What does the Constitution Party stand for? How does it differ from the Democratic and Republican Party?
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The mission of the Constitution Party is to secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity through the election, at all levels of government, of Constitution Party candidates who will uphold the principles of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. It is our goal to limit the federal government to its delegated, enumerated, Constitutional functions and to restore American jurisprudence to its original Biblical common-law foundations.The conservative Constitution Party, which calls the Republican Party too liberal, has fielded a record 20 state legislative candidates for this fall's election, a turnout that some Republicans worried could hurt their own party.you have to go back at least half a century to find a third party candidate that won a state legislative race.The more I think about it, the more this looks like fertile ground for a third party to emerge.  Who will it hurt more?  The Republicans, or the Democrats?  I'm not sure.  Perhaps it will shake things up in general.
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The major parties:\n\nDemocratic Party\nRepublican Party\nConstitution Party \nGreen Party\nLibertarian Party\n\nLot more details below:
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Try this site:\n\nhttp://www.usconstitution.net/\n\nIt has all kind of information on the Constitution.
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You're making invalid assumptions. The middle ground for both major parties are moderates, with very few going far afield.\n\nOne end of one spectrum is conservative republican. The other ends of that spectrum are moderate republican and federalist.\n\nOne of the a different spectrum is liberal democrat. The other ends of that spectrum are moderate democrat and libertarian.\n\nBasically, there are two scales of values. One is big government versus small government (Republican -- Libertarian). The other spectrum is group rights ("traditional" values) versus individual/personal rights (Federalist -- Democrats).\n\nRepublicans (nowadays) want  group rights (conformity with "traditional" values) and a large government to ensure domestic tranquility (by enforcing those conservative majority beliefs). Moderate republicans (originally called fiscal conservatives) want a small government, just large enough to provide for the common defense. The republican party does not really have a liberal wing, and usually treat the goal of individual liberties (being liberal) as a dirty word.\n\n\n\nDemocrats want individual rights and a large government to promote the general welfare.  Moderate democrats don't want a lot of wasteful spending., and want to achieve their goals without causing too many problems. Democrats do have a Conservative wing, which focuses on better ethical leadership and greater protection for both groups and individuals. The main difference is that conservative democrats still don't believe in enforcing their views on the minority, even if their own personal choices would be the same as what conservative republicans would make.\n\nLibertarians want a small government (no wasteful spending, and very little welfare/entitlements), but lots of protection for individual liberties. They are moderate about most issues, except for being adamant that the majority should not impose its beliefs on the minority.
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Democratic. In a republic you have very little say in the laws that are passed and repealed, and the only things you basically vote on are the representatives. A federal government takes power away from the states and by extension the people, and as such is an unwanted unitary force. A democratic government means that the people vote on passing, amending, and repealing laws. For an example of the one true democracy on this planet, take a look at Switzerland.
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Democratic Party.   We did not start an illeagel war, spy on domestic Americans, shred the First Amendment Rights, or torture prisoners. \nWe don't suscribe to a belief that the ends justify the means.
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Republicans typically believe in smaller government with more control allotted to the states. They believe in promoting business and lower taxes. They favor less government spending (although you wouldn't know it given the current crop). They believe in self reliance and do not support large social programs.\n\nDemocrats favor more centralized control in the form of a larger federal government with less power to the states. They traditionally sponsor more social programs and do not believe in lower taxes. \n\nThese are generalized positions and do not properly reflect the parties, but are rather intended as an overview. If you want real information I suggest visiting their party websites and reviewing their platforms.\n\nRNC http://www.gop.com\nDNC http://democrats.org
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A democracy is a form of government where decisions are made by the people.\n\nIn a "direct democracy" every citizen votes for every decision.  This includes who will occupy each office and each government job, and every law and rule, as well as enforcement of laws.\n\nIn a "republic," the citizens elect representatives to offices and the elected representatives make decisions on hiring employees and passing and enforcing laws.\n\nFor a country the size of the U.S., a direct democracy would be infeasible.  Both the Republican and Democratic parties favor a republican form of government.\n\nThe Republican Party generally sides with the interests of wealthy people.  Although they claim to favor conservative financial practices and smaller government, they do not follow those beliefs when in office.\n\nThe Democratic Party generally favors the interests of middle class and poor people.  They are more receptive to deficit spending and financial support of poor people.
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The Democratic Republican Party was the precursor of the Modern day Democrat Party. The party grew out of the anti-Federalist sentiments of men like Thomas Jefferson which originally focused on the proper power and relative authority of the Federal and State governments.\n\nThe Democratic Republicans (who generally referred to themselves simply as "Republicans" prior to 1820) favored the state governments over the Federal, the small yeoman farmer over city dwellers, and opposed both the Federal Court system and the National Bank.
