to independent in my late 20s then around 34 switched to full democrat.\n\nI believe my party, the democrats, to be the party of the ppl. I've watched more CSPAN debates than imaginable and can truly state, it is the democratic party up in Washington fighting for that poor redneck white man in the South that is voting Republican based on his prejudices... sad that they don't get it.
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The Dems. They are willing to pay down the debt and keep the economy strong ala Bill Clinton. They care about your privacy. They care about your constitutional rights. The Republicans are all about spying,lying, transferring wealth from poor to rich. Stealing elections. They want to un-separate church and state. Force God down your throat. War seems to be their favorite passtime. So what if people get killed -the ends justify the means. They could care less about the environement if they had their way this world would be a polluted mess. Republicans want cheap labor and don't care if you lose your job to get it . As long as the profits go up.\nDemocrats care about a livable wage. Example: Sante Fe NM. raised the min. wage and guess what ...Business increased. Democrats will do a better job but we need a Progressive party to change this country. Some Dems are way to liberal and most Republicans are not Republicans in the traditional sense. They are Neo cons. and have little in common with their past values.
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In theory, Republicans believe in strong state governments.   States should have the right to decide many issues for themselves.  Democrats believe in strong federal government deciding for all of the country.\n\nThe rest of the things you hear about are the sideshow political rhetoric that goes around.  Some is true.  Others are not.\n\nBoth parties have problems with abortion issues.  The Republicans are against it (for the most part), Democrats are for it.  Republicans are opposed to same sex marriages, Democrats are for them. Republicans believe by supporting business you create jobs which help others.  Democrats believe in helping the individual so he or she may find their own way.  \n\nIn the end, I think both parties are realizing they cannot hard line on issues.  Homeland Security, immigration, the exporting of American jobs, trade deficit are difficult issues that need to be dealt with quickly.  Taking a "this is my stance like it or leave it" stance does not sit well with voters.  I think, at least for the next couple of years, you will see the parties look more like each other than ever before.  \n\nWe are definitely a nation divided.  Many elections were very close.  This shows how much we need to stop looking at our differences and start working toward solutions.
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Some conservatives are Republican and some are Democrats. Since we have only two major parties, the reasons behind why a person chooses a party over the other can sometimes be baffling. That's why they say that there are conservative, moderate, and liberals in every party (and some fanatics and extremists, too from each of those three). The two parties do their best to represent all the members within. A person may be a social conservative, but an economic moderate and choose to be a Democrat because the economic issues hold more importance than social issues, or vice versa they may choose to be Republican because social issues are more important. You can have a socially liberal person who is also economically conservative and very moderate on other issues who due to their conservative stance economically chooses to be Republican. Or because of their very liberal social views will choose Democrat, or will choose neither because the issues that are important to them aren't strongly emphasized either way by either party and will register as independent (my sister being a good example)
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Generally Republicans believe that business if left alone serves society. Democrats believe that people sometimes need assistance from the government. Republicans are more rugged individualists and Democrats believe we have a moral duty to help each other out. Republicans tend to rely on business to cure societal ills and Democrats tend to rely on government.
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Here is how you can tell if you are a Democrat or a Republican:\n\nIf you think rich people need more money and poor people need less, you are a Republican.  If you think the opposite, you are a Democrat.
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To be clear, a Republic is a system whereby people elect representatives, and then those representitives are free govern as they see fit, without regard to the opinions of those they represent if need be.\n\nA Democracy is a system whereby representitives are elected, but must govern exactly as the people wish.\n\nThe United States is a Republic,  and no, our laws do not make more than two parties a requirement.
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The way I've best heard it defined is that Republicans are producers, and Democrats are consumers. Republicans generally feel that people should be responsible for their own actions, and/or decisions. They feel people should pay the consequences, or reap the benefits of those action/decisions. Democrats believe that the government knows what's best for people, and that the government should make alot of the decisions for people. This way it allows people to dis-engage from the responsibility from of making decisions, thus dis-engaging from the consequences that come from making the wrong decisions.\nIn a nutshell, Republicans believe in small government, where it only is involved to a basic level in people lives, and business. They believe taxes should be minimal. Limited only to the specific areas that are required in order to run the part of the system that is required of government. \nDemocrats believe in big government, where it's involved in almost every aspect in peoples lives, and business. They believe high taxes are necessary in order for the people who have money, to take care of the people who don't have money.