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i'm going to attempt to answer this unbiasedly.\n\nthe simplest explanation i ever heard of the difference between the parties is that the republican party believes that the government is more important than the people (or a group of people or an individual), while the democratic party believes that the people are more important than the government.\n\nexamples:\nrepublican party believes in: pro-life, ban on gay marriage, pro big business (against unions, higher minimum wage, basically they are for anything that makes businesses more efficient and moneymaking for the company as a whole, with little regard for the employees), for capital punishment, lower taxes, smaller government (no social programs at all such as welfare or social security), bigger military, against affirmative action, for public displays of religion (as long as its christianity), tend to put much less emphasis on protecting rights and liberties such as freedoms of speech, expression, assembly, etc., and more along those lines.\n\nthe democratic party believes: pro-choice, pro-gay marriage, bigger social government (raises in government spending on welfare, education, social security, public services such as police and fire departments, etc.), drastic cuts in military, anti-big business (very pro-union and believe in protecting workers even at a corporation's expense), pro-affirmative action, anti-public displays of religion, against capital punishment, puts a much greater emphasis on protecting citizens rights with regard to free speech, religion, etc., and more along those lines.\n\nhope that helps.
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The Democratic Party was, in the early days of the United States, the party of States Rights (as opposed to the Federalist Party, which championed the power of the federal government over the states.) Over the years, the Federalists fell apart and were replaced by the Whigs, then the Jacksonian Democrats. The Republican Party arose in New England as a fairly elitist party. But with the issue of slavery, many northern Democrats left the Democratic Party and joined the Republicans. But states rights were the dominant issue of the Civil War for the South, and the Democratic Party held to it throughout the war.\n\nAfter the war, many Democrats who had joined the Repubicans on the issue of slavery returned to the Democratic party, but there were major differences between the Northern and Southern Democrats that kept them weak for decades.\n\nIt wasn't until 1910 that the Democrats won the White House again. During that time, the Republican Party had become the party of business, elitism, the Industrial Revolution, railroads, and destroying the Native American tribes. The Democrats became the party of liberalism, land reform, tax equity, and anti-trust legislation. They went, in essence from the party of States' Rights to the party of People's Rights. But they fell apart again after WWI on issues of prohibition (north was against it, south was for it), women's sufferage (same) and debate over the Versailles treaty.\n\nStill, many southern Democrats were fairly conservative on social issues. The old states' rights concepts were still very much alive in the South. Any many southerners remained loyal to the Democrats simply because they were NOT the party of Abe Lincoln, whom they despised.\n\nBut while the Southern Democrats were licking their wounds, the Northern Democrats really took control of the party and established its modern identity. That identity is best seen through the actions of two of its leaders, Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt.
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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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None of the above.  I think the most important thing the party provides is branding.  Belonging to one party or another denotes a certain belief structure that people identify with.....also, they (hopefully) vett candidates so that any party candidate that reaches the election is "electable."  Putting that into the above answers, the best fit would be "nominate candidates."
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Yes, they are both useless.\n\nPolitical parties were not part of the vision of our founding fathers, and are not mentioned in the U.S. Constitution. George Washington actually opposed the formation of political parties. \n\nWe are taught in school that the strength of the American political system lies in the fact that we have a "two-party process." This is akin to teaching that babies come from storks. It is a fairy tale we spin out to avoid messy details of reality we prefer not to face.\n\nThe reality is that America is now a one-party state. The Democratic and Republican parties have become nothing but two divisions of the same party. Both divisions are corrupted to the core, lap dogs for the special interests. No matter who wins, we always get more spending, more taxes, more inflation, more bureaucracies, and LESS FREEDOM.
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No. The Democrat Party started out as the Anti-Federalists in the earliest years of the U.S. They gradually changed their names to the Democratic-Republicans and then finally just the Democrats. Hence, their first President was Thomas Jefferson.\n\nThe Republican Party was born during the 1850s. Their first President was Abe Lincoln.
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Democrats believe that  we need big government to solve problems. Republicans believe people can solve problems if government will leave them alone and stop taxing them so much. Dem's are likely to believe unions are a good thing, Republicans are likely to believe that small businessmen are the backbone of our nation. Dem's want someone to take care of them. Rep want the chance to do for themselves. I hope this answer will help you to see the difference.
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Republicans are conservative, or old fashioned. God Bless America, abortion is murder,  drugs should be illegal, etc. They are big believers in having a strong military. They wish to have lower taxes and the government is limited in its power.\n\nDemocrats are progressives. Abortion is okay, separation of church and state, let homosexuals get married. They want the military to be small, they want more funding for welfare programs, and they want the government to have more influence, mostly by the wealthy paying high taxes.\n\nKeep in mind this is a simple diagram. Not all people on each side agree 100%.